Janice Blair wrote: The pattern was drawn on the plastic and then placed down on the felt so the ink would not come off on the threads. We were not working on any type of pillow and the plastic gave the work some stability. My piece is finished and framed! It may not be the best tensionwise, but I was happy with the effect. Now I am working on a heart pattern I bought at convention and looking for other ones to try.
Hi Janice I don't use Architect's linen myself but a dark blue matt sticky backed plastic, as the majority of my work is in white and using very fine threads. I find the architect's linen does not give a great enough contrast for working with these fine white threads but the dark blue is so much better. However, if one is using coloured or thicker threads, then it's great! I don't use a pillow either but hold the work in my hand, but do use a pillow when working a piece of Venetian Gros Point, as it essential to have one hand free to manipulate the sometimes large bundle of threads required for the padding. You may like to see my 'Parasol for Iris' on the Guild of Needlelaces web site. Click on 'Gallery' at the top, then Catherine Barley and you will see a small selection of my work. Click on individual pictures to enlarge - 'Parasol for Iris' is the first image and I had some multi-purpose greeting cards printed of the parasol which with the help of colleagues/friends I was able to raise £1,512.00GBP ($2,440.33USD - 2,936.20AUD) which I sent earlier this year to Breast Cancer Research. Iris was a student of mine who over the years became a very dear friend but sadly died of breast cancer and this little antique parasol originally belonged to her. When she passed away, I asked if I might have it and complete the parasol for her but the work of two different hands was so evident that I decided to start from scratch with a design of my own and here you see the result of six years work from the initial design process to the completed parasol. To read more about the parasol click on 'click here' towards the bottom of the page. Catherine Barley Henley-on-Thames. UK http://www.guildofneedlelaces.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
