mem_somerville, Antique store cat wonders if you really need more doilies....
To be fair, she's right (her name is Beatrice, at Howard's Flying Dragon Antiques). But you can't get linen like the fineness of these squares now, perfectly hemmed. Seriously great stuff.
And that goose. I mean, of course I needed the goose doily.
#BobbinLace #FiletLace #Caturday
A round linen doily about 7 inches in diameter. It has a triangular trim with a little flower motif in it, made of filet lace. The center of the doily also has about a 2 inch square motif of a goose with a long bent neck in that angry goose pose. The circle of linen in the main area also has drawn thread work removed so that it looks like a tic-tac-toe grid (with the goose in the center). The initials ADH are embroidered in the top center square too.
A pile of fabulously soft and fine linen rectangles, with drawn threads to make one inch squares around the edge. It also has a perfectly sewn folded over hem all the way around. It has a safety pin holding the batch, and it says $10 set of 8. I can make a lace trim around the edges of these that will look divine. And that means I don't have to sew the center part, which is just not my favorite part of the whole thing.
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