I saw this small free-standing lace design and wanted to know if I could make a doily with it. In my software, I have duplicated it six times and rotated in a circle in one go, and am thrilled with the result. The design is called Old Lace Small and is part of the Designer Lace Collection from Sue Box.
Hugs, Lidia
78118Lidia, this is another perfect project! We're on holidays and I miss being able to sit at my sewing machine; however, with my laptop I can play around with some of my designs and hope to stitch them out when I get home next week. I love making these doilies with Sue Box's designs and find that they travel well to leave as hostess gifts when we visit. I see by the comments you inspire many in this group. Thanks for sharing. Avis
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by cooperal
06 Jul 2017
Thanks, Lidia. I've been meaning to ask you a question about overlap when you use these lace designs. Do you turn off the "Remove Overlap" feature or do you let the design stitch over top the portion that overlaps? I'm referring to what I have on my Pfaff 5D. Before I combine multiple designs I can go into Preferences and uncheck the Remove Overlap box so that when it comes to combining the designs it leaves all the stitches. With a lace design I'm a little hesitant to delete any part because it may not end up being FSL and will fall apart on me!!! Thanks for your patience in answering my many questions. Your designs have triggered a creative chord in me and one of these days I'm going to have to refill some of my thread!!! Avis
by lidiad
06 Jul 2017
The Remove Overlap feature in my 4D Embroidery Extra is always checked and removes some overlapping stitches, not all of them, and my FSL doilies never fall apart. I always check that that feature doesn't add thousands of stitches - it has happened a couple of times :-)
Hugs, Lidia
by cooperal
08 Jul 2017
Thanks for this information. We are in Prince George, BC right now and there are forest fires everywhere...we are on a provincial fire extreme alert...worst in 14 years. May be interesting finding which route to take home!! Avis
3003Travail d'artiste, je vous envie. Bravo et bon courage pour d'autres ouvrages. Vous nous comblez d'idées. Remerciements d'une Algérienne amoureuse de vos créations.
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by lidiad
edited 05 Jul 2017
Thank you for your comment and welcome to Cute Embroidery :-)
I am not sure about the Algérienne amoureuse you are talking about. Could you give me more details?
Hugs, Lidia
28It's lovely. .But with slow speed it must have taken a long long time to embroider.
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by lidiad
31 Mar 2017
That's what works best with my machine, try it with your machine at a higher speed and see how it performs, may be your machine works better using higher speeds. Thanks for your comment.
Hugs, Lidia
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7075513243Very excellent stunning and so beautiful. Hugs Stella
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704535Really lovely - I love your romantic style. Perfect with the roses!
Thank you for sharing - Maria
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299559So very beautiful, love seeing your creations so inspiring thank you for sharing
big hugs from London xx
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20276Beautiful.... as always!
Compliment and hugs, Roberta
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9009It looks fabulous! I am always abbit afraid the overlap will cause prblems - too dense, eespecially with FS, stabiliser will tear, etc - but you seem to get it right each time.
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by lidiad
21 Mar 2017
Thank you, Martine. To help getting it right, I use 3 layers of water-soluble Vilene, use a 75/11 needle and the speed is the second lowest in my machine.
Hugs, Lidia
145302I goofed and added my comment to the very first person's! Sorry for the confusion ! I am repeating my comments here.
This is so lovely!! I saw it on Suebox's site and wondered how you did it. Can I ask if you stiched each FSL panel separately and then attached them to the main fabric? I am confused because you say you rotated the design 6 times in your software which suggests you sewed the designs directly onto the fabric in the hoop. Obviously I have never done a doily like this but am inspired by your work to try one. I just don't know how to begin. I love all of the doilies that you make!
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by mops
edited 21 Mar 2017
The big advantage of rotating it in the. software is the perfect placement. Many software programs have a function to multiply and rotate in one go, called Encore, Auto-repeat or something similar. You play with it till you are happy with the result. That can take quite some time as there are so many options to consider. You need a large hoop to stitch it out, but there won't be any guesswork.
by lidiad
21 Mar 2017
Thank you for your comment, Diana.
I have used my software as Mops has explained. Also in my software, I have created inner contour stitches to attach the fabric in the centre to the water-soluble Vilene, trimmed the excess fabric, then stitched the lace design out.
Hugs, Lidia
892Fabulous! Looks like a beautiful antique/Lillian
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by lidiad
21 Mar 2017
Thank you, Lillian! Free-standing lace is so versatile and it's fun to try and see what we can do with every design.
Hugs, Lidia
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52686Very professional, perfect work. You are so clever with the doilies you do, you are an expert at this work. Sandra.
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24331S T U N N I N G!!!! You are a master/mistress of this style of embroidery Lidia. Love Chris
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26116311867Gorgeous!!!! Love this.....you inspire me with all your projects.
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by dianascrafts5
21 Mar 2017
This is so lovely!! I saw it on Suebox's site and wondered how you did it. Can I ask if you stiched each FSL panel separately and then attached them to the main fabric? I am confused because you say you rotated the design 6 times in your software which suggests you sewed the designs directly onto the fabric in the hoop. Obviously I have never done a doily like this but am inspired by your work to try one. I just don't know how to begin. I love all of the doilies that you make!
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