In a message dated 8/23/03 9:36:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Summer 1993....I just love the pillow with the 4 rollers shown on the back cover...just think if I had one of those I could be making four different laces on one pillow...just boggles the mind I can tell you.. >> ----- Sherry, our Celtic Dream Weaver, dropped the ecstatic reference to a pillow with 4 rollers into the middle of her IOLI love letter. There have been so many new lacemakers in the 10 years since the picture of this table with four rollers appeared that I thought some of you might like an explanation, and that begins with what it is called: Gossip Pillow. The lovely one on the back cover was made by Leland Anderson and Frank Folsome from an original design by Adeline Truax. On page 12 was an article about the pillow collection belonging to Patsy Anderson of Utah, and I think there was a family link, not made clear in captions. The gossip pillow may not be an entirely recent development, but it was always a sensation. It was copied by some people. The one I remember belonged to Marian Blouch, who was President of IOLI in 1993. Marian's husband made roller pillows to sell. Many members of the Lost Art Lacers had them. So, then he made a gossip pillow table, a padded (into suitable rounded slopes) surface with 4 places where the rollers he had made (for individual pillows) could be inserted. The table was sort of card table size, and may have been a card table to begin with. I do remember the sensation this setup made at Lace Days in New Jersey. Four of our senior (and very good) lacemakers would arrive with their individual totes containing individual pillows with rollers and lace-in-progress. They would set up the gossip pillow, and begin to demonstrate and talk. Viewers were much amused when told it was a Gossip Pillow. The four lacers always had a good time. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
