Dear Clay and Others Interested in Cone Pillows, Your questions are below this reply.
The first needlework gift book I received, which was the start of my lace passion and library (though I did not know it at the time), was presented to me in 1949. In two years, that will be 60 years ago. I have learned not to "split hairs" or disbelieve very much about lace and embroidery. One thing about "lace fever": Just because we never heard of something does not mean it is not so. If a product is not for sale - on the market - does not mean it does not exist, or might be sold. (Do you sell your lace "on the market"? And I remember a useful new tool you had a woodworker make to sell to lacemakers.) Please refer to "Bobbin Lacemaking" by Doris Southard, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977 in hardback, ISBN 0-684-15032-8.. Same publisher in softback, ISBN 0-684-17894-X. In 1977, many familiar (to us) conventional lace supplies were not "on the market"! In fact, starting on page 21, Southard gives instructions for how to make a lace pillow with a "bolster"! I suspect many lacemakers have started with these instructions, because they could not find a manufactured lace pillow. On pages 118-120 you will see pictures of a Cone Pillow, with an explanation of how to place the pattern/pricking on the cone. Somewhere between 5 and 12 years ago, I saw a picture of a Cone Pillow (made by a lacemaker) in the IOLI Bulletin. Perhaps some remember it. I much prefer the concept of using this pillow for making a continuous flared lace edging, which uses less thread and does not require gathering. It is quite pretty and more of the design shows than when lace is gathered. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ------------------------------------- In a message dated 8/5/07 7:44:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I looked at Lori's website (still a marvel, after all these years!) and > found the picture you referred to. I was curious about your description of > your > cone pillow as a "conventional" one. Since there haven't been any cone > pillows available on the market (to my knowledge) in the past ten years, I'm > mystified why the one made for you is "conventional" while the other is... > interesting. In point of fact, both are interesting approaches to lacemaking > problems. While Lucy has had the vision to see what she needed and come up > with > her solution, you were lucky enough to have an engineer put together what you > wanted. I would love to see the piece you had in mind when you commissioned > that pillow! It would make the design much more interesting to the rest of > us. > > And, BTW, I wonder how useful the cone shape really is for corners. Since > most corners require a 90 degree adjustment in the pattern, I'm mystified as > to how a conical shape would help make that transition - and then allow the > straight-lace work for infinitely changing lengths of lace. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
