The ceiling tile idea was smart! My first lace "pillow" was an insect pinning board (way too hard to push any but the finest pins in, whereas I was using sewing pins), with crochet thread wound around the top of 4 1/2 wood screws. (Instead of clicking pleasantly as I worked, they clanked!) I didn't know where to get supplies yet and couldn't wait to get started on the bobbin lace "sampler" in the Reader's Digest Compendium of Needle Crafts, or some such title. If I had know how much usable pillows and bobbins (even Continental bobbins) were going to cost me eventually I might never have started. Thank heavens I didn't know! Now it's too much fun to stop.
Nancy Connecticut, USA ________________________________ From: Rebecca Mikkelsen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, April 15, 2011 9:10:50 AM Subject: [lace] RE: first lace pillow Avital wrote: > I can't even recall when I joined > Arachne but I think it was when my son was a baby because I used > disposable diapers as the "skirt" for my first home-made lace pillow. > (Someone had given us a pack of "newborn" size and my son outgrew them > within a month.) I remember this! I even use your example when people ask me what pillows are made of. My first pillow was some styrofoam ceiling tiles with fabric wrapped around them. Rebecca - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
