In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tamara P. Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On Dec 9, 2004, at 13:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I have been storing pillows in the square plastic bags that sheets >> sets come in.
>More than half of our cookie pillows (the likely candidates for storage >in either plastic wreath boxes or zippered sheet-set plastic bags) are >likely to be *plastic* filled, no? >Enjoy the day, but don't lose touch with reality I think that is the crunch of the matter with most of us - we tend to get, in a way, 'politically correct' over just about everything, and forget the reality. Especially on City and Guilds courses where the mantra is 'never throw anything away' (especially with the Preparing Working Designs side of the course, but then, that had its uses, when going on to do another subject, having some of the design work already prepared...). However, I suspect that Elaine's reasons for storage are slightly different to the rest of us - she spends half the year in one country, half in another - so for six months the pillows, and whatever happens to be on them, need to be protected from whatever risks they face when she is not there to 'supervise'. The bags are probably the easiest option, if not perfect - and the zip will allow some air to circulate (I've never seen a vacuum zip yet!). I would possibly be inclined to take the pillows out of the bags to air occasionally, but realistically, unless the pillow is about to be used, I would more likely forget to! I suspect that Elaine's pillows are possibly straw? These do need looking after, as a good straw pillow will more than likely outlive us. The working life of a polystyrene pillow is only likely to be about 2-3 years, unless it is well covered with carpet felt etc, so the conservation point of view, where this type of pillow is concerned, is somewhat irrelevant. There are some pieces of my lace which I hope will be around, like my great-great-grandmother's sampler, to show future generations what I did - but I cannot control what my daughters do with them once I am gone - and there is no guarantee that if they were given to a museum that a) that institution would survive; b) they would ever see the light of day again or c) they would not be sold/passed on to a less caring buyer. Added to which, that which is important to me, is not necessarily so to everyone else! The best we can do with any of our lace or equipment is to protect it to the best of our ability while we are around to do so, in context to its working life, but not go over the top where items of lesser life expectancy (eg bent pins, polystyrene pillows, etc) are concerned. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
