JanetM

I didn't see the show but I think you are asking about this technique.

You take all of your thread scraps, and even tiny scraps of fabric, and arrange them on top of water soluble stabilizer.
Then, take another layer of water soluble stabilizer and place it on top. Do free motion stitching all over your "sandwich" to catch all the threads below. Wash away your stabilizer (putting some water softener in the water makes it easier/faster to rinse away the stabilizer) and ta-da....one of a kind "lace".

p.s. some people like to add thin braid, ribbons, and yarn. With this technique...anything goes.

damaquilts

Ah ha!! you saw the show. At the end she did it with just thread. I think it was a leaf. And she didn't use an embroidery machine.
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Those baskets and ornaments are amazing . It is so neat to see them stand up like that. One of these days maybe I will have an embroidery machine but in the mean time I am have so much to learn with all the new techniques that are coming out. I am behind a couple of years. LOL

JanetM

Ah ha!! you saw the show. At the end she did it with just thread. I think it was a leaf. And she didn't use an embroidery machine.
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Maybe I did, and just don't remember. I remembered the technique...too funny.

romanojg

Wasn't that sewing with Nancy. I saw the show a while back and saw the video a few weeks ago on line.

Krystyna

I make free standing lace medallions that I attach to the veils I sell. These are attached to the veil when it is done, but I also embroider some directly onto the veil using water soluble stabilizer on the front and back.

damaquilts

There might have been one on Sewing with Nancy but since I don't watch it I can't be sure. I know this one was on Simply Quilts. It was the only quilt show I watched. Of course it was the only one we could get in our area too. :-)