i think it would be a good idea. if i cut around the postage stamp like decoupage, it would fit better. if i bought stamps with portraits of important people on it, i could make a nice set of bobbins with those too.
--- Carolyn Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One further idea: I bought a bunch of unpainted plain midlands > bobbins for > next to nothing, then had a great time buying stamps to use to > decorate > them. It is wonderful if you aren't artistic, because there are > stamps that > fit nearly every interest. In my case I bought flowers and > butterflies of > the UK and American stamps celebrating our Bicentennial. You just > need to > make sure that the stamp is small, or else the design will be lost as > it is > wrapped around the bobbin. > > In my case I just stuck the stamp on the bobbin with a glue stick, > then hung > them up and sprayed them several times with polyurethane coating. > Most have > lasted for years. I do have one single bobbin that has worn badly, > for some > reason. > > Carolyn W. Hastings > Stow, MA USA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tamara P Duvall > > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 7:48 PM > > To: chat Arachne > > Cc: Mary Robi > > Subject: [lace-chat] decorating bobbins (for people who can't > paint) > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I was in the middle of responding to Mary, when it occured to me > that > > this might be of use to susan (and, possibly, others)... Mary > > has been > > using transfers but could not find enough variety - that was > > a problem > > I had also (ditto for fingernail thingies and temporary tattoos)... > > > > One of the things I did in finding ways to overcome my inability to > > > paint in miniature... I drilled dots and commas with a hand-held > > electric drill :) I drew a general "guide" on a piece of > > paper: 5 and 6 > > dot (petal <g>) flowers, with comma stems and other embelishments, > 5 > > and 6 comma flowers, etc... Then chose the arrangements I liked > best, > > penciled them on the bobbins, fired the drill, and off I went > (using > > several drill-bit sizes)... :) > > > > Once the things were drilled, I filled the cavities with > > paint (cheap-o > > acrylics in tiny containers, from WalMart). Didn't even try > > to protect > > the paint with varnish or anything else. But those are not only the > > > easiest but the most durable decorations of all :) Even though the > > drillings are fairly shallow, they're still a bit below the > > rest of the > > bobbin's surface, so the paint doesn't get handled - it's like > > countersank screws. If you're inept with paint and smear it > > beyond the > > drilled shape, it will get rubbed off in handling. Given small > enough > > drill bit, you can personalise your bobbins (a series of dots can > be > > arranged to form a letter). > > > > It's easier to do on squares (which is what Mary's using) but can > be > > done on round-handled bobbis as well. In fact, I stole the idea > from > > the round-shanked bobbins I had from Carolyn Gritzmaker. They were > > cute, they were simple, and they *worked*. And two sets (pastels > and > > jewels, or some such) of those tiny paint-pots, combined with > > the dots > > and commas arrangements allow for an almost endless variety of > > designs... > > > > -- > > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing > > the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, > > write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
