Although I don't do a lot of needle lace I made a container for mine with a box
that Badminton shuttlecocks come in from the sports shop. I cut it so it was 9
long, Padded it slightly and covered it with cotton cover, you need only tuck
the ends inside as the cases come with metal ends that
Hi Deborah,
It is better to couch the outline before pinning the work onto the pillow
Karen in Malta
On 3/21/2013 7:56 AM, Debora Lustgarten wrote:
. mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you
couch the outline threads before mounting the project onto the pillow?
Hi Debora,
I work my needlelace on a pad of fabric folded four times into a smaller
square,
bigger than my pattern. I draw my pattern in reverse on a piece of think
plastic, then I tack the pattern down to the fabric through all the fabric
folds. I draw the pattern in reverse so that the
Hello Arachnes,
Although the conversation regarding our commemorative plans is
interesting, I'd like some help on the steps and how-to regarding
mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you
couch the outline threads before mounting the project onto the
pillow? How do you
I never use a pillow to do needle lace. But then, I'm one of those people
who hate using a hoop to do embroidery, too.
My steps are: draft the pattern (however one does it, whether printing it
off the computer or doing it by hand), put transparent sheeting across the
whole page (so the ink or
Traditionally you would start off with a piece of fabric (eg calico)
folded into three, a little larger than your design. On top of this,
your design drawn on paper, and on top of that a sheet of architect's
linen, all tacked together around the edge. Then the architects stopped
using their
On 3/21/2013 7:56 AM, Debora Lustgarten wrote:
Hello Arachnes,
Although the conversation regarding our commemorative plans is
interesting, I'd like some help on the steps and how-to regarding
mounting a needle lace project onto the stitching pillow. Do you couch
the outline threads before
