[lace] Old French Chenille Blonde

2017-08-14 Thread Susan
Thank you Diana for sharing a new sample on Flickr! Can you see lace with chenille gimp on the runway? Oh my, in a heartbeat. We're all looking forward to more eye candy from your collection. Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Old French Chenille Blonde lace sample

2017-08-12 Thread Diana Smith
When I think of chenille it immediately reminds me of the chenille table cloth used by me grandmother! Diana > On 11 Aug 2017, at 18:42, Adele Shaak wrote: > > This is an interesting lace - thank you for putting up the photo. I agree > with you that it is a nice little

Re: [lace] Old French Chenille Blonde lace sample

2017-08-11 Thread Adele Shaak
This is an interesting lace - thank you for putting up the photo. I agree with you that it is a nice little design. It doesn’t look like what I would expect from the description in Caulfield’s Dictionary of Needlework - the pattern isn’t poor, it’s not geometrical, and not filled with thick

[lace] Old French Chenille Blonde lace sample

2017-08-11 Thread Diana Smith
If anyone is interested I have added a second picture to my flickr page of another sample from the same collection. On the reverse the lace is identified as 'Old French Chenille Blonde'. According to Caulfield's Dictionary of Needlework Chenille Lace is "A peculiar kind of Lace made during the