Imperial Lace comes in four colors - these three and then white. I carried a piece of edge braid for four months in my pocket with my keys and the white lace remained pretty clean. What little dirt there was, wiped off with a wet cloth!
One of the first items I made with the Imperial lace was a dog leash - the contrast with the white is amazing!
Here is a Mexican round braid using three different colors:
One of the very best uses of Imperial lace is around the edges of projects with a double loop braid. the lace lies nice and wide and covers the edges very well.
Some detail:
(The cross on this check book cover was embossed with a very thin leather plug at the back.)
Here is a bit of fun close up of the tooling: (The stamps used were two hand made tools - made by Jason R)
3 comments:
Very cool! I'm just starting to want to learn braiding: What book(s) would you recommend?
I like Gail Hought's books. You can get them from her website:
http://www.hought.com/
bruce grant: encyclopedia of leather and rawhide braiding
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