RE: [lace] detailed Dress photos needed

2011-04-30 Thread David C COLLYER
Some quite nice pictures here. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1381941/Royal-Wedding-fashion-Catherine-Kate-Middleton-wears-Cartier-tiara-lent-Queen.html Thanks Diana. This lot shows the bodice clearly and it is now obvious that the lace goes all the way to the waist. It is NOT

[lace] detailed Dress photos needed

2011-04-29 Thread hottleco
Hello Again! Thanks Brenda for pointing out the contradictions! One can only wonder if Carrickmacross was the best UK-based descriptor they could think of to explain the method used. Is it possible it's sort of a fabric sandwich with cut lace motifs in between, over-couched with cordonnet?

Re: [lace] detailed Dress photos needed

2011-04-29 Thread Adele Shaak
Hi All: It is the RSN (Royal School of Needlework) press release that described the Carrickmacross technique, and I guess they know what they're talking about. I wonder, though, if there is some confusion between the lace used on the veil and the lace used on the dress, which don't look like

RE: [lace] detailed Dress photos needed

2011-04-29 Thread Patty Dowden
It is the RSN (Royal School of Needlework) press release that described the Carrickmacross technique, and I guess they know what they're talking about. *** Well they are embroiderers! How do we know what they know about lace? Or how it's made! Or where it is from? I wonder, though, if

RE: [lace] detailed Dress photos needed

2011-04-29 Thread Margery Allcock
There's more on the dress at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13236617 , including this: 1. The 1936 Cartier halo tiara was lent to the bride by The Queen 2. The veil is made of layers of soft, ivory silk tulle with a trim of hand-embroidered flowers 3. The bodice, narrowed at the waist and padded at

RE: [lace] detailed Dress photos needed

2011-04-29 Thread Isabel Wear
Subject: Re: [lace] detailed Dress photos needed Hi All: It is the RSN (Royal School of Needlework) press release that described the Carrickmacross technique, and I guess they know what they're talking about. I wonder, though, if there is some confusion between the lace used on the veil

RE: [lace] detailed Dress photos needed

2011-04-29 Thread Diana Smith
Some quite nice pictures here. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1381941/Royal-Wedding-fashion-Catherine-Kate-Middleton-wears-Cartier-tiara-lent-Queen.html Diana in Northants - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace