How lucky that your whole house did not burn down, Alex! That could have
been a far worse disaster than just a hole in the pricking and pillow -
though that is bad enough.
You do seem to have had a run of bad luck - I remember the fall at Portland
IOLI convention!
I do hope the gods smile on you
Very, very lucky - not only could this have caused a fire in which
possessions other than the lace itself to be lost - and perhaps lives -
but polystyrene, as I'm sure Alex knows, gives off toxic fumes when it
burns, so just by smouldering it could have caused damage to health as
well as puttin
ast Sussex, UK
-Original Message-
From: Alex Stillwell
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 9:32 AM
To: Arachne reply
Subject: [lace] Cautionary tale
Hi Arachnids
Talking of disasters, I have just taken the last piece of lace for my new
book
off the pillow and as I removed the cover cloth in wh
Glory Alex, that could have been a real tears situation!! The pricking and the
pillow are probably easier and quicker to replace!! Good to see it wasn't the
lace tho
Chat soon
Sue in a sunny but windy East Yorkshire
On 15 Apr 2013, at 09:32, Alex Stillwell wrote:
> Hi Arachnids
>
> Talk
Hi Arachnids
Talking of disasters, I have just taken the last piece of lace for my new book
off the pillow and as I removed the cover cloth in which the lace was rolled I
found a large hole in the pricking. During the recent cold weather we have had
an open wood fire. I remember the fire spitting
Dear friendly arachnes
I have a little cautionary tale with regard to the making of wedding garters.
I recently made one for an old friend, who received it with absolute delight.
Following advice aired on this list, I had searched out underwear type elastic
which was stitched behind the ribbo
