i've heard the same. i say don't risk it. if you have a choice of buying already black lace, i would do that. you can try with the other lace, but it would be easier to just buy lace that is already the color you want
I love lace. It is elegant and feminine. My wedding gown had a lace skirt and lace on the sleeves, and I wore a lace veil. It depends on where you wear the lace. It doesn't have to be scratchy. I have an all lace dress, I wore for my daughter's weddi...
I'm not sure how wide of lace you are looking for but I found 5-3/4" to 6" lace here: I used "wide lace" in a search engine and found this company with lace 12", 24" 40" etc: (WHOOPS...this is a wholesaler...) Additional Answer: I searched for 24" la...