One name for the polyethylene foam is Ethafoam. Our group in Calgary
has been looking into getting a sheet of it. It comes in different
densities and I'm not sure which density is best for a lace pillow.
The only supplier in Calgary will only sell wholesale to businesses so
we are looking at ordering some though someone who purchases it from
them. If any of you know which density is best I'd appreciate your
comments.
Nita in Calgary on a warm sunny winter day
On 22-Jan-12, at 12:46 PM, Sue wrote:
Ihave seen fun foam mentioned a couple of times and maybe as a short
term fix
I might be interested, except I dont know what that would be in the
UK. My
DH did play earlier at cutting out a small circle in the centre of
the worst
of the pillows and putting some dark green foam stuff (sleeping mat
for
camping I think) to fill the hole. Was an interesting experiment.
I did purchase a pillow from someone who had given up lacemaking,
some years
ago which was a polystyrene pillow but had a piece of carpet
underlay over
that, but has been used soooooo much now that even that has
deteriarated. I
did swap it over onto one in better condition and throw away the
original
pillow a year or so ago.
So I am off to prepare bobbins for the next piece and work it on the
flat
circle and see how I get on with it, I haven't used it very
much. Thank
you to all of you who have answered me, I wont have time this
evening to reply
to all of you, but I am very grateful.
Sue T Dorset UK
Hello Sue and everyone
I have kept several poly pillows going by putting on them a layer
or two of
fun foam (as Sue Babbs mentioned) and a layer of wool fabric over
that,
doesn't need to be felted but it should be wooly (as opposed to
smooth, cool
worsted), then a cover cloth, then the pricking etc.
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Sue <hurwitz...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
What do you put over to protect the pillow but allowing it be ok
to put
pins
in and out? The first one I did put a towel over the top under
the cloth
cover and it hurt like crazy putting pins in, so that was no good
(no
idea
where that idea came from). I think that maybe felt underneath
might
bring
tufts of colour back up into the lace.
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west
coast of
Canada
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