Comments on: Bobbin laces-recreating Battenburg lace on the embroidery machine

By: Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:32:20 +0000

I am a lace maker myself, but it takes so long to make the pieces. I just love the idea that it is now being done in Machine embroidery. I have put a lot of it already on many of my clothes and get many compliments on it to. I have purchased some clothing with it already on it, but usually after a laundering, it comes apart. I would rather make my own…!

By: Kerstin

Kerstin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:25:44 +0000

Dear Sadia, what you have actually created as “Battenberg Lace” reminds me to the Battenberg Lace which I know for many years. In my mind it looks better than the earlier one you’ve made, which has the look of finest filet crocheting.
Keep on doing the “new” one, please
Greetings
Kerstin

By: Rachel Topper

Rachel Topper — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:29:09 +0000

Hello Sadia! Your new Battenburg Collection is beautiful! I read your blog with interest. I do not digitize embroidery designs, nor have a desire to do so; so, I appreciate people like yourself who do the work for people like me. But, I do machine knitting, and do my own designing for that. One of the principles, for those who are not familiar with the craft, is that you MUST do a sample swatch before grafting, or working out the sweater pattern with the actual knit design. The reason for this, is because the fabric is so stretched on the machine that you can not measure it accurately as you are knitting. Also, the swatch has to be washed before measuring the gauge. THEN, you take those measurements and work up a pattern allowing for the shrinkage that will occur in the final garment. The garment make look oversized when you’re finished knitting, but that will be corrected after washing. Perhaps this is the approach that you need to make when digitizing. I realize that, perhaps, people will use different threads, so that may be a problem. But, this approach would take care of the entredeux question. Your last photo is beautiful too. I like the design. I also have found in sewing, that a good press job “covers a multitude of sins!” To me, that is one of the principles of great looking self-sewn garments! Keep up the lovely work!

By: M. E. Baumeister

M. E. Baumeister — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:05:53 +0000

Although it took some time to create, it is truly beautiful. Your sample is greatly
appreciated as is your time and effort to create this design.

By: Sandy in Indy

Sandy in Indy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:11:16 +0000

I’m certainly no expert on lace (or much of anything else, truth be told), but one thing I do know is that I absolutely love what you have created and would not change the entredeux to make is small. It’s gorgeous as you have it.

By: Leilany

Leilany — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:50:42 +0000

Sadia, I never ever have seen something so beautiful like this! Here, in Brazil, we don’t have no lace embroidery, but I have seeked the web and found your site, after the Scriby’s, and think it´s a whole new wonderful world to me!