Has anyone thought of Copeland Linens in Ireland??? They do hankerchief linen as well as linens for embroidery.
Daphne Martin norfolk England > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:54:29 -0500 > From: joybee...@comcast.net > To: lace@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [lace] lace on hankies > > On 3/14/09 2:51 PM, Lorri Ferguson wrote: > > > . . . . You can often > > find good quality handkerchief material in 'men's' handkerchiefs. They are > > usually larger than women's so after finishing your 'lace edging' in a square, > > cut down the center of the 'man's handkerchief' to the size needed. No need > > to purchase the full width of a piece of yardage. > > Look for "shirting" as well as for "lawn". Truly-fine shirting is almost as hard to find as real handkerchief linen, but there are still men around who pay thousands of dollars for suits and want shirts worthy of them. > > I bought some plaid linen-blend "shirting" because it was on clearance, and found that it was meant for fine shirts -- twelve-inch squares of it make splendid spectacle-cleaning rags, and fit my back pocket better than sixteen-inch men's hankies. > > -- > Joy Beeson > http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ > http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ > http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange > http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) > west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. > where sheltered daffodils are in bud. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ All your Twitter and other social updates in one place - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
