Work in progress......

Here's some pictures to show HOW the lace doilies are made in their different stages. This is actually a doily that I don't feature in my web store because I don't make it that often. If you'll notice, it's the same lace as the "all leaf" lace stye. And there are two different sizes featured to show you how the same lace is worked up in two different sizes.

From lace and material...



STEP 1: Pin and sew the lace down into the shape of the doily.





This is what it looks like on the lace side. It's easier to see the sewing from the back side.



STEP 2: Cut the material away by hand with scissors -- no I don't have a machine to do this part.



STEP 3: Finish open corners -- and in this lace's case, there are none. Other laces require that corners are sewed back together.







Of course the last step is to chase Bear out of the sewing room so I can clean up all the scraps of material and lace off the floor and start over....he's always under foot keeping me company.



and some recent work....













Yes, I can make black doilies too -- with my black lace.











And a custom shape for the European lace, as requested by a customer....