Hello Sister Claire. Perhaps some of the "purists" of Arachne will tell me off for what I am going to say. But... I think that for a start, and not having proper pillows to teach, you could make a pillow from anything you have near. I started making bobbin lace with a piece of white polystyrene (the white material that covers most electrodomestics you buy. Often you can even find it in the rubbish containers in the street). You have to cut it the shape you need. In my case, as we use long vertical pillows in Spain, I cut a rectangular piece, put some newspapers in the middle of two pieces of this white stuff (to give it some weight), and covered it with a piece of dark cloth (no sewing necessary, just put pins in to hold it tight. That makes a cheap pillow and able to use for a start. After knowing if the girls like to continue with bobbin lace, you can think of making a better pillow filling it with straw of wood rests, depending of what you have more available. In fact, in old times, people made their pillows with whatever they had: here in my place they used straw, because this country grows lots of cereals. In other places they use wood dust, which you can usually get for free f you have a carpenter near.
Hope this is useful to you. If you want more detailed instructions on how to make it, please ask me and I will tell you. Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
