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  1. Posted 3 months ago

    Craft » Sewing

    Lots and lots of lace...

    Started 3 months ago · Last post 4 days ago · Displaying all 11 Post
    So at one of the thrift stores here, I found 5 yards of 12" wide scalloped lace. It's ivory in color, and pretty lightweight.
    But what should I do with it? I got some other lace as well that I will be using on skirts and dresses, but I have no idea what to do with this cut because there's 15 feet of it and it's a foot wide.

    Any ideas? I'd like to use it in some kind of more gothic clothing.
  2. Posted 3 months ago
    You could make a set of Victorian style handkerchiefs, maybe monogram them also.
  3. Posted 3 months ago
    Hm... that's an interesting idea. :D
  4. Posted 3 months ago · Edited 3 months ago
    Maybe create lace roses/flowers to attach onto tops of hairbands/hair accessories?
  5. Posted 3 months ago
    You could sew like 5 rows of them overlapping onto the bottom of the sleeves of a long sleeve black shirt. That might turn out really cute. Or get a pair of old pants and stripe the legs horizontally with lace all the way down. You could also dye them whatever colors you want.
  6. Posted 3 months ago
    I immedietely think of lace underthings...not necessarily meant for the boudoir, but perhaps a camisole or something that will show with certain clothes? I know you mentioned gothic, and this may be a tad too "romantic" for your style, but hey, throwing it out there. Gothic does cover several subgenres after all. :}
  7. Posted 3 months ago
    Well you can dye it a different color to go with whatever you want, if the color is one thing that is putting you off making stuff with it. I have some lace too and have no idea what to do with it because it's like 4 inches wide. I have like half inch lace that I think I could use to make panties with.

    Since there is 15 feet of it, you could use it to put at the bottom of a petticoat! That way it will show from underneath a skirt and look pretty. Otherwise since it's so wide idk what I would do with it. If it were smaller, I would put it as the edging of a cloak/cape, skirts, bottom of shirts.
  8. Posted 3 months ago
    I'm thinking I'm going to add some to a button-down shirt I have that needs something cool done to it... new sleeves and a lace bottom, I'm thinking. I might cut parts of it down to make it less wide and maybe put ruffles on a tshirt or something with it. We'll see.
  9. Posted 25 days ago
    Wide lace like that can be used as the material from the top of the bra to the high neckline on a modern-day victorian dress. Then match it on the forearms, over the material from the wrist up towards the elbow a foot. Plus, it could go on the bottom of the skirt. That would be a georgous dress. Or, you could find a blouse pattern with a yoke and use the lace for the yoke. Tuck the blouse into a long skirt and you could get your vic. dress that way. Good find though!
  10. Posted 24 days ago
    Hm... something with a dress might be pretty neat.
    I'm giving some thought to making a skirt of some sort.

    I might play around with it this week and see what I can think of.
  11. Posted 4 days ago
    i have a ton of that kinda lace too >.< not sure what to use it for either :P

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