A thought on your doilie wrapped around a bowl....
Place plastic wrap on the bowl before placing the "starched" doilie. Then
when the medium has dried, remove the plastic wrap and doilie from the bowl,
then gently pull plastic wrap from the doilie. This would reduce the
cleanup and I would think the removal of the plastic wrap would be easier to
remove from the doilie than the bowl from the doilie.
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Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Dyed Lace-wrapped Easter Eggs
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Another idea seen on Martha's programme - is a very pretty lace bowl...
made by soaking the lace (inexpensive machine made) in a stiffening
product
and spreading to dry over an upturned bowl. When dry and hardened, remove
by
gently prying upwards around the bottom edge. It did look very pretty -
shown filled with coloured E. eggs. However could be useful for any
occasion as a centrepiece on a table.
(She suggested using old hand-made doilies we have tucked away into
drawers, no longer used for their original purpose - although very
pretty,
would the goo come out completely I wonder?)
Dear Nova and Others interested,
Answer: The goo would probably not come out completely. I've not tried
to
reverse the new craft stiffeners, but know old starches do not soak
completely out of old laces. The new commercial products seem to be
quite thick,
making reversing a large project.questionable. You could test it first.
If you
do, please report results back to Arachne.
Not knowing exactly what Martha Stewart is using as a craft stiffening
medium (contents), I would advise against for anything special, such as a
few
doilies that are all you inherited from your dearest Grandmother.
Mass produced doilies from the Orient are fair game for crafts.
Jeri Ames
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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