Hello All! Taking a break from Rosaline, I made a sample of Flanders ground & was delighted with my sneak peek! While the lace was resting, I unpinned the first inch & thought I hit the jackpot. Alas, my mistakes were revealed the next day—ugh. My Rosaline “circle of fishlets” wasn’t good enough to give to my neighbor so I decided to keep it & make the Flanders strip into a candle band instead. Except—what to do with white lace on a white candle? What about a ribbon underneath? Great idea, but have you shopped for ribbon lately? Egad—polyester is so squirrely, who can use this stuff? To get the correct color & width, I folded it in half, sewed it together three times & pressed the heck out of it. Still rumpled—Grrrr! I sewed the lace to the ribbon before whip stitching the whole thing onto the candle & covering the seam with hot glued fleurs de papier. It doesn’t look too bad & she was thrilled. Now here’s the question—the footside edge is do! uble stitch (CTCT) with an extra twist on the edge pair, pin under four. When I sewed it to the ribbon, it was difficult to “stitch in the ditch” between the edge pair & first passive pair while using the pinhole. Next time, I am tempted to put two extra twists on the edge pair to make it more firm & tidy. I used DMC 50 broder machine. Photos are posted to Flickr. Any suggestions from the experts? Many thanks for any advice! Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA
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