I'm really proud of this piece. So you get to see lots of pictures of it. Amazon.com Widgets I love how the gold silk sets off the lace. Because I added stripes to the under side of the tallit, when the tallit is flipped over the shoulders it still reads as a striped tallit. I used the scalloped borders at the outer edges of the tallit. and scalloped the backing. When the tallit is worn with the sides down this is what the stripe pattern looks like, a mix of vintage gold ribbon, machine embroidery and hand couched gold ribbon. These are the back corner pieces, constructed out of the lace, the monogram and a bit of hand cording. Thread marking the eyelet. Jane comes on Monday to tie the tzitzit. I had an extra gallon of milk in the fridge. So I turned it into a soft cheese. The end result was very much like that fancy cloudlike ricotta cheese you buy in fancy grocery stores. I decided to turn it into lasagna f...
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