Hi Alice: I think it depends a little on what kind of lace she made, what she made it of, and how it reacts when its off the pins. Compare, for example, a densely-woven piece with plenty of cloth stitch and a heavier thread, to some much more flimsy piece of point ground made with fine cotton.
In the antique pieces I have seen, the lace is generally just tacked at the seams if support is needed. Since this lace will be supported by the lining, it is acting more as an interlining than a true lining, which hangs free of the fabric. I’m just making this point because if you read the directions for linings in a sewing book, they will suggest the lining be made a trifle bigger than the main piece, so the lining does not bind, but those instructions should be ignored here. If I were your friend, I would select a fabric for the lining, and make the jacket to fit (using the pricking, but I would add seam allowances). After the lining-fabric jacket is complete, and fits and I’m happy with it, I would position the lace on the jacket and then tack it down. If the pieces do not quite meet in some places, the lace will probably give a little. If the gap is too much, she could add in some plaits or whatever looks good, to fill in any little spaces. Hope this helps. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) where it is sunny this morning, but frosty > My friend is just finishing the lace for a jacket. She's trying to figure > out the best way to line it when it's done. The lace sections do contract a > bit when the lace is off the pins so the pricking is a bit larger than the > finished lace. > Should she use the lace or the pricking for her lining pattern? If she > traces the actual lace, she will need to add seam/hem allowance. Perhaps the > shrinkage of the lace would mean the pricking is large enough for seams/hems, > thus eliminating the need to trace the lace. > > She's planning to use flat feld seams so there's no raw edges. And she > expects to hand baste the lining to the lace along the seams and around the > edges. The lace does have some large-ish spaces so she thinks a lining is > necessary. - 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/
