Re: [lace] 20th anniversary/custom printed fabric

[Sharon Morrison]

Hi everyone,

I am new to Arachne and started learning bobbin lace Fall 2012.

I like to make lots of things and my immediate family has attended the Bay 
Area Maker Faire for the last three years (http://makerfaire.com/).  Maker 
faire is kind of like a State fair, but for people who like to make things 
with old, new and cutting edge technology.  Two years ago I saw a booth from 
a company called Spoonflower.  Spoonflower will custom print small lots of 
any design on a variety of fabric weight  fibers - 
http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome.


Perhaps we could make some kind of 'tools of lace making' fabric (with 
bobbins, shuttles, crochet hooks, needles etc.) or 'lace sampler' fabric 
with Arachne Anniversary notation.  Then people could use the fabric for a 
variety of lace items depending on what they need - cover cloths, tatting 
carry bags, bobbin carriers etc.  (Or maybe lace terminology in all the 
languages spoken/used by lacemakers on the list?  I've seen thank you mugs 
and bags done in this style and they look very interesting with different 
fonts/colors)



Sharon (Just east of Seattle, WA)

p.s. Julie from Lacemakers of Puget Sound shared some fabric which she 
designed and had Spoonflower print 
http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/julielace


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RE: [lace] 20th anniversary/custom printed fabric

[mary carey]

Hi All,

Personally I prefer plain fabric to cover both pillows and cover cloths.

One person has already mentioned machine embroidery, would not be difficult to
make a plain homespun cover cloth with a specially designed motif in the
corner.

Am doing some Aussie flowers on the corners of some fabric given to me for
OIDFA in Adelaide - they will be about 18 square.

Recently made myself a cover cloth with a hole in the middle to fit the French
fan cross I make regularly for Weddings and First Communions and find that it
just fits the Torchon Ring patterns designed by Alice Vokac - book a
fundraiser also for OIDFA Alelaide.

Mary Carey
Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

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