| The FSL
Battenberg Butterfly Border Lace Set is a set of two designs.
One of the designs is a rectangle pattern. The second design is a corner
pattern. Different combinations of these two patterns allow you to create
beautiful table linens of different shapes and sizes. |
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| To embroider this type of lace, please read our recommendations first. |
| Stabilizers: We recommend to use water-soluble mesh, such as
Vilene. Vilene D0102 is a non woven dissolvable stabilizer which is imported
into the US, is sold in large rolls and is sometimes repackaged under different
brand names. Two of these brand names are Wash-Away and Aqua Magic. Film-like
water soluble stabilizers, such as Solvy, are not suitable for Free-Standing
Lace embroidery. |
| Threads: The thinner the thread, the finer the final product
will be. That is why we recommend that at least one of the threads, either
in the bobbin or in the needle, should be cotton, which gives bulk to the
lace and makes it look hand-made. Embroidery polyester thread will
make very fine weblike lace.
Embroidery rayon thread is too soft, it does not keep its shape and
very often its color fades under the influence of chemicals from the watersoluble
mesh.
If you are using 50- or 60-weight cotton, you can use it both in the
bobbin and in the needle. If you use 40-weight cotton thread for the needle,
you can use regular polyester bobbin thread.
We used Signature machine quilting cotton thread, but similar threads
from other companies should work just as well. |
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| Needles: We use size 80/12 embroidery needles and 80/12 metallic
needles. Our experience shows that cotton thread used with metallic needles
gives less lint. The needles should be sharp, so it's advisable to change
them after every project. |
| Most Importantly: ALWAYS make a test stitch-out of the design
and wash away the stabilizer. This helps you to select the threads, needles,
stabilizers and settings of your machine correctly. DO NOT embroider several
designs in one hoop. |
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Making Table Linen with Butterfly Edge Lace
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| Our first sample is the small tablerunner. Its finished size is 10"
wide by 20" long. |
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| Step One: Make a test stitch-out of one of the files. If you
are satisfied with the results, embroider the files "corner" and "border"
four times each.
Rinse the stabilizer and leave to air dry.
Press all parts with steam. On your working table, lay out the designs
in a rectangle.
Manually, join the parts in the places marked in red. Use the same thread
with which you made the embroidery. |
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| Step Two: Place the lace frame on a piece of fabric and pin
in place. |
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| Step Three: With a straight stitch along the inner outline of
the lace, attach the lace to the fabric. Work from the right side of the
tablerunner. |
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| Step Four: With a pair of sharp scissors cut away the excess
fabric close to the stitch. |
| Step Five: Return to your sewing machine and using short and
dense zig-zag, stitch over the raw edge of the fabric from the wrong side.
Use thread of the same color in the bobbin! Our lace is pale pink, so we
used pale pink bobbin thread. |
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| For a tablerunner 15 inches wide, add a border piece between the corners
on each short side. You can make the long sides of the tablerunner as long
as you need by adding border pieces. |
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| To make square doilies of any size, add equal numbers of border pieces
between all the corners.
The smallest square doily is 10" x 10". To make it, embroider
the file "corner" four times. |
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| Follow the Steps 1 though 5 to assemble the doily. |
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| By adding one piece of border between all corners, you'll get a square
doily measuring about 15" x 15". |
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| The possibilities of the set depend only on your time and patience.
By combing the corners and borders, you can make doilies, tablerunners,
tabletoppers and tableclothes of any sizes . |
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Happy Embroidering!
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