Re: [lace] Cone Lace Pillows

2007-08-12 Thread Jeriames
Dear Clay and Others Interested in Cone Pillows, Your questions are below this reply. The first needlework gift book I received, which was the start of my lace passion and library (though I did not know it at the time), was presented to me in 1949. In two years, that will be 60 years ago.

Re: [lace] Cone Lace Pillows

2007-08-05 Thread Alice Howell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have my doubts about the usefulness > of cones on corners, given the precision I have to > take to make it work on a standard roller! As someone thought earlier, the pattern and the cone roller must be compatible. A different length of edge lace would require a di

Re: [lace] Cone Lace Pillows

2007-08-05 Thread clayblackwell
Thanks, Bev! I have my doubts about the usefulness of cones on corners, given the precision I have to take to make it work on a standard roller! But I'm always open to new discoveries, and so I'll look forward to seeing what others have been able to accomplish with other pillows. Clay -- Cla

Re: [lace] Cone Lace Pillows

2007-08-05 Thread bevw
Hi Clay and everyone As a result of a discussion about this early on in the arachne-e-mail-list existence, I once tried making lace on a cone-shaped 'roller' pillow of my making, to produce a 4-corner-square edging (I think someone at the time posted directions; if they did, I didn't keep them and

Re: [lace] Cone Lace Pillows

2007-08-05 Thread clayblackwell
Greetings, Jeri ! I looked at Lori's website (still a marvel, after all these years!) and found the picture you referred to. I was curious about your description of your cone pillow as a "conventional" one. Since there haven't been any cone pillows available on the market (to my knowledge) i

Re: [lace] Cone Lace Pillows

2007-08-05 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lacemakers, There was a question about cone pillows a few days ago. You can see a conventional one at: http://lacefairy.com/ Select Gallery, then go on to Lace Pillows, then Roller Pillows. Look at the 4th picture. Friend, Ilona, made this for me. She is an engineer and a lacemaker. It