Oh Sue, what a pity as it's such a beautiful veil! I would suggest that you
try to find a similar piece of net to place underneath the hole and
carefully stitch it in place, then make a Honiton flower/spray of leaves to
echo those already worked, and appliqué/stitch them in position over the
repair. You will of course need to work a second spray for the left hand
side of the veil so that it balances and make them both curve in an upside
down sort of 'U' shape towards the centre of the veil.
Good luck and I do hope you are able make it wearable once again.
Catherine
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Subject: [lace] Torn veil - help needed
I was sent photos today to see what I thought could be done with it, and
don't really know what to suggest. I have uploaded these photos to Flickr,
and am hoping that someone can give me advice on what to tell them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/72157639451992576/
This looks like it's outside my needlework skills. Making new bobbin lace
is so much easier than repairing tears!!
They put a coin on it to give an idea of scale of the hole. I think it is
a U.S. dime and so is about 3/4 inch or 2cm in diameter
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