Comments on: Bring in the Cavalry! http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:44:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carolyn Hastings http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Carolyn Hastings Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:01:00 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1920 I hope everyone will be pleased to know that the long piece of lace (pictured in Tricia's photos) has now grown to a length of 48". And we have another lacemaker who will put in some hours tomorrow, so who knows what the total length will be by the end of the weekend? We should also have the second wing piece finished. Speed of lacemaking depends on many things: familiarity of lacemaker with the pattern, complexity of the design, scale of materials are a few. In the case of this lace, the scale is actually relatively large, and the lace is not very complex. Compared to a piece of Binche, or floral Bucks, for instance, it positively flies. Colleen has mentioned how long it takes her, but I guarantee that after she has spent more time with this lace she will speed up a lot. Right now if I'm not interrupted or distracted, I think it probably takes me around 40 minutes per repeat (a repeat is just under 1" long). Of course, the amount of time that qualifies as uninterrupted or undistracted is pretty small. Carolyn Carolyn I hope everyone will be pleased to know that the long piece of lace (pictured in Tricia’s photos) has now grown to a length of 48″. And we have another lacemaker who will put in some hours tomorrow, so who knows what the total length will be by the end of the weekend? We should also have the second wing piece finished.

Speed of lacemaking depends on many things: familiarity of lacemaker with the pattern, complexity of the design, scale of materials are a few. In the case of this lace, the scale is actually relatively large, and the lace is not very complex. Compared to a piece of Binche, or floral Bucks, for instance, it positively flies.

Colleen has mentioned how long it takes her, but I guarantee that after she has spent more time with this lace she will speed up a lot. Right now if I’m not interrupted or distracted, I think it probably takes me around 40 minutes per repeat (a repeat is just under 1″ long). Of course, the amount of time that qualifies as uninterrupted or undistracted is pretty small.

Carolyn

Carolyn

]]> By: Robbin Douglas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Robbin Douglas Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:49:34 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1919 Having done both, I can say that you can do a repeat in less time than it takes to do any flower, but that doesn't make it fast. It just means that Carolyn and a team of helpers have made great progress putting in time getting the lace done. Thankfully, in sheer volume the lace is less, as it's still going to take a chunk of time to get this done and we did start working on it a number of months ago now! I really love the stitching, but after being set to work on a columbine, making lace is starting to sound really appealing! Robbin Having done both, I can say that you can do a repeat in less time than it takes to do any flower, but that doesn’t make it fast. It just means that Carolyn and a team of helpers have made great progress putting in time getting the lace done. Thankfully, in sheer volume the lace is less, as it’s still going to take a chunk of time to get this done and we did start working on it a number of months ago now!

I really love the stitching, but after being set to work on a columbine, making lace is starting to sound really appealing!

Robbin

]]> By: Colleen http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/comment-page-1/#comment-1917 Colleen Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:20:38 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/#comment-1917 Each of those repeats takes quite a while....I can only do one in about two hours..... Each of those repeats takes quite a while….I can only do one in about two hours…..

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