Needle tatting sewn to the edge of a piece of fabric?

[vicki]

I swear I saw someone do this at some point. Does anyone have any instructions on how to do such a thing or am I imagining things?

Thanks!

Vicki

[BlueDode]

Vicki:
There are a few options: you'll probably hear a few different ideas.
Have you ever hand sewn a blind hem? This involves running a needle under a crease of fabric (a turned under edge, then picking up a thread or two of the grment fabric; next, stick needle back into the crease of fabric and back up...
...you can sew picots of a tatted edging to the crease of a hem this way, running the thread under the crease then back up to join the picot.

If your fabric is a lose weave or an open knit, and of comparable weight to your tatting thread, you might be able to use a crochet hook to join the tatting to the fabric as you go; in some cases you can poke the tatting needle through the fabric, joining as you go, but be careful not to break the tatting needle.

I'm sure there are other ways out there - hope you get some more replies.

[Tammy]

The way BlueDode recommended I believe is the best way. Hand sewing the tatting to the fabric either with blind stitch or a different stitch. Picking up the picot loop with the sewing needle to hold it to the fabric. It doesn't matter if it is needle tatted, shuttle tatted or finger tatted hand sewing the lace to the fabric preferred for the simple fact that tatting most often out last the item it is hooked too. By hand sewing it on after the tatting is made the tatting can be removed from item and used again on something else when the item wears out. :flowers:

[Judy]

Something I've seen described, but not used myself was very different. It involved a continuous line of thread inside a sleeve of fabric, probably the hem. The idea was that instead of attaching the edging to the very fine and fragile threads of the hankie, pillow case or whatever, that you "hang" the edging from the buried thread in the sleeve. It wouldn't show much if you spread the garment threads a bit and ran your needle through or around the line of thread, and then moved on to the next connection by hiding it in the sleeve. Hm. Maybe it would work better if the hem weren't finished first. Could you pull the picots through the fabric, then run the line of thread through them, and then finish the hem? Anybody tried this? Think I saw it in a crochet book.