I’ve been making decisions about my lace table mats inspired by the life of Amy Atkin. If you follow this blog you’ll know I had some decisions to make about
the appearance of the mats. Well, I’ve decided to insert the lace into the
fabric of the mats rather than attach it at the side. I’m using ready made mats
and I think if I cut them in half I can use half a mat, then my lace, then a section
slightly less than a quarter of the mat. I came to that decision by folding the
mats in different arrangements and adding the lace then photographing the
result and comparing all the variations. The mats will also have the words of
the marriage service ‘for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer’
embroidered on them in a reference to Amy, and other women of her generation,
having to give up work when they married. I’ve been experimenting with fonts
for the text. I want something cursive and old fashioned so I’ve been seeing
what’s on the computer and trying a bit of writing. I’ve also been
experimenting with some embroidery stitches for the text. I’m favouring
couching at the moment having tried stem stitch, running stitch and chain
stitch. Progress is being made – watch this space!
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