Thank you Robin, when I made mine the pattern piece was given to me by
my teacher to expand and mack up a square, as a learning tool of
course. I had just done some samples and then one other beds/cluny
piece, so by the time I got to the end I was feeling I understood the
pattern better and doing better than at the beginning. It has been
wrapped in its acid free tissue since then in my folder for safe
keeping. Wearing my old bifocals at the time made the sewing very
difficult, initially only able to sew about an inch at a time then had
to stop and rest my eyes. These days with the varifocals it is easier.
I like your thinking with the pattern style and using the traditional
ideas in this way too. Even making a new piece of lace you managed to
cover all of the different aspects of old new, borrowed and blue in one
item. Of course that piece is now priceless, hand made for a friend
specifically. :-) Nice!!!
Sue T, Dorset UK where the sun is still shining today.
---- Sue wrote:
What edgings have other people used, apart from bedfordshire with lots of leaves for a bridal hanky, would anyone consider any other type of lace ?----
I would not only consider something other than Beds, I wouldn't consider Beds at all.
I'm not fond of that lace. The only bridal hankie I ever did was point ground. There's
a Bucks pattern called "Little Danish Hearts", which is a variation of a Tonder
pattern. It only took about a dozen pairs (this was for a friend when I was too
broke/cheap to buy a wedding present). There's a gimp outlining the hearts and I used
light blue. The theory was:
something old (a traditional Tonder bridal pattern)
something new (I just made it)
something borrowed (I made the English version, "borrowed" from the Danes)
something blue (the gimp)
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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