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Subject: Re: [lace] bobbin holders and bags - long
Hi All,
I would agree with most of the suggestions, apart from the fact that I
don't think I would recommend that my students put the tongue depressors
- or
anything else! - across the threads. This may well work for fairly
sturdy
threads
Brilliant idea, I have just bought some on ebay.
Thanks for the tip.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Shere'e wrote:
I do something similar when I am leaving my pillow (I have cats who
think that playing with bobbins is GREAT FUN!!!) I got U pins. They
are commonly used for hanging jewelery
Hi All,
I would agree with most of the suggestions, apart from the fact that I don't
think I would recommend that my students put the tongue depressors - or
anything else! - across the threads. This may well work for fairly sturdy
threads, but it still runs the risk of rubbing them, and
Dear Lacemakers,
When I knew I wanted to learn to make lace, I began to put together sets of
color-coordinated pillow, pin cushion, carrying tote bag, etc. for various
types of laces. It is more fun to work on a surface that is a color you love.
Sometimes, I added pets toward the back of the
Hi Sue,
To transport a pillow, all the bobbins etc have to
secured to the pillow, then no matter how it's
carried, nothing will move or break.
I have dealt with various cookie or flattish pillows,
not bolsters, so that's where my experience lies.
Here's some ideas that I, and my friends, use.
in case
the pillow gets bump.
Patsy A. Goodman
Chula Vista, CA, USA
- Original Message -
From: Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sue Duckles [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] bobbin holders and bags - long
Hi Sue
I do something similar when I am leaving my pillow (I have cats who
think that playing with bobbins is GREAT FUN!!!) I got U pins. They
are commonly used for hanging jewelery chains on flat display boards.
They are shaped in a U with both open ends being sharp. I just place
them over the thread
I also have a device to keep the threads in control, a little tab of quilted
fabric that is pinned firmly over the threads above the bobbin heads. Has
saved a headache or two when unbundling the works.
On 1/24/07, Patsy A. Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have used a tongue depressor or a
