Now then do you hand sew or machine sew
your lace on to material.
I was told once that it is better to machine sew than have a loose
piece of
lace in your workbox but then while at Laceday last year we had
Biggins there
and she said she always machine sews hers.
I use small handstitches to unobtrusively attach the lace. When I look
at lace that has been attached by machine my eye is always drawn to
that even line of steady stitching, no matter how well it has been
hidden. I know there are very skilled machine sewers out there who
would swear that they sew on invisibly with a machine, but I've never
seen any of their work.
And for me there are also practical considerations: with handsewing the
sewing threads aren't locked so I can easily take the lace off again (I
don't hemstitch it on as I don't like that look). Plus, I can probably
have the project half handstitched before I've gone through the process
of setting up my machine.
Some lacemakers say you must always handstitch, but some people have
difficulty handsewing, or they're just not used to it and their
stitches are very visible and rather odd-looking. They'd probably do
better with machine stitching, and I don't have any quarrel with anyone
who wants to do it that way.
Adele
North Vancouver, BC
west coast of Canada
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