Hello Spiders, Janice wrote that she made the lace very slightly larger than the actual hankie and eased the fabric along the sides and corners to make the lace fit.
This reminded me of the first Bucks hankie edging that I made. I originally had planned to make a sample, but I was enjoying it so much that I decided to continue it into a square. I was so pleased with it that I wanted to enter it into the County Craft show, so I began to mount the lace on to an oversize piece of fine cotton fabric. That's when I discovered that three sides had 12 heads and the fourth side had 13!! I had lots of 'fun' stretching three sides and easing the fourth one on to the carefully pulled thread square. Funnily enough the judge didn't notice that there were too many repeats in one edge. She only saw my straight start which I did because it was only going to be a sample. Since that day I've never been worried what judges think of my work. I know my faults and always say, "I'll do it better next time." Liz Pass In Poole, UK After a beautiful spring day - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
