Well, Miss Aurelia, you may not have lifted a hand to textiles before BL, but
you have certainly made up for lost time!! Your fans (featured on covers of
IOLI!!) are stunning, and it is clear to me that you are not only a competent
lacemaker, you're also a gifted artist!!
Clay
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Clay Blackwe
Yes, wood can be heavy. But you can find lightweight wood.
I have two block pillows. One is 3 x 3 blocks. My DH and I made the base for
it from half-inch plywood and the base trim that goes around a room (what is
that called, wainscotting? baseboard trim?). The wood trim is rather pretty,
but yes
Ruth wrote:
Depending on whether you want to tote this pillow around to guild meetings or
demonstrating, you might want to consider a light weight base for your blocks.
Wood bases can make the thing very heavy.
When I made my 24 inch square block pillow I used 1/4 inch foam core board
from the c
Dear Clay, and all--
I might be sent out of Arachne altogether for owning up to this, but
what I did before I became a lacemaker was -- nothing to do with
textiles. I was a practicing psychologist and psychoanalyst, and in
my spare time which I had very little of, I was a writer (numberless
s
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 12:42:54PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Over the years, I've been struck by the fact that nearly all of the
> lacemakers I know have been very involved with needlearts for years.
> I have also done a lot of embroidery, smocking, and needlepoint. For
> a number of
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> From: Alice Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:11 PM
> To: Ruth Rocker; 'arachne'
> Subject: Re: [lace] Pillow help needed - block pillow
>
>
> --- Ruth Rocker wrote:
>
> > Hello, all
> &
Original Message-
From: Alice Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:11 PM
To: Ruth Rocker; 'arachne'
Subject: Re: [lace] Pillow help needed - block pillow
--- Ruth Rocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, all
I recently purchased a set of ethafo
so finding
lightweight, pretty fabric won't be a problem, either. I guess I lucked out,
huh?
Ruth R. in Ohio
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-Original Message-
From: Alice Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:11 PM
To: Ruth Rocker; 'arachne'
Subject: Re: [lace] P
--- Ruth Rocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, all
> I recently purchased a set of ethafoam blocks to
> make a block pillow. They
> came to me naked :D and I need to know the best way
> to cover them for use.
Hi Ruth. You have two projects -- cover them and have
a container to put them in.
