I believe Needlelace as we know it today came into being because, before hand,
it was worked in the spaces where threads from the fabric were withdrawn. When
the garment was worn out â the needlelace was also thrown away, as it was
part of the garment. Eventually they invented a way of making
Over the years I have collected a few quotations that contain references
to "lace" from works of fiction. Here are two:
" What is our Cosmos but a snowflake? What is it but a piece of lace? "Â
>From â*/The Year of the Flood/*â by Margaret Atwood (1939-?).
 " âYour face is like lace!â,
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I don’t know where my copy of Le Pompe is at the moment so I cannot check. It
is an interesting quote though I would question its accuracy. In what way does
anyone need lace? Or even find it useful? Unless you have to make a lace
trimmed dress, lace curtains, or similar? Lacemaking was useful
According to Radmilla (someone please supply her last name as I am drawing a
blank), one of the Eastern European (Czech?) peasant laces was useful and
needful. She said fabric was expensive or hard to come by, and any housewife
or daughter could make lace. The lace was sewn to collars, cuffs,
It is an interesting quote. Probably not useful, especially viewed with today’s
more utilitarian eyes.
Back then, of course, you lived with ornament in the clothing of the moneyed
classes. I recall reading somewhere (can’t give you a citation, sorry) that one
of the great things about early
Here are the various quotes I have collected over the years.
From Wings of
Fire by Charles Todd (copy write 1998), Takes place in
England just after WW1
Inspector Ian Rutledge is rushing through a small village in the
rain.
âRutledge turned, crossed over to the nearest shop. In the
*Lace is a work not only beautiful but useful and needful.*
This is reputed to come from Le Pompe which I believe is the first patten
book for bobbin lace, published in 1557 in Venice. I cannot confirm this
because I do not have a reprint of the book.
Many years ago I cross-stitched this saying
I recently bought a First Day Program folder for the issue of the four lace
stamps championed by the Great Lace Lace Group, largely because it had this
great quote about lace at the top of the blurb. It is unattributed, but neat
anyway:
The skill that facets a diamond from stone merely uncovers
