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  • Profile picture of Sarah de Rousset-Hall

    Sarah de Rousset-Hall replied to the topic Missing lace in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    Hi Virginia,

    The lace I used has a scallop, but it’s between 1.5 -2cm deep – you could use something wider or narrower depending on what you have in your stash.

     

    Best wishes,

    Sarah

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    Virginia Goodwin-Gray replied to the topic Missing lace in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    That was a good question. How wide is the lace you used? I am sewing from my stash.

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    Denise Perkins started the topic Finished in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    Finished my box today.  It is a little wonky and after measuring and measuring I still managed to get my monogram off center. However, I have greatly enjoyed learning how to construct the box and complete this project.   Thank you for a wonderful informative class.

    I do have one question:  Since you had us use both the lacing and taping method th…[Read more]

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    Maxine Lovell started the topic Outer Box in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    Hi Sarah, I am very behind.  I have had a bad dose of COVID and it has left me with the rare but well recognised symptom of nystagmus. This means my eyeballs wobble about 2mm and I cannot focus to cut the card or fabric.  It should settle.  I have watched the videos. When covering the outer box do I use the muslin and green fabric or just the gr…[Read more]

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    Sarah de Rousset-Hall replied to the topic Lacing (and poking myself with pins in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    Alison,

    Ah pins, the bane of my working life! They are a pain, but I do have a couple of tips that should help!

    First, as Gail says above, holding the card up so that the thread hangs down is the quickest solution (and one you can see me doing in the videos –  thankfully i have to delete the audio when I speed the video up, removing the sounds…[Read more]

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    Beverly Divany replied to the topic Lesson 3 – Main Discussion in the forum Forum: B Sampler 2 years, 12 months ago

    Yes, so sorry, I did print the directions.  I have been off kilter in this course since I printed your pages but could not see all the gridlines and could not do the basting.   Then Dawn talked about EGA not uploading the directions and I was further confused, thinking there were additional directions.

    PLEASE, those of you who have done Le…[Read more]

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    Gail Paul replied to the topic Lacing (and poking myself with pins in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    I held the piece above my eye level so the strings hung down away from the needles while I laced.

    for blood stains I use contact lens cleaner which is deluded hydrogen peroxide and scrub lightly with a toothbrush.

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    Alison Kearney started the topic Lacing (and poking myself with pins in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    Hi Sarah,

    Thank you for the very detailed guidance on lacing – I’ve always hated doing it, but now I realize what some of my errors were – my lacing in coming along nicely.  (Yes, I’m a bit behind on my progress…)

    One question though – how in the dickens do you prevent your thread from constantly tangling on the pins holding the fabric to the…[Read more]

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    Sarah de Rousset-Hall replied to the topic Missing lace in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    Becky,

    That’s excellent news, I was away over the weekend so only just able to get back and measure the lace.

    Best wishes,

    Sarah

     

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    Becky Gutin replied to the topic Missing lace in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 2 years, 12 months ago

    And, never mind, I found it. Whew!

    Becky

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    Becky Gutin started the topic Missing lace in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 3 years ago

    My apologies if this is double posted – I thought I posted this from my phone yesterday but I don’t see it now ???

    Sarah, I’m missing the lace for my box. I’m pretty sure I got it, but it’s disappeared! I’m happy to pick up something locally. What width is the lace, and is there anything else I need to know? Thanks.

    Becky

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    Nikki Whittingham replied to the topic Lesson 2 – Main Discussion in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 3 years ago

    Thank you for your feedback Sarah, it is very helpful. I am now going to start lesson 3 😊

    Nikki 🌻

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    marita zhurkin replied to the topic Completed work. in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 3 years ago

    Dear Sarah, thank you so much! It was such a great pleasure learning these new techniques from you!🌹🌞❤️

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    Sarah de Rousset-Hall replied to the topic Completed work. in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 3 years ago

    Marita,

    I think your monogram is beautiful – very delicate and neat, it looks like you have that cylindrical shape all the way through, which is tricky to do.

    I would suggest that with your feathered chain stitch, if you pull just a little tighter on your thread as you come back up through the chain will help to get a consistent shape of the…[Read more]

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    Sarah de Rousset-Hall replied to the topic Lesson 2 – Main Discussion in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 3 years ago

    Hi Nikki,

    You’ve done a nice job with the box construction, everything looks nice an well fitted together. I can see a couple of the ladder stitches joining the inner to the outer, but this I think is due to the pale thread used, if you had a darker thread they would probably be completely invisible.

    On the trailing, the over stitches look l…[Read more]

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    Sarah de Rousset-Hall replied to the topic Lesson 3 – Main Discussion in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 3 years ago

    Becky,

    I think the knot at the join is a lovely little touch! Your trailing is nice and neat, there is a small wobble just before the cross over, but you’ve done a nice job with the tapering and on the join in the outer ring.

     

    Sarah

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    Sarah de Rousset-Hall replied to the topic Lesson 3 – Main Discussion in the forum Forum: Box Making: Parisian Patisserie 3 years ago

    Hi Marty,

    Ir looms like your fabric coverage is nice an neat and tight. The inner looks slightly higher than the outer, but that could just be the angle, so in future just adding a little more to the height might help.

    It looks like you ladder stitch is working really nicely along the top gadget, but there is a tiny but of gapping at the corners…[Read more]

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