Sewing Lace and Thin Fabrics — How to Begin??

http://www.burdastyle.com/techniques/sewing-difficult-thin-stretchy-or-open-weave-fabrics

There was a time when I would have just stuck this little piece of lace in my sewing machine and sort of hoped for the best, but I recently learned a technique for sewing on open weave fabrics that is really pretty genius!