[lace] Re: finishing question

2007-01-17 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:56, beth wrote: Les Lauriers is a heavy, furnishing lace made in thick linen thread [...] I want it to lie flat, not least so that vases and so forth placed on the mat [...] So the lace and the fabric need to fit each other perfectly and stay that way - no shrinkage of

RE: [lace] Re: finishing question

2007-01-17 Thread Patricia Dowden
On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:56, beth wrote: Les Lauriers is a heavy, furnishing lace made in thick linen thread [...] I want it to lie flat, . I had the good fortune to hear Kaethe Kliot talk about laundering linens with lace. As an example she had an enormous banquet cloth with a wide lace