My first lace pillow was a 60cm straw-stuffed Belgian cookie pillow. It was
*far* more pillow than I needed and in the years since I have only rarely
used much of its surface.
I had never done bobbin lace, never seen it done in person, but dearly
wanted to try it. So I contacted an online dealer
The guild I first joined had loaner kits which newbies could take home
with them and keep for two or three months, which gave them enough time
to decide whether they wanted to continue making lace. I had only had
my loaner kit a couple of weeks before I started looking at suppliers so
I could
have
started. Thank
heavens I didn't know! Now it's too much fun to stop.
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
From: Rebecca Mikkelsen
mikkelsen_rebe...@hotmail.com
To: l...@dont.panix.com
Sent: Fri, April 15,
2011 9:10:50 AM
Subject: [lace] RE: first lace pillow
Avital
My first pillow was a 65 inch square HD foam pillow, covered with blanket,
then
drill. I made a piece from a Woman's Weekly annual...about 55 inches
long, then
tape lace decoration back up each side...thought it was pretty
special at the
time and although it hangs in my lace room, I can look
