Susan - have you seen Making Lace with Little Grey Rabbit. There are some
quite small edgings there.
Another narrow edging I made (resized the pattern down) to make the edging
for a pair of pantaloons for a quite small doll is Malmesbury Lace.
Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we had some
The patterns for small motifs in Bucks- inserts for brooches or paperweights
- make lovely table centers or doilies for dressing tables etc. My favoured
thread is Pipers 4/20!
Jeanette Fischer
South Africa.
Subject: [lace] miniature lace
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Any BL pattern can be reduced (or enlarged) to suit your own requirements.
Sometimes itâs a bit of trial and error to get the right size, and as Karen
says there is a limit as to how small one can actually work.
Use this table
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html
I had also got a few more patterns from Roz herself that were separate to
her books. I believe they were Christmas related patterns.
Perhaps if you are looking for more items, you can reduce the size of some
simple patterns. I imagine that if they are too complicated then they will
be too
Roz Snowden's books are aimed at 1/12 dolls houses whilst Ann Volluer's book
has various scales
Be aware that s couple of the photos on the front cover of Roz's book don't
appear in the final book. I spent hours looking for them only to be told they
didn't make the final cut and was given the
There are three booklets by Annelies De Kort-van Zuiderveld "Bobbin lace for
in dolls' house. I have seen beautiful miniature lace made in Spain but
have never seen a pattern from Spain. The miniature scene in Spain is very
active and there is a beautiful magazine called Miniatura but it never
Hi there,
Don't know where you are in the world, Nathalie, but if you go to ebay -
item no: 140078870817 someone based in Northampton, UK is selling one which
claims to be 1.75 inches across, if that helps
Best wishes
Andrea,
in Cambridge, UK
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Clive's story reminded me of the Lace School that a
secret pal sent to me from Australia many years ago.
It is a 5 round basket with a mouse Lace School set
up in it. There's a teacher mouse, a spool of thread,
and two student mice each with a cookie pillow (less
than 2c wide) on a stand. The
For those of you who would like a nice treat in miniature pillows see the
link on the 'Lace Dolls' page below to the mini pillows.
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Gallery/LaceDolls.html
Lori the Lacefairy
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In a message dated 1/28/07 8:31:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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For those of you who would like a nice treat in miniature pillows see the
link on the 'Lace Dolls' page below to the mini pillows.
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Gallery/LaceDolls.html
Lori the Lacefairy
Annelies de Kort springs to mind when I think of miniature lace settings.
Maybe she'll be able to help you if you email her
http://www.anneliesdekort.nl/en-poppenhuizen.html
Sue (in Chicago)
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I've seen small cookie pillows on eBay at times. But
why not just make one the size you want? Some stiff
cardboard, fiberfill, and fabric plus some glue would
do it. Or carve the shape from a small piece of foam
and cover it. Check your craft shop and stationery
store for tiny pins (sequin
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Carve
your bobbins from toothpicks or wooden matches (unless
you wish to pay the price of the miniature turned ones
that can be found on eBay.)
Miniaturists:
Just some thoughts to get your creative
I used dollhouse nails for pins. They're the right size and brass
coloured.
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Pins: Mine (less than 1/2) were bought at great expense from an
archival
supplier when I was mounting a museum lace exhibit on covered foamcore
My friend, who is an artist, made me a lacemaker's cottage; rather a room in
a lacemaker's cottage. It has furniture and a tiny bolster pillow on a
stand. She made the bobbins by cutting the bristles from one of those
hairburshes with plastic bristles. They're just the right size; the knob
Hello Spiders,
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Next in line is Roz Snowden's Miniature Bobbin Lace, as I'm a
miniaturist,
For those interested in miniature lacemaking, you might like to take
a look at our Guild home page at
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