No one has ever put together a filet lace technique so detailed:
hundreds of step by step photos,
3 distinctive levels of learning,
and 2 beautiful projects to confirm your knowledge.
Filet Lace is a very old needle art technique. The embroidery is quickly done with a needle on an already made knotted net, to make lovely projects from doilies to curtains.
FILET LACE
INTRODUCTION TO THE LINEN STITCH
This step-by-step method teaches you the technique to make your own project, from the layout of your pattern to a wonderful finished filet lace.
LINEN STITCH is the most forgotten of the basic stitches used in Filet Lace: it is the weaving of the thread with the knotted net to form a cloth. Filet Lace is traditionally made on a square knotted net, a fine fishing net with a knot in each corner.
FEW SUPPLIES and accessories are necessary: a knotted net stretched on a frame, a long needle, some cotton thread and a pattern. A large project made with Filet Net 3 (curtain, bedspread, etc.) can be done quickly depending on the amount of embroidery in your pattern. This is because the background knotted net is already made for you. Doilies, curtains, pillows, clothing or Church linen, start looking and you will find many patterns just right for you.
FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, I have had the opportunity to compare the few methods used by other well-known lacemakers. With time, for my own use, I have adapted the best of their methods and come up with an improved concept with 3 levels that I have been teaching for several years now. My well illustrated class book will teach you the Linen Stitch from A to Z. With practice, you will gain the knowledge needed to create, by yourself, a filet lace project as large and as intricate as you want.
BEGINNERS,
YOU HAVE ASKED
FOR A WELL DETAILED
"HOW TO" BOOK
Frustrated by the lack of detailed information, you have asked me to put together and publish my book explaining clearly and completely, the technique for the Linen Stitch.
In fact, my wish is to bring this beautiful art form to you so you can pass on this knowledge.
Marie-Johane Quinault was born in Montréal and raised in Laval, Québec, Canada. "Almost 20 years and I still have Goosebumps when I talk about Filet Lace. I cannot remember a time when I wasn't attracted by fibers and exquisitely handcrafted textiles".
Her first encounter with Filet Lace was a torn little placemat belonging to her late French grandmother: "This technique was a mystery for me and I didn't even know the name. I searched and found very little literature on the subject of this needlework; the information I found was mostly in English or Italian, and I was speaking only French at the time. It was many years later that I had the opportunity to follow a quick class which opened the doors to this marvelous technique".
Since then, Marie-Jo has compared the methods used by other filet lacemakers. With time, for her own use, she has developed her own concept on the technique: "To teach in English I needed to have something written as a reference; so I began putting together a class book to make it easier to teach and faster to learn for the student".
As a professional filet lacemaker, she teaches this technique in the United States and gives classes in her studio in Southwest Florida. She also offers tutorials through the Internet in French and in English.
To be self taught can be discouraging when you do not have all the information: "That's why I wanted this book to have a lot of step by step pictures" she says," so everyone can learn the Linen Stitch".
"What I like most about this technique is that you can do a large curtain quickly: that's because the knotted net is already made for you!"
By writing a book, Marie-Jo wishes to help in preserving this almost extinct technique: "It is my hope that it will encourage and guide you in your quest to learn the Linen Stitch. So now, it becomes easier to exploit this technique and accent your windows with these large and beautiful curtains".
"May Filet Lace (the Embroidery on knotted net) be passed on to future generations!"
To order a signed copy, and to find out about upcoming events, visit the author's website.
FILET LACE BY THE SEA
www.filetlace.net