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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4395244, member: 13464&quot;]Photos #16, 17 and 18</p><p>Item 7 - straight edge</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks to be about 3&quot; wide... I&#039;d say an edging.</p><p>It looks like it has a tape of some sort attached to one side; can&#039;t see it clear enough - maybe that was the hem cut off something and still attached to the lace?</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo 16 - pleasing design, graceful elements - bell flowers, roses, shaded leaves, nice light and dark areas </p><p><br /></p><p>In 17 and 18 - tight and tidy stitches, variety of stitches, heavy outside element outlines, simple connecting bars</p><p><br /></p><p>This one has all the earmarks of handmade Point de Gaze. All needle and thread stitches. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason that the ends are &quot;finished&quot;... is because you are looking at the ends of a &quot;repeat&quot;.&nbsp; Undoubtedly made by multiple lace makers; each &quot;repeat&quot; probably spanned from roughly the 8&quot; to the 12&quot; mark on the ruler. It begins at 8 - and ends at 12.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you hold it up to the light; you should be able to see a slightly darker, probably irregular line going vertically along the right edge of the roses element. Each lacemaker would have been responsible for her 4&quot; (or so); the &quot;manager&quot; (for lack of another word at this time of night) would have been responsible for making sure that each lacemaker was using the same thread. The design would have been planned to be segmented into &quot;doable&quot; size repeats. After completion; another lacemaker would have been responsible for whipping the two repeats invisibly together and hiding the ends. It took a village!</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok... that&#039;s it for me... I&#039;m whooped! But HOW fun! You got some great pieces!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll check in tomorrow...</p><p>Good night for now.</p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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