thanks for the help tamara. someone else answered and told me the
opposite because the bobbins are so light. i think they can be used
without them, but they will be too light. if the thread strand weighs
more than the bobbin, they might pull all over the pillow, so if i want
them to work correctly i should use weights. i'm a little disapointed
that i won't make myself any more room on the pillow. maybe at least
they won't roll. she also said the same as you to not buy the plastic
beads. i'll put spangles on them any way, but i'll use glass beads.
if you are interested in beads here is a company i've had a catalog
from twice, and they have some really nice stuff.
http://www.firemountaingems.com/
--- Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Aug 12, 2005, at 22:12, susan wrote:
is it necessary to spangle midlands? that is probably a stupid
question. i can get some cheap bead necklaces at the dollar store
and
take them apart and make some nice spangles, but i really don't
like
them. i do realize the importance of having a little more space on
your pillow
I've not seen any other answers to this (these? One's implied, rather
than stated) question, so I'll have a shot.
Suz, it's not necessary to spangle Midlands, but they've been
*designed
for spangling*. That is THE reason they're so thin; they *count* on
the
spangle to give them weight (as well as stop them from rolling like
mad).
If you plan on spangling them with beads from the Dollar Store, you
might as well save yourself the effort and the cost (the wire's not
all
that cheap, either)... Leave them as they are, and fight it out with
them once they're on your pillow. The cheap necklaces these days are
all made with *plastic* beads, which weigh next to nothing (15yrs
ago,
you could buy, cheaply, glass-bead necklaces in the second-hand
stores,
but not no more).
Once you have the spangle on, you do *not* have any more room on your
pillow than you do with Continentals - in fact, you're likely to have
*less room* But you'll have a prettier pillow :)
--
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Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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