7/16/2014

Sleeves and new sources

My luck at buying textiles on line hasn't been good... It is just so hard to know quality and feel from a photograph and I've been disappointed so many times... But a great happy surprise yesterday.  I just love the HEAVY  black cotton  floral lace I want to use on the bottom of my jacket.   It was leftover from a large amount I had to order to use on the suffrage piece. But I needed to find an allover black cotton lace yardage that would be compatible to use for the sleeves. 

After a long search I found this and you can see that they go really well together...







So the sleeves will look something like this! I didn't want it to be a vest and my previous CQ jacket (an others I've seen) look too bulky with CQed sleeves.  It was also too warm to comfortably wear with CQed sleeves and I looked like  a CQed teddy bear



And in the search I found 2 interesting interest sites for lace yardage... I got the heavy black "allover" cotton lace at Lace Mart.  They have an endless amount of lace but their site was difficult to navigate.


At the same time I was looking for a "lightweight" vintage knitted lace which is REALLY difficult to find.  But I did find it at Laurel Farm and they had lots of vintage sewing stuff ....some a bargain and some not.... definitely unusual stuff.  I did find a reasonable lot of very old laces, mostly knitted. 

6 comments:

crafty cat corner said...

I'm loving this jacket, quite beautiful.
Briony
x

Marilyn said...

That is going to be soooo gorgeous. You will be the queen of where ever you go with it on.

Shirlee Fassell said...

Love the lace idea for the sleeves! Defiantly adds a classy touch!

margaret said...

yes I am glad you chose the black lace looking so good

Patty said...

So excited the quilt is going to
Huston, seams like I watched it since birth! The next one destine
to go will be the Cottage Ouilt I'm sure. Thank you so much for sharing so much knowlege. I adore your work and style. Patty

Suztats said...

That is stunning! You'll look spiffy for sure.

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