Those of us who have sewing machines which can embroider in hoops can produce
this kind of lace. Lots of designs available on the web, some free and some
very intricate. Instead of fabric, water soluble stabilizer is used, load the
design into the machine, press 'go' and disappear to do something
And forgot to add that you also hand finish by snipping off any stray threads
from your finished machine embroidery.
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I don't use my machine to replace bobbin lacemaking - it's nothing like it.
But it is useful if you just want a quick bit of decoration on something. I
put quick in inverted commas because it isn't in sewing machine terms -
probably 30 minutes up to an hour to complete a design. But if it's one
A friend brought me this item just as its shown in the link below. It is
Irish lace and needle work rather than other lace work.
I wonder if one of you experienced spiders would pin it down to whatever type
you believe it to be. It mentions embroiderers and also that it is Hand
Finished lace
I believe this is a form if machine lace called chemical lace. It was
embroidered by machine on a fabric which was then dissolved away by chemicals.
Clay
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Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com
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Subject: [lace] lace identification please
A friend brought me this item just as its shown in the link below. It is
Irish lace and needle work rather than other lace work.
http://www.grangecraft.com/product_info.php?prod_id=29
Hi Sue
This is a sort of chemical lace - embroidery as they made in Vogtland,
Erzgebirge and in Switzerland.
Ilske
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It's definitely chemical lace, but I suppose that snipping the motifs apart
using scissors would make it hand finished.
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It looks very much like Chemical Lace to me and certainly not hand made!
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I couldn't get the web site to enlarge the photos of the coasters from the
thumbnails, but it does look like Carickmacross lace. Carickmacross is an
Irish lace embroidered on tulle. It is fast and easy and is worked on a pad
of cloth held in the hand so can be carried anywhere. It also had
I have to say i wasn't thinking it was hand made so where did the hand
finished come in. Thank you for clearing that one up. They are pretty
though and of course friends see lace and think of me:-) Nice of them.
It's definitely chemical lace, but I suppose that snipping the motifs apart
If you go to the link
http://www.grangecraft.com/product_info.php?prod_id=29
then click on the photo of the lace to enlargeit, it is clearly labelled
Irish Lace, Hand finished lace made on traditional embroidery frames.
The smaller writing underneath reads
The tradition of Embroidery and Lace
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