Dear Spiders Can of you please let me know how many lacemakers and how many months it took them to make the lace for Queen Victoria's wedding dress. I do have this information but it would save me several hours of time ploughing my way through the many lace books on my shelves to find an accurate answer. The reason I ask is that I have today received an email from 'a large fashion company' and I laughed my socks off when I read it! One would have thought that perhaps they would have some knowledge as to the many, many hours it takes to make hand-made lace, particularly 'all-over lace by the metres to make evening gowns'. I hope to be able to give them some accurate information and a little education as to the production of hand made lace! See quote below!
'Dear Catherine I hope all is well with you. I work for a fashion company and we are sourcing for traditional lace made in UK and Ireland. I'd like to explore the idea of ordering or commissioning lace from you. We are primarily interested in lace trims and all-over lace by the meters (not a typing error by me) to make evening gowns. I love your work and I hope this is something you are interested in'. Anyone interested in working 24/7 to churn out these 'meters' of 'all-over lace'? Catherine Barley Henley-in-Thames UK Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
