re: [lace] antique prickings

2004-11-18 Thread Bev Walker
Hi Sharon and everyone Take a colour photocopy of each pricking, unless they are really roll-y and fragile, in which case I'd say prick through just one repeat of each. But if they can be flattened without damage, a colour photocopy gives you the clarity of the original. You can work the lace right

Re: [lace] antique prickings

2004-11-18 Thread beth
Hi, Sharon Lucky you! I'm sure there will be others who know more about looking after and using fragile antique prickings, but I imagine pricking through a very fragile old card pricking would risk damaging it even more, I reckon it would be safer to use the old (pre-photocopier) method and take