Dear Liz and Other Arachnids,
I accidentally (well, you wouldn't do it on purpose, would you) made a 1cm
cut in the lace on the very first handkerchief edge I ever mounted. In
desperation I stuck the edges together with Aquadhere (PVA glue) - 35+ years
later, there has been no change in colour.
Jeri & Arachnoids,
You made an interesting comment about too few antique laces still being in
the public domain. I have a significant collection of 18th C Binche/Val
and Mechlin, even a few pieces yards long and in pristine condition. My
collection also includes perhaps a hundred or so other
Dear Susan, et al,
Actually, I have nothing against modern handmade lace being cut, glued, or
held in place with adhesive tape. If what you have made is of substantial
value to you, you will instinctively not use harmful approaches.
All circumstances and environments are not equal. We
Thanks for the advice Adele--I hadn't thought of using fabric! My sewing
machine skills leave something to be desired, but your idea sounds like a
terrific solution for a more important piece of lace. The cut ends on each
ornament are overlapped & sort of obscured so no harm, no foul with the
Hi Susan:
You don’t say whether the cut ends are visible in the finished piece, which
would make a difference in what you decide to do. One thing is to pin a piece
of fine yet sturdy fabric (like organdy) across the back of the lace, and then
use a sewing machine, using fine stitches, to sew
Hello All! I hope Jeri will skip this post because using glue & lace in the
same sentence seems heretical! In my defense, I do believe that our
textile-art ancestors used various types of adhesives, so that's my excuse &
I'm sticking to it. While working on some little ornaments for
Subject: [lace] to Glue or not to glue?
Just a warning about glue. If you decide to use glue please check that it will
not affect your thread by trying a blob on some of the thread and leaving it
for a couple of days. Some glues will destroy threads, deteriorate, alter the
colour of threads or
Hi, all the lace you see on my stall and web site have the knots glued with
fray check. I have been doing it for 28 years with no discolouration.
Though I was told years ago that USA Fray check id slightly different from the
UK one. I don't know. I do know it is fine. However. Do not use the
This was sent just to me, but meant for the list:
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From: Sue hurwitz...@supanet.com
I cant thank you all enough for all your emails about these 3 areas of
finishing a piece of lace off. Even though I have read before and been
making lace for 7 years now, I
Hello Bev and all,
What kind of glue do you use? I assume it is a fabric glue of some kind.
I love the idea, as I hate the darning in of ends.
Agnes Boddington - elloughton UK
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I just use an UHU-stic (the ad says non toxic - washable - acid free). It
is meant for paper, but works fine on thread. If the area needing gluing is
small, I use a toothpick to scrape a bit of glue from the stick to dab on to
the thread. Using glue is a quick fix and suits my little lace efforts
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