I made a firm quilted mat with a U shape to fit around the roller on my travel pillow, and the sides go over onto the back flap (where a beaded pin holds the ends in place while I am working. This stops the bobbins and threads falling in between the side flaps and the gap before the back flap, where they would get caught and sometimes break a thread. I cribbed the idea from someone else, - and it works a treat. The back ends I unpin, when closing up the pillow, and they fold in above the pins.
Like you Janet, I, too, wash some lace in the washing machine. I have a pair of collar corners, which are stitched to a blouse collar, and the whole lot goes in the machine. I pull them out to shape before handing the blouse on the line, and then just iron them when I iron the blouse. I know one lady nearly had apoplexy when she heard me say that, but they come up alright, look pretty, and are wearing well. They are Many years old - like ?25, and still going strong!! Cotton is made to wash and iron...!!! :) Yes, Helen, I remember 2 Central European lacemakers who came to Victorian Lace Days, with their Bolster pillows. My Gran lived in and around Bedford, and her pillow was more like a sack filled with straw, and turned out almost round like a ball, and sat in her Pillow maid (or Pillow horse). Regards from Liz in hot Melbourne, Oz. lizl...@bigpond.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
