I'm glad you are enjoying the posts! Leslie
It is... and I have...
LOL! I love that ! It IS a "black art"! LOL... I'm going to have to remember that! Leslie
Hi Bev, There are still pockets of lace makers in Belgium and other places, and there are still public displays of lace making...but, on certain...
It is... I wish it was my own work! Leslie
I felt compelled to add these photos of a piece of "blonde" Chantilly. It is unbelievably fine. The top photo shows the piece in it's entirety -...
Black lace threads are a bit harder to actually see - as black thread shadows on itself. These pieces are enlarged quite alot. But let's do a...
Lovely! I'm glad you are enjoying them! Leslie
I'll continue lessons here - unless you'd like me to quit... just say; I won't be offended. I'm not going to get into what "kind" of needle lace...
I thought to discuss how drawn work is made for the lesson today. Ultimately, cut and drawn work is made of a single piece of fabric. It is a...
Yes, you are both right! Nice job! Even if you do not make crocheted lace...they should be fairly easy to judge. In comparing how "crisp" they...
Joan, I'm in total agreement! I believe you are right re: shams. They just didn't look right for handkerchiefs to me! Leslie
Here we go - perhaps an easy one today. It is not very often that I find machine made crochet. Not only did I find an example - but the pattern...
Hey! Chiming in here! :) How lovely! Hmmm... I can't say that I've ever seen a handkerchief with a solid wide hem like that and then lace...
I'm so pleased you are enjoying the lace id lessons! I'm open to that idea...but it seems like a: I don't know how to do that and b: it seems...
I'm willing; but know not how to accomplish that. Advise? Leslie
I have a mess of them - not exactly the same; but very similar. Most of mine have a round painted head, pipe cleaner arms, a fan of tulle with...
You never know... anywhere in Jolly Old is closer to it's origins than I am in mid-country USA. And even I have found a few pieces... not top of...
I agree that lacey bits are often ignored. Sometimes people really have no clue as to what they are looking at. They don't know how it was made or...
Isn't it?! :) Leslie
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