[MR] Costume Cheating-Ruff

[Grace Morris]

Warning:  Costume Cheating Follows!

So...you've always wanted one of those monstrous lace ruffs like these:

http://www.blackworkarchives.com/art/ElizabethBrydges_lg.jpg
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/mar/10/art-classics

But the lace is impossible to find.  You COULD take up lacemaking, and  
you probably would be finished, like me,  in "A.S. probably never."  
Just not my cup of tea, but I can show you my research and my  
attempts.  Really I can.

Here's a little help if you want that ruff, and you know someone with  
an embroidery machine:

http://www.thetracery.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=61 (not  
freestanding, but over sheer?)
http://www.thetracery.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=54 (more)
http://www.k-lace.com/images/samplers/page_095.jpg  (I bet some lace  
makers will recognize these needlework designs.)
http://www.designsbysick.com/details/rsfslornaments

  Of course, some of you are really good at digitizing, and there are  
plenty of extant patterns....

Can't wait to see someone (not me) try this!

In Service to....insanity,
Jessamyn di Piemonte