Oh I can picture it ! Would work well IF I didn’t have curious cats but I
do!! My ribbon with beaded pins and divider pins is literally the reverse and
locks the bobbins down! A combination of the two would possibly work for
me…
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> On Oct 15, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Janice Blair wrote:
>
> Susan,I have not used a bolster pillow but many of my friends do. What
they
> made was a strip of ribbon with large pearl beads sewn on, or a crochet
strip,
> similar to what some use to hold bobbins when packing up the pillow, but at
> regular close intervals they attached a large round bead. The strips go
around
> the outer edges of the bolster and as you work through the bobbins, the
used
> ones are placed behind the beads out of the way. It is easy to lift them
back
> up when you need them again. Wish I had a photo to show you, hard to
explain
> in words. Looks pretty on the pillow.
> I have also seen wire that is coiled, similar to the old telephone cords we
> used to have on the kitchen wall phone, and fastened around the sides of
the
> bolster and you place the thread leads over a coil. Love the Christmas
> ornament.Janice
> Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, jblace.com
>
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