Re: [lace] lace bedspread
I think that the individual sections are what is usual for Chinese BL, it's just not usual to find a piece that big. It would make a lovely table cloth, especially if the price remains low! Brenda I would say that it is handmade bobbin lace. It looks like it was made in sections and then sewn together. Some of the sewing threads have loosened. It's not the normal pattern for Chinese lace. I'm guessing it was made in Europe. This is all guessing...but it may have been made by a group of people during one of the attempts to reinstate bobbin lace as a commercial entity. It's surely worth more than the starting price. The seller is probably hoping the price will go up with bidding. And the seller could be someone who inherited the bedspread and just wants to dispose of it. There would probably have been more information in the description if the seller knew much about lace. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] lace bedspread
Lovely, but yet something else I dare not have because of CATS! *sigh* From: Sue 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 5:35:50 PM Subject: [lace] lace bedspread Check out item no: 120564598612 on Ebay â a double bedspread measuring 68â x 89â surely it cannot be handmade for the £14.99 starting price, it is advertised as bobbin lace. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] lace bedspread
Check out item no: 120564598612 on Ebay a double bedspread measuring 68 x 89 surely it cannot be handmade for the £14.99 starting price, it is advertised as bobbin lace. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] lace bedspread
I would say that it is handmade bobbin lace. It looks like it was made in sections and then sewn together. Some of the sewing threads have loosened. It's not the normal pattern for Chinese lace. I'm guessing it was made in Europe. This is all guessing...but it may have been made by a group of people during one of the attempts to reinstate bobbin lace as a commercial entity. It's surely worth more than the starting price. The seller is probably hoping the price will go up with bidding. And the seller could be someone who inherited the bedspread and just wants to dispose of it. There would probably have been more information in the description if the seller knew much about lace. Alice in Oregon ... taking a quick look while trying to avoid doing housework on a gray day. May 4, 2010 02:36:24 PM, 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Check out item no: 120564598612 on Ebay â a double bedspread measuring 68â x 89â surely it cannot be handmade for the £14.99 starting price, it is advertised as bobbin lace. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] lace bedspread
Sue 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Check out item no: 120564598612 on Ebay a double bedspread measuring 68 x 89 surely it cannot be handmade for the £14.99 starting price, it is advertised as bobbin lace. It's bobbin lace but it could easily be machine-made, looking at the closeup of the tally-petals of the sunflowers. When you compare the number of threads in the diamonds (closeups 3 4) to the size of the diamonds on the whole spread (closeup 1), the thread must be quite coarse. It could also be Chinese; those look the the typical Chinese butterflies in one of the rounds. While it sounds like I'm putting it down, I'm quite impressed in what you'd get if you got this bedspread at the starting price. It's got to be worth a lot more. just my 2 cents, Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Use for 1/2 a Lace Bedspread
on 7/6/04 8:29 PM, jaqui borg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I can A knee rug A bed throw - over the top of your duvet,,, just so you can see what you made :-) Put a border on it in a contrasting colour and make it bigger Have fun, and lots of luck with this project *** Just finish it because your kids will not *** Jaqui in a very cold Melbourne Australia - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Use for 1/2 a Lace Bedspread In a message dated 7/2/04 5:16:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a bedspread? --- Dear Beth and Others with 1/2 of something large and lacy, If this is made in squares, you could make lovely pillow shams for your bed and use a color-coordinated or white quilt or duvet with them. In my collection is a tatted bedspread, with 2 matching pillow shams that are meant to drape over the pillow cases when you make the bed. If you can adapt this idea, you might want to switch to solid-color pillow cases if the crochet is lacy. You might not want to use every day, but how pretty for a guest bed. I have, and like, all-white quilts - the pattern is the quilting stitches. Something like this would go well with colored crochet, and not overwhelm the crochet. Also, I have an antique pillow cover of very fine white-embroidered linen from your country (UK), edged with fine wide Beds lace. Lent it once to a house museum that featured the decorative arts - for one of the bedrooms. The gallery was used for an educational lace exhibit. (I curated the exhibit, and placed appropriate laces in the parlor, dining and bed rooms, as well.) This particular pillow cover (sham) is wide enough to go from one side of a double bed to the other and drape down the sides about 6. We put a long not-too-round bolster, covered with white linen under it, and the lace showed really pretty. Another way to describe it would be it was like a bureau scarf large enough to cover and drape beyond the bolster. The edges were not tucked under but allowed to drape so all the lace would show. We used an antique blue and white woven coverlet on the bed, and the bed skirt was old hand-woven creamy white linen. Another idea might be to applique the crochet onto a full-sized bed cover. This would depend entirely on the design/shape of the crochet. It is an idea that might work for you, or maybe someone else on Arachne. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center Yes, you could do that. Or you could use a color more-or-less like what you have, and when the piece is finished, dye the whole thing. I should think a wheat-brown, or a wine-red, or a green or deep blue would make a pretty bedspread. Good luck! Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Use for 1/2 a Lace Bedspread
Yes I can A knee rug A bed throw - over the top of your duvet,,, just so you can see what you made :-) Put a border on it in a contrasting colour and make it bigger Have fun, and lots of luck with this project *** Just finish it because your kids will not *** Jaqui in a very cold Melbourne Australia - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Use for 1/2 a Lace Bedspread In a message dated 7/2/04 5:16:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a bedspread? --- Dear Beth and Others with 1/2 of something large and lacy, If this is made in squares, you could make lovely pillow shams for your bed and use a color-coordinated or white quilt or duvet with them. In my collection is a tatted bedspread, with 2 matching pillow shams that are meant to drape over the pillow cases when you make the bed. If you can adapt this idea, you might want to switch to solid-color pillow cases if the crochet is lacy. You might not want to use every day, but how pretty for a guest bed. I have, and like, all-white quilts - the pattern is the quilting stitches. Something like this would go well with colored crochet, and not overwhelm the crochet. Also, I have an antique pillow cover of very fine white-embroidered linen from your country (UK), edged with fine wide Beds lace. Lent it once to a house museum that featured the decorative arts - for one of the bedrooms. The gallery was used for an educational lace exhibit. (I curated the exhibit, and placed appropriate laces in the parlor, dining and bed rooms, as well.) This particular pillow cover (sham) is wide enough to go from one side of a double bed to the other and drape down the sides about 6. We put a long not-too-round bolster, covered with white linen under it, and the lace showed really pretty. Another way to describe it would be it was like a bureau scarf large enough to cover and drape beyond the bolster. The edges were not tucked under but allowed to drape so all the lace would show. We used an antique blue and white woven coverlet on the bed, and the bed skirt was old hand-woven creamy white linen. Another idea might be to applique the crochet onto a full-sized bed cover. This would depend entirely on the design/shape of the crochet. It is an idea that might work for you, or maybe someone else on Arachne. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] bedspread
Beth Wouldn't half a bedspread just about equal a lace stole? A nice blue summer eveningj-going-out type dress would look nice with a lace stole. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Use for 1/2 a Lace Bedspread
In a message dated 7/2/04 5:16:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a bedspread? --- Dear Beth and Others with 1/2 of something large and lacy, If this is made in squares, you could make lovely pillow shams for your bed and use a color-coordinated or white quilt or duvet with them. In my collection is a tatted bedspread, with 2 matching pillow shams that are meant to drape over the pillow cases when you make the bed. If you can adapt this idea, you might want to switch to solid-color pillow cases if the crochet is lacy. You might not want to use every day, but how pretty for a guest bed. I have, and like, all-white quilts - the pattern is the quilting stitches. Something like this would go well with colored crochet, and not overwhelm the crochet. Also, I have an antique pillow cover of very fine white-embroidered linen from your country (UK), edged with fine wide Beds lace. Lent it once to a house museum that featured the decorative arts - for one of the bedrooms. The gallery was used for an educational lace exhibit. (I curated the exhibit, and placed appropriate laces in the parlor, dining and bed rooms, as well.) This particular pillow cover (sham) is wide enough to go from one side of a double bed to the other and drape down the sides about 6. We put a long not-too-round bolster, covered with white linen under it, and the lace showed really pretty. Another way to describe it would be it was like a bureau scarf large enough to cover and drape beyond the bolster. The edges were not tucked under but allowed to drape so all the lace would show. We used an antique blue and white woven coverlet on the bed, and the bed skirt was old hand-woven creamy white linen. Another idea might be to applique the crochet onto a full-sized bed cover. This would depend entirely on the design/shape of the crochet. It is an idea that might work for you, or maybe someone else on Arachne. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Use for 1/2 a Lace Bedspread
on 7/2/04 9:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/2/04 5:16:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My best (worst?) UFO is the crochet lace bedspread I started making in my teens (I can't remember exactly what year but it must have been about 1976 /77), which has been sitting upstairs in a cupboard for the last twenty years, since I discovered bobbin lacemaking (we all use duvets now anyway). Maybe I should get it out and do a bit more. Mind you,I don't have enough thread to finish it, and don't know whether that particular shade of variegated blue is still available -can anyone think of a use for half a bedspread? --- Dear Beth and Others with 1/2 of something large and lacy, If this is made in squares, you could make lovely pillow shams for your bed and use a color-coordinated or white quilt or duvet with them. In my collection is a tatted bedspread, with 2 matching pillow shams that are meant to drape over the pillow cases when you make the bed. If you can adapt this idea, you might want to switch to solid-color pillow cases if the crochet is lacy. You might not want to use every day, but how pretty for a guest bed. I have, and like, all-white quilts - the pattern is the quilting stitches. Something like this would go well with colored crochet, and not overwhelm the crochet. Also, I have an antique pillow cover of very fine white-embroidered linen from your country (UK), edged with fine wide Beds lace. Lent it once to a house museum that featured the decorative arts - for one of the bedrooms. The gallery was used for an educational lace exhibit. (I curated the exhibit, and placed appropriate laces in the parlor, dining and bed rooms, as well.) This particular pillow cover (sham) is wide enough to go from one side of a double bed to the other and drape down the sides about 6. We put a long not-too-round bolster, covered with white linen under it, and the lace showed really pretty. Another way to describe it would be it was like a bureau scarf large enough to cover and drape beyond the bolster. The edges were not tucked under but allowed to drape so all the lace would show. We used an antique blue and white woven coverlet on the bed, and the bed skirt was old hand-woven creamy white linen. Another idea might be to applique the crochet onto a full-sized bed cover. This would depend entirely on the design/shape of the crochet. It is an idea that might work for you, or maybe someone else on Arachne. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeri, you are indeed resourceful! Only a true lace-lover could breathe so much new life into those decades-old pieces languishing away! -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
