This is a little late as I'm still catching up on unread digests after a
week at the beach!
Jenny Hester wrote: Styrofoam is the building material which is blue.
Jenny is correct. I have a half sheet left of this builder's foam insulation
that I bought at local
building supply. Written on the
Ethafoam, ...is not quiet!!
I have found builder's foam (the kind of polystyrene with tiny bubbles in
it) to be noisy, but have never heard anything when pinning into true
ethafoam (polyethylene).
just my humble opinion,
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
From: nerakmacd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm wondering which pillows you prefer, and why. I know that the ethafoam
can become worn easier after much use with the pins. Is it the same with
the straw, or does the straw tend to 'regroup' better after being used over
and over with the pins.
My
In a message dated 19/07/2004 22:25:14 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My first pillow was made from an old McCall's Needlework magazine, with
felt
roller and lightly-padded cardboard apron.
Do you actually mean it was made from the magazine? Or made from directions
in
Jacquie wrote: And her remaining two or three lace pillows (Malvary and I keep
borrowing them) are on the top shelf to the right of the door, just above the
fabrics,
some dating back to when we lived in Herne Bay pre 1961. Oh what fun we'll have one
day
Mum did a lot of dressmaking for Ann
At 02:15 PM 7/17/2004, you wrote:
Styrofoam is to be avoided. This .. breaks
down to crumbs and is a mess.
Ethafoam, ...is not quiet!! ... it is
self-healing, meaning that it will hold up to lots of torture by
pins. And VERY lightweight. It
I put some of the material that you use under carpets to keep them in place
under my polysterene pillow, it do help a lot to keep it in place. I prefer
the polysterene ones as I easily can make a new one if I want to start
another lace and have not finished the one on the pillow I need to use :-)
Hello
If you make a piece of lace that needs starching, do you make those too on a
straw pillow? I have used my polysterene(builders insulation) pillow mostly
but once in a while a straw pillow. But I am always afraid that the straw
pillow will be destroyed if I put something wet on it. I put on a
.
Jane,
Portchester UK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
nerakmacd
Sent: 17 July 2004 18:54
To: Clare Settle; Lace list
Subject: [lace] Straw vs ethafoam
As a total novice, I notice that many intermediate and experts have a
mixture
Hi All,
It sounds to me as if its another example of 'two countries divided by a
common language' - which was said by someone whose name I can't remember!
Carol - in a showery Suffolk, where we have had rain, thunder, and sunshine
in just one afternoon!
). I wonder why the names are
different
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jane Bawn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I have read this thread with interest and noted that no one has yet
mentioned one draw back of the straw pillows and that is the little visitors
that sometimes appear when using them.
I think they cause more discussion than they
As a total novice, I notice that many intermediate and experts have a
mixture of both ethafoam and straw pillows.
I'm wondering which pillows you prefer, and why. I know that the ethafoam
can become worn easier after much use with the pins. Is it the same with
the straw, or does the straw tend
Ethafoam (polyethylene foam) pillows aren't available in the UK. Russell
Perrin of SMP Lace either tried one or did a survey on ethafoam, and UK
lacmakers didn't like it. It's the stuff that pipe lagging is made of, and,
now becoming more common here, pool noodles.
Here the foam pillows are known
1:00:31 PM
Subject: [lace] Straw vs ethafoam
As a total novice, I notice that many intermediate and experts have a
mixture of both ethafoam and straw pillows.
I'm wondering which pillows you prefer, and why. I know that the ethafoam
can become worn easier after much use with the pins
Subject: [lace] Straw vs ethafoam
I'm wondering which pillows you prefer, and why. I know that the ethafoam
can become worn easier after much use with the pins. Is it the same with
the straw, or does the straw tend to 'regroup' better after being used over
and over with the pins.
I hope I'm
- Original Message -
From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: nerakmacd [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lace list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 10:15 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] Straw vs ethafoam (long)
Styrofoam is to be avoided. This is the stuff that comes formed around
our
computer
Hi everyone and Karen who asked ;)
(I *love* talking about making pillows...)
Straw is one of the 'traditional' stuffings for our pillows, because it
was commonly available and served the purpose. It still serves the
purpose, and I must say a compactly stuffed pillow of straw is a joy to
work on
is that the pillow is
about 24 across, and flat - other than that, I'm not too bothered whether
it is straw or styrene!
Happy lace-making to you, and may your pins never bend.
Carol - in Suffolk UK, where it has turned into a lovely evening, after the
rain and thunder storms earlier!
Subject: [lace] Straw vs
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