Re: [lace] re:bolster core

2006-09-03 Thread bevw
Does it need to be waterproof? Another source: If you have a printing press shop near you - they could have a roll from the paper in the recycling bin (i.e. to give you for free). I saw heaps of these at a place in town recently, hadn't a use for them at the time and passed them by. On 9/3/06, Jo

[lace] Textile Society AGM and lace

2006-09-03 Thread A Thompson
I took time off writing to attend the Textile Society AGM weekend at Leicester University Halls of Residence in central England and returned home today. I was so pleased to see another Arachne member there, my good friend Jane Partridge. Although the weekend was devoted to subjects connected wit

Re: [lace] re:bolster core

2006-09-03 Thread Jo Falkink
Cardboard is not water proof, but I could examine fiberboard. I'm sure that most, if not all countries, have carpet shops and their carpets are wrapped around heavy (very thick) cardboard or fiberboard cores. These cores will take staples and even carpet tacks. That is what I use - FH cuts the

[lace] re:bolster core

2006-09-03 Thread CLIVE Rice
I'm sure that most, if not all countries, have carpet shops and their carpets are wrapped around heavy (very thick) cardboard or fiberboard cores. These cores will take staples and even carpet tacks. That is what I use - FH cuts them the length I want with his woodshop saw, but any saw will do.

Re: [lace] wool blanket bolster core

2006-09-03 Thread Jo Falkink
Hello Spiders "It takes to to tango" or "stand on it" are so obvious to get tight tension, I wonder why I didn't think of it. Stapling the start to the (wood) core seams better to me than taping. I have already a selfmade bolster with other stuffing. The tin-can core allows for a plastic bottl

Re: [lace] wool blanket bolster core

2006-09-03 Thread bevw
On 9/3/06, Karen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think it would need something considerably thicker than a broom handle. Maybe a short length of plastic pipe or drainpipe in the thickness required... Sure, a larger core would give an advantage, in that you'd have to wrap less fabric around (overal

[lace] Portland, Oregon area (off-topic)

2006-09-03 Thread Adele Shaak
Help! Is there anyone on the list who knows the SW Portland area, and can suggest any inexpensive place to stay within easy driving distance of the Garden Home Recreation Center (7425 SW Oleson Road)? I am considering taking a course there at the end of the month (not lace-related) but it wil

RE: [lace] wool blanket bolster

2006-09-03 Thread Karen
I think it would need something considerably thicker than a broom handle. Maybe a short length of plastic pipe or drainpipe in the thickness required... Karen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bevw Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 10:47

[lace] Re: (lace) Tension for a Wool Bolster

2006-09-03 Thread Adele Shaak
If you have no one to help create tension as you wind the felted material around the core, open a window ("sash" type), and close it on one end of the material. Then begin winding, pulling hard against the end caught in the window. I have done two bolsters this way: they are nice and firm.

[lace] Lace CD (and lacemaking demonstations at papercraft shows)

2006-09-03 Thread Jane Partridge
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Daphne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >The cd has been made for the card makers amongst us. >If you have`nt got Sky, then you will find it on Alan Gear and Barry >Freestones website. Wonder if they've latched on to this having seen Anne Weston and myself demonstrating

[lace] Alan and Barry's Lace CD (2)

2006-09-03 Thread Jean Nathan
Just got the program to accept my own images. They have to be monochrome (black and white) images, not grey scale, but can have dithering. So all the detail of scans or pictures is lost, which is why the lace images supplied on the CD are so poor. It dies mean that black and white line drawings

[lace] Alan and Barry's Lace CD

2006-09-03 Thread Jean Nathan
I've been playing with my CD this morning. I have just the first CD without the techniques one, but that wouldn't make any difference to my opinion. The instruction and projects videos seem to be made with a handheld camcorder in their living room - very amateurish. The quality of the actual l