It sounds like the base is not really strong. OK -- ignore it. Use it as a general support. Get a piece of wide elastic and make a 'belt' that encircles all the blocks. Make it firm elastic and it will hold the blocks together. Yet, you can still stretch it or remove it to rearrange blocks when needed, then put it back in place.
Alice in Oregon ----- Original Message ---- From: Debora Lustgarten <drac...@primus.ca> To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:44:18 PM Subject: [lace] My block pillow and how to squeeze it Thanks for the kind replies to my post, I got a 9-block pillow and put a layer of craftstore felt on top and bottom of each block, before covering it with plain cotton fabric. I mentioned quilting because it is the printed cotton fabric typically found in quilting stores. I've tried wrapping the blocks as flatly and neatly as possible, but the pillow base is about 1/2" bigger on all sides, so I may have to put a spacer, as suggested. My worry is that the pressboard's sides are thin bars of plastic, stapled to the board, and I don't want to force them and possibly break them... Any ideas on this? The grossgrain ribbon idea sounds good, too. Hoping to tap more brains, Debora L. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
