Have a quart bottle covered with linen, stitched smoothly to fit the
shape. Begin at the bottom and wind the lace about it, basting fast at
both edges, even the minutest point, to the linen. Wash on the bottle,
soaping it well, rinse by plunging in a pail of fair water, and boil as
you would a white handkerchief, bottle and all. Set in the hot sun to
dry. When quite dry, clip the basting-threads, and use the lace without
ironing. If neatly basted on, it will look nearly as well as new—if not
quite.