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A Victorian Lace Square to Appliqué and Embroider

Try your hand at lace with this vintage-inspired piece.

Piecework Editorial Staff May 14, 2025 - 2 min read

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Kathi Rotella used cotton tulle and tape laces to make this sweet lace square. Photos by Joe Coca

Captivated by the timeless allure of lace? PieceWork has fallen under lace’s spell since its inception and has dedicated eleven issues to lace’s magic, including the May/June 2018 issue.

Throughout time, needleworkers have become smitten with lace, and Kathi Rotella’s Victorian lace square is a good example. She was so taken by a sample that she re-created it for PieceWork. Current PieceWork subscribers can log in and access this bonus subscriber-exclusive PDF instantly.

Kathi explains, “The inspiration for this design came from a vintage piece of lace purchased by a friend from an antiques shop in Missouri. The lace particularly impressed me because it has a delicate visual presence even though it was created entirely from machine-made lace net (tulle) and machine-made tape laces. The tapes formed little flowers upon the net background that mimicked my favorite forget-me-nots.”

Kathi’s delicate Victorian square

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