From: Weronika Patena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm looking for cheap linen fabric to put lace edgings on. What's the
difference between cross-stitch fabric and normal fabric, and would it make
any sense to put lace edgings on it?
Fist off, I'm assuming you mean fabric centers for circular and
In a message dated 8/23/04 11:54:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
One, I don't have a lot of money right now. Two, I've never tried
attaching
anything to fabric before, so the first pieces probably won't be very nice
anyway. Three, cheap on eBay doesn't necessarily
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:43:14AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Weronika,
You sound angry or frustrated with the responses you've received.
Oops, sorry. I'm not. Just bad writing style? g
Almost all
of us have had the problem of limited funds, especially when we were young
I've read loads of interesting notes on this subject, but
just want to add a couple of thoughts...
I like to keep the fabric in my handkerchiefs and mats
consistent with the weight of the lace. Since I use fine
threads, (140/2 Egyptian Cotton and smaller...), this means
that the handkerchief has
I'm looking for cheap linen fabric to put lace edgings on. What's the
difference between cross-stitch fabric and normal fabric, and would it
make any
sense to put lace edgings on it?
Cross stitch fabric is woven to have exactly the advertised number of
threads per inch, with the same number of
I'm really far from a lace expert but I must question your search for
'cheap' linen. I sew, weave, do lace etc and would never consider investing
my time in inferior materials. If you plan to spend hours on a lace edge a
very small part of the investment is the fabric you plan to trim. I'd vote
One, I don't have a lot of money right now. Two, I've never tried attaching
anything to fabric before, so the first pieces probably won't be very nice
anyway. Three, cheap on eBay doesn't necessarily mean low-quality (not that I
have any idea how to tell the quality of a piece of fabric in any
That said, I'd try to get better fabric if I had any idea how to tell
which one
that is. It seems like just trying to buy more expensive fabric
instead isn't
the best idea, so for now I'll just get some cheap stuff to practice
with, and
maybe figure out the quality later. g
Square inch for
