In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > They ended up >with just solid colored eggs; the lace work did not show up. Hopefullly MSL >will put out additional instructions. I'm wondering if the lace wasn't >dipped in wax and placed on the egg while still wet,
Wax would give a batik effect of resisting the dye, so that it didn't go through the lace onto the egg, certainly. There are other resist methods used in silk painting, which are easier to wash out (eg sugar solution) and presumably the egg is only dipped into the dye, not left for any length of time? I think also, I would blot the excess dye away before taking the lace off the egg, to avoid smudging the dye on the egg. If the lace has been allowed to take up some dye, rather than throwing it away after the egg has been dyed, how about using it (now it has presumably been dyed to a pretty pastel colour) to decorate Easter or Birthday cards? Or even trimmed or gathered and mounted to be used as jewellery, for example? Throwing it away seems a little wasteful, but you wouldn't necessarily want to use it on something "heirloom", either. If this was a possibility, then you could use a piece of handmade lace that was one of the "samples only good enough to keep in a folder" and turn it into something of use, too? Would some of the calcium in the egg shell, depending on the amount of time the lace and egg are in the water, transfer to the lace and stiffen it? I'm thinking in relation to the effect of finger pressing wet lace onto a marble board to stiffen it slightly. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
