//// Recycled lace

Posted on | July 20, 2010 | 4 Comments

I made this quick fix for my vintage lace addiction from quite mundane garments: a second hand crocheted cardigan and a piece of bobbin lace which originally adorned a piece of bedlinen. The cardigan I got for 2 euros from the local charity shop — it was broken, slightly stained and the shape of it was not particularly fetching. But I liked the lightweight crochet with subtly 3d flower motif — and the fact that the years of use had given the fabric certain softness, often lacking from crocheted items. I’m happy how the two shades of white combined look like and how the front turned out — but the back is not perfect, I run about 15 cm short of the bobbin lace to finish it as I had planned. The construction idea is stolen directly from this Magda Berliner top I saw in wonderful Res Pulchrae blog — but the body is slightly longer.

It is not at its best over just a lightweight bikini top (that gives almost zero support and no flattening for my chest), but I’ll bet that it will be an useful layering piece. And I promise that I will not play with the Poladroid all the time — but the pictures were utter crap so I did what I could… (yeah, excuses… =))

Discussion

Sally
July 20th, 2010 @ 7:20 pm

I adore it. And agree that it has tremendous layering potential.
janavi
July 21st, 2010 @ 12:32 am

Absolutely love what you did with the lace. Really gorgeous.
apparellel
July 24th, 2010 @ 7:35 am

i think this piece turned out amazing but i would expect nothing less from you. love.

xxx
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Ulrika
July 26th, 2010 @ 11:38 am

Lovely! Great combo between two laces.

What do you think?

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