Dear Liz and Other Arachnids, I accidentally (well, you wouldn't do it on purpose, would you) made a 1cm cut in the lace on the very first handkerchief edge I ever mounted. In desperation I stuck the edges together with Aquadhere (PVA glue) - 35+ years later, there has been no change in colour. To find the disaster, I still have to feel for the slightly stiff feeling of the glue. The only colour changes/staining in any of my (mostly white) pieces has been along the joins where I darned the ends in - I used to have a nasty habit of licking the end of my cotton to assist in threading the needle and I blame the enzymes in saliva for this result.
Christine Johnson (Gosford, a bit north of Sydney, Australia) - 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/
