http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:44:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Carolyn Hastings Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:08:30 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/#comment-1921 Like Mary, I love this bit of information. I find this kind of thing all the time in antique lace, and if I had a chance to examine it more closely I'll bet I could find goofs in the laces that we are using as models for the jacket lace. One reason I love it, of course, is that when a mistake is made in the lace (especially leaving out a spangle), I know that history is being repeated. These people were earning their living, it wasn't a hobby. If it wasn't perfect and it wasn't going to show, they kept going. Now, of course, I go back and carefully sew the pangle in at the appropriate place. But I still feel I've touched history, in a way. Like Mary, I love this bit of information. I find this kind of thing all the time in antique lace, and if I had a chance to examine it more closely I’ll bet I could find goofs in the laces that we are using as models for the jacket lace. One reason I love it, of course, is that when a mistake is made in the lace (especially leaving out a spangle), I know that history is being repeated. These people were earning their living, it wasn’t a hobby. If it wasn’t perfect and it wasn’t going to show, they kept going. Now, of course, I go back and carefully sew the pangle in at the appropriate place. But I still feel I’ve touched history, in a way.

]]> http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/comment-page-1/#comment-1915 Mary Corbet Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:18:01 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/#comment-1915 Funny! I love little tidbits like this! Funny! I love little tidbits like this!

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