I used dollhouse nails for pins. They're the right size and brass
coloured.
On Saturday, January 27, 2007, at 04:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pins: Mine (less than 1/2") were bought at great expense from an
archival
supplier when I was mounting a museum lace exhibit on covered foamcore
panels.
The 1 pound box they came in is labeled "Major Brass Bank Pins, Nickel
Plated
- No. 8". Maybe there is a way to make from small Japanese needles
used for
very fine silk embroidery.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site:
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html
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