Hi Sally

Mounting and Finishing Lace by Gilian Dye - Elveston Press
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Finishing-Mounting-Lace-Gilian-Dye/dp/0952270951
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/Finishing-Mounting-Lace-Gilian-Dye/dp/0952270951>

Mounting and Using Lace by Jean Withers - Dryad
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOUNTING-LACE-USING-LACE-JEAN-WITHERS-/130594279278
<http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOUNTING-LACE-USING-LACE-JEAN-WITHERS-/13059427927
8>

An introduction to Mounting Lace by Kate Riley & Pauline McLeod - The Lace
Guild
http://www.roseground.com/books/lacemaking-books/an-introduction-to-mounting-
lace
<http://www.roseground.com/books/lacemaking-books/an-introduction-to-mounting
-lace>

Hints on Finishing and Mounting Lace by Margaret Hamer & Kathleen Waller -
self published
http://www.amazon.com/Hints-Finishing-Mounting-Margaret-Hamer/dp/0950573868
<http://www.amazon.com/Hints-Finishing-Mounting-Margaret-Hamer/dp/0950573868>

Some of these are out of print but you might find a used copy.

and/or look at:
https://www.laceguild.org/guild/pics/MountingLace.pdf
<https://www.laceguild.org/guild/pics/MountingLace.pdf>

http://laceioli.ning.com/group/bobblinlace-beginners/forum/topics/attaching-l
ace-to-fabric
<http://laceioli.ning.com/group/bobblinlace-beginners/forum/topics/attaching-
lace-to-fabric>

http://www.lacegumnuts.com/mounting-lace/
<http://www.lacegumnuts.com/mounting-lace/>

Mostly the emphasis with all of these, books and web pages, is on hand
mounting handmade lace. and my personal preference is for hand mounting; you
have taken time to make a piece of lace so take a bit more time to finish it
off properly.  But having said that, I do appreciate that not all bobbin lace
makers do not have the desire, or the necessary needlework skills, to make a
good job of attaching lace to fabric by hand, and I prefer to see neat machine
stitching to uneven and puckered hand sewing.

I can’t imagine though how you envisage using an iron-on backing to attach
lace to fabric.
Do you mean using something like Bondaweb to effectively glue a lace motif
onto fabric?  What would happen to all the bits of glue in the holes of the
lace and around the edges?  Apart from looking ugly surely it would gunge up
your iron.

Brenda

>
> Is there a book out there on how to mount finished lace? I've mostly made
> stand-alone things like bookmarks, that don't need to be mounted. For some
> small figures (for instance Louise Colgan's hummingbird) I have taken just
> a few tacking stitches and mounted them on velvet, then framed them. The
> glass helps press the lace into the velvet and it won't slip (especially
> with those few stitches).
>
> But for  a longer trim, or a complex shape, what are my options? Is iron-on
> backing an option, or will I be booed and hissed out of the global guild
> ;-)   ?    I really don't want to spend the same amount of time sewing as I
> did making the lace!

Brenda in Allhallows
[email protected]
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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