Just going back to this fun thread - I have a couple of lovely bone bobbins that have a cloisonné insert. I think I bought them over here in the US, but it would've been early 90's. Anyone have any ideas on who made them?
There was also - and this is really stretching my memory a lot - a little shop in Windsor, UK that sold some bobbins, and it seems like I picked up some lovely ones there in 1989 I think. I'm having a hard time remembering what they were like (maybe one of them was horn?) - but I think one is my 'swiss cheese' and jingles bobbin - it's ebony, with a bone (I think) pierced insert, and has about 5 jingles on it. Has a very long neck. Don't know if it was a Malcolm Fielding bobbin or not. I have a couple by the same maker - silky smooth finish, fine bobbin, and a distinctive head. The English members of the list might know the shop I mean and the bobbin maker I'm referring to. I also have one or 2- that have a nice squared ceramic insert in the body of the bobbin. Don't know who the maker of those was, but they're nice. Cheers, Helen in soggy Duvall, WA. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
