In Fan Class, we were told to use wheat paste. Get a tablespoon or two of plain wheat flour (no additives), mix with a couple teaspoons of water, cook in the microwave for a minute (stir every 15 seconds), and apply to the sticks. Consistency should be no thinner than commercial white glue, or just a tad thicker. Use tiny brush, toothpick, whatever works. Carefully lay lace in position, tap down with a clean toothpick, let dry over night.
Wrap paste in plastic wrap and save overnight. Next day, check for loose spots. Apply more paste if needed. Wheat paste is removable by water -- will soften and dissolve. Paste can be reapplied in future years if lace comes loose. If your lace repeats line up with the fan sticks, then positioning is easy. If not, then mark the center line of each fan stick with a pin in the edge of the lace. You do not want to shift the lace once it's laid down on the paste. Guessing the spacing will result in uneven spaces. Hope this helps a bit. Alice in Oregon -- surprise!! sunshine. And I'm getting ready to go to a lace workday. Delightful to have a nice day on Third Thursday. I'm tired of rain. --- Dee Palin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am just in the middle of making the miniature lace > fan (no 2) from Miniature > Bobbin Lace by Roz Snowden (page 114). I have my > fansticks all ready to go, > but wondered if anyone else had made this pattern, > and if so what glue they > used to stick it to the fansticks? Does the glue > spread all over the fan, as > it is so small? > > Dee Palin > Warwickshire > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
