In a message dated 4/26/2011 1:20:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
hottl...@neo.rr.com writes:
Would you believe I *fixed* both with an embroidery needle? I sewed the
new bobbin thread into the back side of the faulty leaf & unwound the bobbin
then re-sewed the thread in the cloth work.
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Yes! I believe, Susan.
Everyone: Sometimes this is the way to correct an error quite far back in
new bobbin lace being made. People who mend (restore) damaged lace
usually do so with a needle. Most of the time they can carefully replicate
bobbin stitches. Only when a large segment needs repair is making a separate
"patch" and setting it into place considered. I recommend a few lessons on
using a threaded needle for fine stitching. Actually, you can practice this
at home, if you have a piece of damaged lace. Start with something large
in scale, and gradually work your way down to finer laces..
Under the lens of a microscope at the Ratti Center of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, those of us privileged to view very old and fine laces have seen
repairs on the computer screen that is connected to the microscope.
Repairs were invisible to the naked eye when done with the very fine threads
used in times past. You, too, can sometimes see them when you view laces
on-line.
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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