l love making lace because it involves my head and hands when it comes to making lace don’t thing there are rules but just people experimenting what works for them.Making lace is a learning process that each and everyone one of us most work through.Anyone doing lace or been in my lace classes will know l love disposable bobbins and
love using them in lace making.
If l had to wind my bobbins l would never get my lace done. I never have to touch my tension with them they work like a dream in my Brother machines. A lot of bobbin thread on a big spool can sometimes be made very fast when winded which gives us many knots and can cause upper thread breaks and stopping and starting.This is frustrating when you look at the time one puts in for lace making.
I love my spun polyester bobbins Nebs they are knot less and l get no dust on my rotary hook which many know dust can shorten the life of your machine. I love to use water soluble vileness for my lace making but the hooping of it is very important. I hoop it taut so there are no wrinkles usually just one layer.
It is made for high stitch counts it will not stretch in any direction is not a film so it dissolves quickly in hot or cold water. Water soluble vilene is as strong as a cutaway ideal for my customers to use for there lace making.
With my lace no one really looks at the bottom only the top so sometimes if it is a metallic l might match top and bottom just for looks. A very dense lace design l find needs 2 layers of water soluble vileness.
The main problem ladies make with lace l find is not being sure if it is freestanding or not.For anyone out there having a giggle yes l made the mistake too of not checking. Had stitched this lovely cloth all together which when washed l was left with a big mess of threads in my sink.
Laugh about it now but was jumping up and down at the time. LOL I know now to ask the lace designer weather it is free standing or not. Freestanding lace the stitching is woven with other stitches and good lace designs are digitized in a way that supports the overall stitching and have an underlay of thread.
The direction of the stitching along with the interlocking stitches is so important in making freestanding lace.
Other lace designs not free standing are to be sewn out to give a lacy effect are stitched out on fabric base such as voile,batiste or organza.Nowadays l just put my lace designs in the washing machine when finished.
I usually add some fabric softer which makes my lace lovely and soft.Choose your lace designs carefully and remember to ask the digitize if it is free standing.
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