Thanks Vivienne, Great advice. I am, however, doing all linen, and that stuff shrinks. I will, however, make sure to let it sit after removing the pins. I am concerned about it fitting the space properly. So that should help. Thanks again. lrb
-----Original Message----- >From: Vivienne Walton <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 29, 2012 4:56 PM >To: Lyn Bailey <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [lace] Church lace > >If you use 100% cotton that is mercerised it will not shrink. You do however >need to leave your finished lace for at least a week to go to it's normal size >after taking the pins out. Vivienne > >Sent from my iPad > >On 29 Jul 2012, at 21:31, "Lyn Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've finally gotten serious about the altar cloth for the chapel at church. >> Actually took measurements today. I was planning on washing the linen cloth >> in very hot water to shrink it before attaching the lace, but the the head >> of the Altar Guild then asked about shrinking the lace. Which brings up the >> whole issue of cleaning church linen with handmade lace. I'm planning on >> using a pattern from the Svenska Spetstar >> http://www.svenskaspetsar.se/sv/article/928/kors_langd or >> http://tinyurl.com/brta54r I don't know if that makes a difference or not. >> I'd rather not wash lace in hot water before giving it to the church, on the >> other hand, you don't want things to shrink and thus be useless for the >> purpose. On the other other hand, how does one clean church linen? Do I >> make a sample, boil it, and see how much it has shrunk? >> >> Someone out there in Arachneland must know. Please help. >> >> Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it's typical summer weather, >> although not as hot as it might be, 85F 26.5C. >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to >> [email protected]. Photo site: >> http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
