Greetings Lacemakers,
I have just read Steph Peters wise remarks about inkjet printers and lace. I
second this comment and especially as I live in the tropics where a warm
finger seems able to smudge injet printing. My solution is to print on heavy
paper upto 200gsm which goes well through th
I couldn't
resist. When this subject was last explored on the list, there were a lot
of lacemakers who swore by this method of "making a sandwich".
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 23:25:40 -0700 (PDT), Bev wrote:
>Personally I don't like pinning through adhesive and I just use a
>photocopy of the pattern, over a piece of card, all pinned to the pillow.
>Lately for getting a sample done quickly, I've even dispensed with the
>card - easier to pin through be
My personal solution is to get the pattern photocopied on to coloured paper,
cut it to size, then have it laminated - all at my local copy shop. As the
lamination is just heat-sealing in very thin plastic, there's no glue to worry
about. Also, you can choose whatever colour of paper suits your
Hi Weronika and all
If you can't get contact paper right away, put the pricking into a sheet
protector (student supply places should sell sheet protectors?). Trim away
excess and pin to pillow through the plastic/pricking paper layers. Sheet
protector plastic isn't as durable as contact paper, so
At 11:39 AM 5/27/2004, you wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for all the advice on how to prevent my prickings from staining
the lace. I got some waterproof pens and will try them out soon. As
for the plastic, do you know where I could get it?
The simplest thing to get would be transparent Contac Paper -- found
-adhesive book covers.
Clay
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> From: Weronika Patena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: 5/27/2004 2:43:19 PM
> Subject: [lace] pens and plastic for prickings
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for all the advice on how to prevent my prick
Hi,
Thanks for all the advice on how to prevent my prickings from staining
the lace. I got some waterproof pens and will try them out soon. As
for the plastic, do you know where I could get it? The Caltech
bookstore doesn't seem to have any, and I'm not very oriented in big
American stores and
