Hi Wendy I haven't done much honiton, but for what I have done I've pricked the fillings before starting - I used the more traditional method of making a copy of the pricking on clear acetate (I used overhead projector slide film, I believe some people use used, washed, X-Ray film), place this over the main pricking and prick through it into the filling areas.
Regards Beth taking a break from clearing moss off the patio in a sunny Cheshire, NW England Sue Babbs wrote: > It would seem quite reasonable to me to do as you suggest. I would then > either make a photocopy of the new pricking or cover it with blue plastic > so that you don't have any "raw" edges of the pattern to catch with the > thread. > > Sue > ----- Original Message ----- > > Hi All > > > > I was just reading through the Lace guld Honiton book and reading how the > > filling patterns are done, I know at the moment I am jumping the gun as I > > have > > a while yet before I get to a pattern with fillings but my question is. > > Is it > > possible to cut out the middle of the pricking where the filling will go > > before you put it on the backing card and then place the filling pattern > > under > > it, so then you have the complete pattern on the pillow at the begining. > > Little things that go through my mind. So glad you are out there to help. > > Thanks. > > > > Wendy St Dogmaels > > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
