Here's a wonderful offering of lace appliqué collars for your project! These were purchased from a retired seamstress and are offered for individual purchase.
Add lace collar to the next blouse or dress you sew, or turn an old one into something party pretty! Be sure the collar has the same neckline as your garment, please dm for precise measurements.
ideas for traditional use:
LACE OVERCOLLAR
LACE COLLAR AND STAND-UP COLLAR
LACE COLLAR ALONE
LACY BIB
TO DRESS UP YOUR JUDGES' ROBES
These are in very good condition, in the original packaging. each weighed about 1.5-2 oz.
1. St. Louis Trimming, Inc (white cotton on blue paper) From 1978, cotton, measures 8" x 4"
2. Touch of Lace, Union City NJ (black long collar on blue paper) made for Jessica Howard from 1994, measures 12.5" x 3.25"
3. The Venice Lace Collection by Carolace measures 5.25" x 1.75"
4. Touch of Lace, Union City NJ (black long collar on blue paper) made for Jessica Howard from 1994, 20" x 2.5"
***Around 1900, Swiss and German immigrants were attracted to New Jersey across the Hudson River by the sturdy granite of the Palisades, which made a secure foundation for their rattling equipment. Embroidery has stayed in Northern New Jersey through waves of immigrants, a war-time boom when military emblems kept machines churning, an industry-wide strike in 1965, and the whims of the fashion industry. The region used to produce 90% of the embroidery in the U.S.
Touch of Lace was one of the largest producers, employing 150 people, & a major manufacturer of Venise laces and Schiffli embroideries. Its laces comprise 70% of the company”s business.
Founded in 1976 by Altman and Andrew Jiritano, who is vice president, Touch of Lace represents what more neighboring embroiderers could be if they had the resources. In the past five years, it has invested $1 million to retrofit its machines with computer technology and to digitize such functions as the punching of patterns, which used to be done by hand–and still is in many factories. Despite these improvements, Touch of Lace”s machines are twice as slow as many overseas models. Its nine Schifflis in Union City are running 24 hours a day, five days a week.
In Northern New Jersey, however, Touch of Lace is one of the only computerized embroiderers. “We”re committed to becoming more efficient,” explains Altman. “Our competition is more profitable because they are putting the money they make into their pockets. They don”t see the future in the business, and many can”t afford upgrades.” But with orders from the likes of Liz Claiborne and a call for 200,000 lace medallions to festoon Kathie Lee Gifford”s line of Wal-Mart sleepwear, Touch of Lace has reasons to be optimistic.
Touch of Lace is among Northern New Jersey”s embroidery elite.