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Snowflake LaceIn the Snowflake Lace Collection there are 26 designsthat include lace and non-lace elements. There are twoconnecting lace borders, one large and one small that canbe used for large projects. There are also small freestanding elements and large lace scenes that you can useas inserts. This tutorial will explain how these designsare used. We hope you have fun with this lace collection.-- Steve Wilson, Linda Winzeler and Staff of AnitaGoodesign

STEP: 1

Prepare to stitch lace by matching bobbin thread totop thread. One way to do this is to use colored pre-wound bobbin thread. Another way is to wind yourown bobbins. When using metallic stitching thread,use a like colored rayon or poly thread in the bobbin.

STEP: 2

We recommend stitching the lace designs on a watersoluble stabilizer such as Wet N Gone, Aqua Mesh orAqua Magic stabilizer for the snowflake lace. Useone layer for the small designs and two layers for thelarger ones.

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STEP: 3

If you are going to join your lace pieces together,wait to rinse your stabilizer out until the wholeproject is finished. If you rinse stabilizer away, youwill wind up with uneven pieces to join. Instead,carefully trim the stabilizer next to the sections tocreate a neat edge.

STEP: 4

When your lace designs are embroidered, you canjoin them together to create borders. We use a joiningstitch to sew the finished lace pieces together.Choose a machine sewing stitch suitable for joiningpieces. A zig-zag style will work, can cause tunnelingand an uneven seam. The best choice will be a stitchthat has a needle drop in the middle, and a swing tothe left and a swing to the right, like the ones picturedhere.

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STEP: 5

Creating connecting Lace Borders is not that difficultto do. Here we have used designs "Snowflake BorderConnection Piece" (Hdsfl6) and "Snowflake BorderEnd Piece" (Hdsfl6b) to illustrate how to create aconnecting border. The key is to sew the lace piecestogether before rinsing out the stabilizer. Once thepieces are sewn together you can use them as a laceinsert or as a free standing piece of lace.

STEP: 6

For this large lace border you need to use twodesigns, hdsfl6 and hdsfl6b. Thedesigns are connected by a small section to the rightside of the design joining the lace mesh with one ofthe snowflakes. You can see this section highlightedin red. The only difference in the two pieces of lace isthat hdsfl6b is missing the connecting mesh portionof the design and is good to use an endcap.

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STEP: 7

For the small lace border we used designs"Snowflake in Border" (Hdsfl10) and "SnowflakeConnection Piece" (Hdsfl10b). These design are greatfor borders on napkins table runners or table cloths.The border works by joiningthe larger design hdsfl10 along the edge to designhdsfl10b. The joining section isillustrated in red here.

STEP: 8

These two wall hangings were made using the laceinsert technique and a large lace border made fromdesigns hdsfl6, hdsfl6b, with an accent insert of"Snowflake Motif, smaller" (Hdsfl4) in the tip.

STEP: 9

Here, we made a tablecloth edge using "SnowflakeMotif, smaller" (Hdsfl4) or "Snowflake Motif, large"(Hdsfl4b)