All pillows need to be firmly filled to hold the pins in place - it's no good trying to make lace on a pillow from your bed or sofa. If you want to save money, you could make your own, although it's not always cheaper to do so.
I made my first cookie pillows by cutting a circle of half inch plywood, then making a circular 'bag' only sewn half way round to put the plywood in. It needs to fit in the bag tightly. Then sew up most of the opening around the plywood, leaving a gap to fill the pillow on one side between the bag and the plywood with chopped barley straw (flat ribbony straw from the pet shop cut into one inch lengths with scissors - very time consuming). Push the filling in as hard as it will go and then push in some more. Roughtly sew the the opening closed. Put the pillow out on your driveway with a clean board on top of it and drive one wheel of your car back and forth over it to pack the straw. Undo the opening and stuff in some more straw. When it's packed really tightly finally sew up the opening and cover the pillow in a suitably soothing coloured cotton or polycotton cloth, or even velvet if you want. It makes a very heavy but cheap and hardwearing pillow. Or better still, go to the pillow page on Lori's Lacefairy site, where there are links to instructions for making several type of pillows: http://lace.lacefairy.com/PillowsBobbins/BobbinPillows.html Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
