Just reading Mark's message about his table find has made me wonder if I
ever mentioned what I have done for my pillow stand, which others might
find useful.
It is one of Reg Beasant's, the travel version where the legs unscrew,
and pillows can be attached to the stand by means of a ring with lugs
screwed or glued to the base of the pillow which corresponds to the
circular disc support at the top of the stand. I have two stands.
Some time ago, when out demonstrating at a craft fair, my daughter came
with me (she was doing drawings of flowers in chalk pastel) and we
converted a piece of wood into a table for her by attaching a ring so
that it could be used with my spare stand. The wood stayed as plain
plywood for a time.
In June, when I was due to demonstrate at an event, I decided to use my
travel pillow instead of one of the ones with a ring attached. Not
wanting to attach a ring to it, I decided to use the "table". That was
all very well, but did not look very attractive and had some pastel
marks on it. So I covered the top surface of it using some self adhesive
baize (in a dark brown colour) - the type that you buy for sticking on
the base of paperweights, etc.
I then discovered the useful property of this - my travel pillow is
covered in velvet, even the underside. I could tilt the table on the
stand and the effect of the two piled fabrics together meant that my
pillow didn't slip on it whilst in use, despite not being attached to
the stand in any way.
--
Jane Partridge
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