[lace] Pillow felt

2007-09-19 Thread Tregellas Family
Tamara P Duvall wrote: Old, felted, wool blankets are good, as several people have suggested... And inexpensive, if you can find them in second-hand stores (though they're becoming a rarity, since most new blankets are now synthethic, also. Or flecked wool, which isn't woven and ill fall

Re: [lace] pillow felt

2007-09-19 Thread Achim Siebert
Thank you all for your suggestions regarding felt. I have an old woollen blanket that I intended to use, but even after hot washing (60°C) it it stayed too soft - I'm going to use it to build up the pillow dome but then I want something to hold the needles better above that. I might try to

Re: [lace] Pillow felt

2007-09-19 Thread Adele Shaak
A source we've found in Adelaide is the underfelt for underneath the cotton cover of an ironing board - I know, some of you don't iron anymore... Hi Shirley: Oh, we iron - but here in Canada they put a strange yellow synthetic foam under the ironing board cover. In

[lace] Pillow felt

2007-09-19 Thread ann.humphreys
I have been reading about pillow felt with interest. I have an old domed foam pillow and the top bit is more or less on the point of collapse. Would a layer of felt under the cover save its life as I can't imagine it been firm enough to hold the pins securely. Ann Yorkshire UK - To unsubscribe

Re: [lace] Pillow felt

2007-09-19 Thread Kate Henry
Dear Ann, The felt may extend the life of your pillow for a while, but why not replace the damaged section with another bit of foam and then cover? Kate Henry Indiana USA - Original Message - From: ann.humphreys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, September 19,

[lace] Re: lace-digest V2007 #227

2007-09-19 Thread Mandolyn Day
Thanks to everyone who offered info re: Lieres, Limerick Tambour laces. Now if only my supplies would get here! pant pant Mandy My Blog: http://360.yahoo.com/mandolynday - Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel

[lace] Belgian lace shop

2007-09-19 Thread pandaslace
I have come out of the shadows where I have been lurking these past few months to ask if anyone knows why I cannot find the t'Verennerietje web page. I understand this is an old (?) lace supply shop in Brugge. I bought some bobbins from them in June from their web page, but now I get a message

[lace] 2008 Pacific Northwest Lace Conference

2007-09-19 Thread ADELE SHAAK
Hi - Does anybody know if the dates for the 2008 PNWLC have been set yet? I think the Seattle group is hosting it, but there's nothing on their website and I'm not sure who the contact person is. I'm trying to register for a course next summer but I don't want it to conflict with the PNWLC if

Re: [lace] 2008 Pacific Northwest Lace Conference

2007-09-19 Thread Lorri Ferguson
The Pacific Northwest Lace Conference is to be held: June 5-8, 2008 at University of Puget Sound. More info will be coming later this year. Thanks for asking, Lorri Does anybody know if the dates for the 2008 PNWLC have been set yet? I think the Seattle group is hosting it, but there's

[lace] 16th century fashion doll

2007-09-19 Thread Beth Mccasland
She's finished. I put some photos on my web page. Remember I'm not a photographer or a web designer... http://home.earthlink.net/~bmccasland/ Beth McCasland Metairie, Louisiana, USA Support me in the MS Tour-for-the-Cure www.nationalmssociety.org/goto/bmccasland - To unsubscribe send email

[lace-chat] MPs emails this morning

2007-09-19 Thread Jean Nathan
We kept getting emails supposedly to our MP. Tried forwarding them to the address they should have gone to, but they ended up back in our mail box. We got a lot of irate and sometimes abusive emails, demanding they be removed from the mailing list. Some people sent four or five emails, each