On 9/18/07 4:04 AM, Achim Siebert wrote:
I'm still searching for a supplier of not-too-expensive thick felt to put as a last layer below the cover fabric. I'd prefer woollen felt - does anyone try to upholster a pillow with synthetic felt - I wonder if it would hold the pins as well as the natural felt?
Maybe, maybe not. There are so many synthetics that one can't make any predictions. Wool fabric should work, particularly if you wash it in hot water and put it through the dryer first. Wool is expensive, but a remnant, or the good parts of something that has worn out, would do. But wool doesn't wear out, it wears away, so you aren't likely to find a wool rag unless you volunteer to sort the contributions from the trash at a thrift shop. Another problem is that it's legal to label a wool blend "wool", and any synthetic changes the properties significantly. (For example, even a little nylon makes fabric unsuitable to wear while tending an open fire.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's a sunny early-autumn day. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
