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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 2005524, member: 13464&quot;]To try and elaborate on&nbsp; Houseful&#039;s question; &quot;It looks so complicated that I can&#039;t imagine how they start.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;m adding a couple more pictures.[ATTACH=full]248029[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]248030[/ATTACH]</p><p>The first photo shows an enlarged leaf - in progress.&nbsp; You can see how the design elements are outlined with a heavy cord/cordonnet/gimp (in this case, it looks like it is composed of several threads) and couched down to the pattern. Then the decorative hand applied stitches fill the design elements.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the very fine handmade Point d&#039; France,&nbsp; that I highlighted in the first part of the article: Picture, if you will, all the little design elements (leaves, flowers, dots, buds)are constructed first (like the enlarged leaf above on the left but within the entire pattern segment).</p><p><br /></p><p>Once that is complete, then the mesh/grid/net/ground would then be filled in between the design elements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once the completion of the mesh/grid/net/ground was finished, the piece could then be &quot;embellished&quot; with the raised work which would be worked OVER the heavy cord/cordonnet/gimp (as in the enlarged photo on the right next to the leaf).</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, instead of a mesh/grid/net or ground, like our Point d&#039;France example, the connections are made with bars; which is a different form of needle lace (ie: Gros Point).</p><p><br /></p><p>In answer to the question from Houseful: &quot;I’m wondering if the lace maker makes the mesh background as a plain panel first then does all the other pieces on</p><p>top and then adds pieces.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, in fact for this great question! Yes, that method _IS_ utilized...but, not in the very fine needle lace that I was discussing today. I will discuss that in another lesson.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, unbelievably time consuming, tedious, fussy, and required a delicate hand, good vision, CLEAN hands, and hours of backbreaking sitting. It does boggle the mind. I believe that is why so much handmade lace is identified as &quot;machine&quot;, because so many can&#039;t fathom the hundreds of lace makers and hours that went into making these pieces! All, I may add; sometimes for the cost of a pallet and their daily bread!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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