Lisa....try looking at the entire project as if you were wrapping gift boxces. ...In fact, get three same size boxes any size, preferably ( not neceassarily square). and gift wrap with tissue paper..fitting nicely....nice folds at the ends, see what you have????? Then...,......well lets to that first More when you have done that. BarbE
----- Original Message ----- From: Lapalme, Lise-Aurore To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:08 PM Subject: [lace] Covering blocks My apologies. My sincere apologies to everyone, especially those who were kind of enough to take the time to write up instructions. I feel bad. I promise to go back to lurking. I should have just stayed quiet. I guess I did not explain myself well enough. When I said I was useless at sewing, I did not mean stitching. I can do the stitching part no problem. It's the whole sewing process that I don't do well. The whole process of selecting material, preparing pieces of material, and figuring out how to assemble them to produce a coherent whole. Now I have all these wonderful e-mails from helpful people and I am major confused. I have no idea what type of material one would use, or what a "thick, smooth, nonwoven fabric that when cut has a smooth edge" could possibly be. I have read all the instructions, but still have no idea how to fold whatever material around a square piece of foam, or how to deal with corners, or what a "slanted fold" could possibly be. I do realize that I can use pins, or "iron-on tape" (whatever that is), but not exactly sure how to do either or where to put them. And then some instructions seem to suggest covering the whole square, top and bottom, while others seem to cover just the top and the sides. I have re-read the instructions several times, but frankly I think that learning to tat from a book was easier. For that matter, so was learning bobbin lace from books. I usually do well with written instructions and diagrams, but that's because I can usually see the actions in my head, and I can't see how to wrap material around a square piece of foam and fold it or do corners. As soon as I start folding things in my head I see excess material and lumps and oh!!! But, there was a wonderful idea in all the messages, that may just solve the problem. Namely that I not cover the blocks individually, just use cover cloths. Now that I can handle! Again, my sincere apologies for having started all this. Going back to lurking now. Lise-Aurore In overcast Ottawa, where we are expecting rain today, and then heat for the weekend. Lise-Aurore Lapalme, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/402 - Release Date: 7/27/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
