I was really hoping to find out a little about the lace on this costume. It was traditional where I live and the young lady wearing it so proudly is to be married. I don’t know whether she and her female relatives would have made the lace or bought it for the occasion.
Click on the image to get a better view of the lace.
2 comments:
How intricate. I often forget that people use to tat - that's the word for making lace isn't it? Anyway, the things we take for granted these days. Thanks for another beautiful card.
Isobel: tatting and lace making are similar. If I remember correctly, tatting has one thread, I tried it myself but didn't get very far;
http://doit101.com/Crafts/Tatting.html
Lace is made with several bobbins the threads cross over to make intricate patterns. when I was at school I visited a lace maker in Bruges, It was interesting to watch, they work so quickly.
http://www.qpc.org/index.php?&thr=181&tim=2009-03-24
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