I’m going to make a make-shift parasol to go with my Lolita outfit. I brought 3m of black lace to go round the umbrella as trimming.
Does anyone know what would be the best way to attach the lace to the umbrella without damaging/ripping the umbrella fabric?
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Make-shift parasol
Started by Wildcat, Jan 19 2007 01:38 PM
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Posted 19 January 2007 - 01:38 PM
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Posted 19 January 2007 - 04:55 PM
I'd go with handstitching using a nice thin needle. My guess is that a running stitch would do. I'd also do it with umbrella extended up and out.
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Posted 19 January 2007 - 06:47 PM
I'd do what Cat M suggested. Sew it on while open - place it on the table or stick the shaft in a bucket/bin perhaps. Handsew with a running stitch, and not put the stitching too tight.
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Posted 21 January 2007 - 02:06 PM
*Googles "running stitch"* Ahhh, cool! Thanks for the advice, I shall give it a go and let you know how it turns out 
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Posted 22 January 2007 - 08:55 AM
3m of lace and a few hours later it's finally finishes *wipes sweat from her brow*. 
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Posted 22 January 2007 - 10:01 AM
Awesome. If you don't put up pics before hand remind me to take a special photo just of your parasol!
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Posted 22 January 2007 - 11:46 AM
QUOTE(Wildcat @ Jan 22 2007, 09:25 AM) 
3m of lace and a few hours later it's finally finishes *wipes sweat from her brow*.
yay, I can't wait to see pictures. The hand sewing takes ages with something this tricky to manipulate.
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Posted 22 January 2007 - 01:29 PM
QUOTE(Metanoia @ Jan 22 2007, 09:01 AM)
Awesome. If you don't put up pics before hand remind me to take a special photo just of your parasol!
LOL! It's not that flash, just an old black umbrella with lace trimming
It's rather big come to thing of it... Not as big as a golf umbrella though... I hope it looks ok with my outfit 
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 09:09 AM
Here are some pics...
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 09:55 AM
Well that seems to have turned out rather nicely
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 10:10 AM
Wow! That turned out really nice. Much better than I thought considering you said it was just a plain old umbrella. I think it was definately worth your effort. (I'm having a closer look at the meetup)
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 10:11 AM
QUOTE(morgan-aleghieri @ Jan 23 2007, 08:55 AM)
Well that seems to have turned out rather nicely
Thanks
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 11:02 AM
oh, very nice!!
I'm planning to do the same thing but with white lace. I'm also going to attempt to put a second row of lace higher up along the arch of my umbrella. I'm a little worried that it might do strange things to the fabric since it's already under a bit of tension. :/
I'm planning to do the same thing but with white lace. I'm also going to attempt to put a second row of lace higher up along the arch of my umbrella. I'm a little worried that it might do strange things to the fabric since it's already under a bit of tension. :/
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 05:59 PM
That is really pretty Wildcat!
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Posted 24 January 2007 - 11:38 AM
ooh, pretty! I hope I have time to make my frilly parasol.
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Posted 10 June 2007 - 06:35 PM
Wow! That looks great! I need to get a parasol too.
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