I'm doing the happy dance because I've finished my daughter's wedding garter. Actually I finished the garter a little over a week ago just before leaving for a week long holiday in Morocco. Made our trip all the more enjoyable to know I'd finished. I've made a bit of lace before but usually just to learn a new technique or try a new pattern. I've not made something to be "used" so I'm excited to have finished and with plenty of time before the wedding. Today I took some photos and put them onto webshots. The garter has not been pressed and does not yet have a ribbon or the gathering. I've decided to not do those things until after I take it back to the States for the wedding in May. It will be much easier to fold flat and carry in my bag -hand bag- as I'm certainly not going to take a chance of having it in my luggage and lost just before the big day! I've enjoyed making this garter as once the pattern was established it was easy to leave for awhile and come back to but after 30 inches I am glad to be finished and move on to other things. This will also give me more time to devote to learning about and making lace with the lace group here in Belgium without the pressure of thinking I should really finish the garter. I've not been able to participate with the group as much as I'd hoped to between social requirements for DH's job at NATO and non-stop visitors. The next group arrives Sat. and we'll have guests through the entire month. Guess that's what happens when you live in such a wonderful place! But I do plan to make time for making lace despite the guests and acting as tour guide. Good excuse to eat out - "oh, is it dinnertime? Guess I got involved in my lace and forgot to prepare something" :-) Thanks again to all who sent their advice and ideas when I first started inquiring about garters, patterns, threads, and lengths. I was a bit concerned that I was biting off more than I could chew with an overseas move ahead of me plus the other demands of daughters, husbands, weddings and such but am certainly happy I took the challenge. Dona in a blustery Belgium where some of the shrubs are beginning to flower.
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