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What construction techniques were used to make this dress?
I wish I hadn't forgotten to bring back the camera today - I missed a great photo op.
Today we almost were ready to start cutting the lace skirt, but when we tried to lay it out, we realized that after the dyeing, the embroidered parts had shrunk a bit more than the overall body of the lace. So, luckily Emily Leimkuhler (VC ' 10) got to steam it all out! She pinned the whole length of yardage up along the storage boxes that line one wall of the shop, and then set to steaming. It would have been a great photo, and I'm sure she would have loved to record the moment for posterity. Because the lace is pretty sheer, at times it looked like she was just steaming the boxes!
Anyway, thanks, Emily!
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Your readers may be interested in the series currently running on the Venetian Red blog —A History of Lace in Seven Portraits. The first installment can be found here: Lace Series
Liz
contributor, Venetian Red
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