Re: [lace] roller pillow lace
Hi Sue, Bev, Mary Carey - I agree with Mary Carey... the little "sausage" is easy enough to make. I made one with a short length of plastic drinking straw as a "core" to give it stability, and wrapped a bit of quilting batting (low loft) around it. Covered it with a bit of cotton that matched my cover cloths, and tied the ends with tightly wound thread. I cut the ends about 1/2 inch long, and use them to pin the sausage to the backside of the pillow. It works very well, and the best thing is that it is gentle on the lace and doesn't distort it, or create folds. Still, it's stable enough to keep it from being crushed in transit. Clay Hard at work in cold Virginia, preparing the brochure for "Lace at Sweet Briar, 2012" Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA On 12/3/2011 3:10 PM, mary carey wrote: Dear Bev, I have made two "sausages", between 1" and 11/2" (stuffed with wool wadding left over from quilting projects). The larger one I used to make a length of 41/2" torchon, the smaller one I used on my small round pillow, sure it could be used with my travel pillow. The ends of the sausage are pinned to the pillow to secure them. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia - 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
Re: [lace] roller pillow lace
You could make a temporary 'roller' from a piece of fabric, something that would act as a core but would be more flexible than a wooden cylinder. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Sue wrote: > Hi Bev, There is a little pocket but it is sideways on and wouldn't hold the > lace. Maybe if I where to wrap a clean hanky around it until it gets longer > but then feel it should be rolled around something so it doesn't have > creases in. > I went to bed so excited and pleased with myself, LOL. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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
Re: [lace] roller pillow lace
Hello Sue Yay, well done on bringing the roller pillow up to speed! I've seen several roller pillows with work in progress, the finished lace going into a little drawstring bag behind the roller. One lacemaker made one from fabric that matched her cover cloth, but the others used translucent nylon gift bags such as sold at a dollar store. A roller pillow I made with the same fold-up arrangement had a pocket sewn to the back where the finished lace was meant to go. This is fine while the pillow is out and in use, when the pieces were folded up the lace wouldn't stay in the pocket. Hope this might help ;) On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Sue wrote: > I am really pleased with how it is going but need to > know the best way to store the made lace. On my block pillow I use one of the > little rolling pin shapes to roll the lace around for safe keeping but there > is no where to pin it down on this pillow. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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
RE: [lace] roller pillow lace
Dear Bev, I have made two "sausages", between 1" and 11/2" (stuffed with wool wadding left over from quilting projects). The larger one I used to make a length of 41/2" torchon, the smaller one I used on my small round pillow, sure it could be used with my travel pillow. The ends of the sausage are pinned to the pillow to secure them. Mary Carey Campbelltown, NSW, Australia > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Sue wrote: > > I am really pleased with how it is going but need to > > know the best way to store the made lace. On my block pillow I use one of > > the > > little rolling pin shapes to roll the lace around for safe keeping but > > there > > is no where to pin it down on this pillow. > > - > 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 - 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
Re: [lace] roller pillow lace
Hi Bev, There is a little pocket but it is sideways on and wouldn't hold the lace. Maybe if I where to wrap a clean hanky around it until it gets longer but then feel it should be rolled around something so it doesn't have creases in. I went to bed so excited and pleased with myself, LOL. Sue T Bev wrote.. Hello Sue I've seen several roller pillows with work in progress, the finished lace going into a little drawstring bag behind the roller. One lacemaker made one from fabric that matched her cover cloth, but the others used translucent nylon gift bags such as sold at a dollar store. A roller pillow I made with the same fold-up arrangement had a pocket sewn to the back where the finished lace was meant to go. This is fine while the pillow is out and in use, when the pieces were folded up the lace wouldn't stay in the pocket. Hope this might help ;) On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Sue wrote: I am really pleased with how it is going but need to know the best way to store the made lace. On my block pillow I use one of the little rolling pin shapes to roll the lace around for safe keeping but there is no where to pin it down on this pillow. - 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
