Not listing all the Gmail members and others who are blocked from seeing mail from AOL, but have included Nancy and Bev because of their considerable contributions on this subject. If any of you think other Gmail users need it, you may share. Malvary, This technique must have seemed logical, even to a child.
Everyone is assuming that someone who knew a lot about lace and made it by hand dealt with joining lace, but I agree it would have been the seamstresses who perfected ways to use lace. In about 1950, age 12, I began making clothes for myself. Earlier, during WWII and beyond, my basic grainbag-fabric dresses were made by someone who could sew. (During the war, many products ceased to be available for purchase, and everyone made-do-without.) Slowly, manufacturers got back to producing yardgoods and the fashion industry was re-established. Many children were taught to sew, first by Scout leaders, and later in public schools - grades 7th-9th, probably because wages were low and many could not afford ready-made clothing. In those years I found machine-made lace by the yard in Woolworth's, and sometimes a length to use on something special was bought. Almost everything I made then, sometimes completely by hand sewing, is in storage trunks. I improvised or was taught to use what looks like the lassen method when the end of a piece of lace could not be hidden by a seam. Lace was a luxury, and it is unlikely anyone else would have taught me that technique. No lace was wasted - uses were found for every last inch. The one needlework book I owned then, published in 1949, does not include instructions for lassen, or whatever it might be called in English. It barely mentions how to sew lace on a collar edge. Old home economics textbooks, and books published by thread companies that give instructions for sewing clothing and fancy accessories may have instructions. Jeri Ames in Maine USALace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 6/25/2019 9:17:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Although Lassen by that name is probably Belgian, surely it doesn't mean they are the only people who ever thought of the overlap and sew idea. They might have copied and adapted from the way that finished and bought lace had been cut and joined to use in garments by skilled dressmakers for decades or even centuries. Malvary in Ottawa, who has never done a Lassen join - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
