Fw: [lace] Re: more on garter lace
I had a garter which is shown in one photo, but I think it was loaned from my sister. If it had been mine it would have been stored in my keepsakes box along with the big musical horseshoe my Mother in Law bought. I have seen several garters hanging from car mirrors though:-) Sue T, Dorset UK My hubby and I had just a small, family wedding. There weren't particularly any bachelors to catch my garter so we kept it. DH hung it from his rear view mirror!! It stayed there until it disintegrated from the sunlight hitting it. It was a store-bought one as I didn't know anything about hand made lace then :D As I'm working away bit by bit on the length of lace for the garter, I keep reminding myself that only a few key people are ever going to see it up close. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: more on garter lace
Hi T! Just a thought to chew on. When my son got married I made his darling bride a garter. A very dear friend of mine designed and made a pair of wedding moths for them. (In England they sew lace bits to the wedding dress or veil) Our local Hallmark store (a popular greeting card co. in the US) was showing a shadow box that was about 8 or 9 square. Perfect! I mounted the garter in a circle with the 'wedding moths' in the center 'flying' around the six pence that we had taped to her shoe. So it kind of looked like a picture. She was very happy with the whole thing and as far as I know they are still carrying the shadow box. It came in white and I seem to remember another color but can't remember what it was. T, I also gave her a cheap garter to throw. ;-) Back to packing! bobbi PS. I usually take a photo of the lace in process and then a finished one and give it with the garter. Everyone that I've done that for seems thrilled with the pictures. That reminds me of one of the most engaging entries at the VA State Fair I've ever seen. It was a shadow-box, in which several wedding memorabilia had been mounted. There was a smallish wedding photo (surrounded by lace), the groom's lapel bouquet (spell?) with a lace frill and the garter (can't remember whether the ring pillow was there or not, and I'm pretty sure that the hankie wasn't). I do remember how struck I was by the idea and how surprised -- how come she got too keep the garter? The recent on-and-off discussions of garters has answered my question: she must have had one (machine made) for throwing and one (hand made) for to keep... But, once you've kept the real thing, what do you do with it? Mounting it like that, with other mementos, to hang on a wall seems like a good solution to me. ~*~ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: more on garter lace
Ooh I've never heard of these customs for weddings, what is the significance of them? jenny barron Sunny NE Scotland Roberta S Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A very dear friend of mine designed and made a pair of wedding moths for them. the six pence that we had taped to her shoe. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: more on garter lace
On Mar 13, 2006, at 16:11, bevw wrote: As I'm working away bit by bit on the length of lace for the garter, I keep reminding myself that only a few key people are ever going to see it up close. That reminds me of one of the most engaging entries at the VA State Fair I've ever seen. It was a shadow-box, in which several wedding memorabilia had been mounted. There was a smallish wedding photo (surrounded by lace), the groom's lapel bouquet (spell?) with a lace frill and the garter (can't remember whether the ring pillow was there or not, and I'm pretty sure that the hankie wasn't). I do remember how struck I was by the idea and how surprised -- how come she got too keep the garter? The recent on-and-off discussions of garters has answered my question: she must have had one (machine made) for throwing and one (hand made) for to keep... But, once you've kept the real thing, what do you do with it? Mounting it like that, with other mementos, to hang on a wall seems like a good solution to me. -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: more on garter lace
My hubby and I had just a small, family wedding. There weren't particularly any bachelors to catch my garter so we kept it. DH hung it from his rear view mirror!! It stayed there until it disintegrated from the sunlight hitting it. It was a store-bought one as I didn't know anything about hand made lace then :D Tamara P Duvall wrote: On Mar 13, 2006, at 16:11, bevw wrote: As I'm working away bit by bit on the length of lace for the garter, I keep reminding myself that only a few key people are ever going to see it up close. That reminds me of one of the most engaging entries at the VA State Fair I've ever seen. It was a shadow-box, in which several wedding memorabilia had been mounted. There was a smallish wedding photo (surrounded by lace), the groom's lapel bouquet (spell?) with a lace frill and the garter (can't remember whether the ring pillow was there or not, and I'm pretty sure that the hankie wasn't). I do remember how struck I was by the idea and how surprised -- how come she got too keep the garter? The recent on-and-off discussions of garters has answered my question: she must have had one (machine made) for throwing and one (hand made) for to keep... But, once you've kept the real thing, what do you do with it? Mounting it like that, with other mementos, to hang on a wall seems like a good solution to me. -- Ruth Housework is what gets done when there's nothing better to do. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
