Fwd: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?

Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Clay Blackwell > Date: February 7, 2017 at 7:25:56 PM EST > To: devonth...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [lace] lily lappet - pattern? > > During all of my years in making lace... mostly from reconstructions... I can

Re: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?

> > The lappet of tomorrow... What a great idea. I'm very fond of lappets and find interesting the transition of their usage throughout the centuries that they were popular. As time went on, they weren't necessarily attached to caps, but just pinned to the hair on each side of the head. If they

RE: [lace] lappets in the 21st century

Basically, the challenge is to get the lappets out of the lace conference and onto the runways. How hard could that be? Fashion designers always borrow from the past. I don’t think a simple expedient such as transforming lappets into scarves is going to appeal to the fashion world which is

Re: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?

In the modern world, the lappet becomes half a scarf.  Attach the two lappets of a pair together in the middle, and wear it under the collar of your dress coat/jacket with the ends hanging down the front.  I've done that many times with the one I made.  Or it could be just wrapped around the

Re: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?

Oh, Devon - what a good idea. I think we should all wear lappets. Picture Venus & Serena Williams playing tennis with lappets streaming from their hair. Women doctors in the operating room, lappets demurely tucked into their scrubs. Women directing traffic, lappets peeking from underneath their

RE: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?

Dear Sue, Far be it for me to question any challenging lace project. But, I am a little curious about why you need a lappet. Also, it seems to me that as lappets go, this one does not really fit the bill because it is not long and, shall I say, lappet shaped. I hate to be the bearer of bad

Re: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?

Yes, I was thinking of it more as a purse front or wall-hanging or some such thing – not being likely to wear a lappet!The flowers are so prettily designed – we’ll all just have to wait and see what it develops into. I was assuming that Devonia planned that 2 would be made and attached

Re: [lace] lily lappet - pattern?

Thank you all for your helpful comments. Now I'm home and at a printer, I've been able to print it the photo off, and it comes out quite clearly. I've added it to my collection of lace to make at some point . Grin! Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com I spotted a lovely piece of lace on page 4 of

Re: [lace] Honiton books by Susanne Thompson

Hi Jill I did all the scanning for Susanne for her first book using my home scanner and it was adequate for the job. I’m not sure where to access one of these special scanners and cost and time are limiting and I do not see that there should be a problem in destroying a single book if it means