You can see a picture of my needlelace pillow at _http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/_ (http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/) Choose the Gallery option, and you'll be able to select a variety of pictures of lace pillows. Needlelace is 3rd from bottom of list. My needlelace pillow has a specially-made tote bag with draw strings in suitable shape (not shown), made from the same fabric. Everything was made by a friend over 15 years ago, from the instructions in "Starting Needlepoint Lace - A Course for Beginners" by Valerie Grimwood, ISBN 0-7134-5806-2 (Batsford), pg. 14, 1989. Foreword by Nenia Lovesey. (Please note corrected spelling of Nenia's name.) As to the late Nenia Lovesey, there is a picture of her making lace on one of these pillows on the back flap of the book jacket of her book "The Technique of Needlepoint Lace", ISBN 0-88332-249--8 (Publisher: Larousse & Co., NY), 1980. She is sitting at a table, with the pillow on the table top (not in lap). There is a picture of a young girl making needlelace on a pillow in another book by Lovesey: pg. 78 of "Reflections on Lace", ISBN 0-85219-750-0 (Dryad Press), 1988. She is sitting at a table, with the needlelace pillow in a wooden stand to prevent rolling. Towards the front of this book are photos of very young children making bobbin lace! Some people prefer to make needlelace in the hand. I saw professional lace-making Hungarian women making Halas lace in this way. My needlelace pillow has been used for other purposes, such as to anchor small pieces of silk batiste that were being hand smocked -- dainty butterflies. Kept them from jumping around. When you handle needlework less, it does not get dirty from hands. A stand is nice, but a fluffy bath towel can be used as a base to keep the round pillow from moving around if you have problems. It will pack better in a tote bag. I liked the suggestions to use a tailor's ham or long pressing aid for seams. Please note that for most types of embroidery (which needlelace is) it is best to sit in a straight-back chair at a table, with suitable light. This is the way professional embroiderers work - and they are able to stitch many hours per day. Jeri Ames Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
In a message dated 1/11/2009 10:40:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, miness.stn.ba...@sympatico.ca writes: -----A friend who is a superb needlelacer but is not on the Lace list send me the following -----e-mail . I obtained a used copy of a book on needle lace, a great book by Nenia Livesay. Needle lace used to be worked on a needle lace pillow so you can use both hands and the author recommends using one. I have to hold it with one hand. There is a picutre in this old book. I have searched for one, have looked on the Lacis website and have not found any such thing. It is different than a bobbin lace pillow. Have you ever heard of a needlelace pillow in your years of doing lace? If I can't find such a thing, I may try to make one up to see if it helps when I start another project. -----Replies to forward to my friend will be appreciated -----Thanks in advance Hendrika van Kooten Simcoe County Lacemakers Township of Springwater Ontario, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
