On Jun 26, 2008, at 23:32, Laurie Waters wrote:
Anyone want to hazard a guess if this ebay item 250262902713 is Saba
lace?
I would agree with Tamara. The star motif is not representative of Saba
lace, and I have not seen any Saba lace that incorporates the lace ground
as shown in the eBay
Hi All
Have any of you please got any advice on how to get my fans looking curved. I
have tried most things from different tension to rearranging the passives but
no luck. Mine are looking too flat instead of rounded, sometimes they work (
but I keep forgetting what I have done to get it right)
Hi all -
I am now the proud possessor of some extremely age-discolored antique lace
bought on ebay. I dunno how the seller managed to make it look white in the
photographs, but it's actually quite (very) yellowed. Not white.
Aside from that, it's pretty.
And it's delicate.
I have a right to
Hello Ricky,
how much do you like that piece?
That it isn't really white shows, in my opinion, that it is realy old
so it isn't a mistake. Bleaching old laces is difficult andI think
a sin, sorry, just my opinion.
Wish you the right way.
Greetings
Ilske which is nearly on her way to
Wendy wrote:
Have any of you please got any advice on how to get my fans looking
curved.
Presumable the outer edge is curved.
If not, you can make sure they curve by adding a twist to each of the left
and right pairs before working through the outside passive pair, twist the
workers, pin,
Thanks for your comments and question, Ilske! Yes, it's definitely old all
right. It's a real antique, no doubt about that.
The pattern is pretty, but the color really is not. I wouldn't use it as it is.
It's not a pretty yellowish to my eyes - and really quite dark on the exposed
end, but I
Hi:
One question - when you say it's old, how old do you mean? 1720? 1820?
1920? (I once had a customer tell me her book was very old indeed - her
grandmother gave it to her mother, her mother gave it to her, and now
her mother was gone ... I thought it had to be at least 1880, and when
she
At 04:32 AM 6/28/2008, Wendy Davies wrote:
Hi All
Have any of you please got any advice on how to get my fans looking curved. I
have tried most things from different tension to rearranging the passives but
no luck. Mine are looking too flat instead of rounded, sometimes they work (
but I keep
Thanks for the tips! I think it's probably from around the turn of the century
- machine made definitely.
I went ahead and put it in some lukewarm water with some washing soda, and
sloshed it around gently. The yellow started coming out immediately - at least
a good part of it. I rinsed it
Hi Wendy
A plain Torchon fan (ie all cloth stitch) is one of the most difficult things
to do well.
There are two or three minor cheats that even the lace police wouldn't be
able to recognise a cheat.
First of all you could do your fans with one cloth and twist pair on the
outside edge.
I have been trying to read the information written by Berthilda Vandoren
chronicled in the Lace Magazine. The second installment is in the spring
1987 issue. I have gotten a hold of several copies, yet they are all
missing pages 17-29. Does anyone have a copy that is complete? I am
interested
I'm curious what Jeri Ames has to say about oxygen bleaches. I use it a lot
in my laundry and have always had very nice results even with silk. Would
this be an option?
Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon where we are having record breaking
heat - enough to remind me why I left Phoenix!!!
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