Hi spiders I received an unexpected phone call the other week from a lady who is in the process of moving house and wanted to find a good home for some old lace! She was given mydetails andtelephoned to see if I was interested. Well you can imagine the response - yes please, where do you live (2 hours away) and can I collect when I'm passing on my way to my cousins Golden wedding celebrations on Saturday?
Well during last week I was actually able to go through this bag of lace - mostly all filet crochet, five table cloths of various sizes and around 8/9 filet lace edgings all for tablecloths of various sizes, but mostly quite large. I just could not believe what I was finding, despite the dreadful condition of it all, very brown and stained. A week on and I have carefully washed all thetable cloths and a couple of the edgings and they are absolutely beautiful - can't wait to clean the rest. In the bag were also the pattern books dating from the 1930's priced 2d (old English money) so I can identify all the edgings made. One table cloth is a tape lace with needlelace fillings and is a perfect fit for my conservatory table. All the pieces were made by this ladies grandmother and her two sisters all pre 1940's, and apart from the finished pieces they had never been used. She wanted them to go to someone who would appreciate them and give them a good home rather than bin them, which is what would have happened had she not found them a home but left it until her children had the job. Still grinning madly at such a wonderful gift. Nicky in Suffolk To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
