] Question about antique bobbins and spangles
The glass beads on the other hand will probably come up nicely if you
soak
them for a bit in some warm soapy water.
. The beads would arrive in
the post smothered in the loose powder and as I spangled it would get on
to the bobbins too and make
Here's a question about antique bobbins and spangles: Over the years, I've
accumulated (mostly on eBay) a few antique bone bobbins. They are 19th
century, some by unknown makers, a few are by well-known makers (Bobbin
Brown, etc.). Some of the spangles contain the original antique beads.
I am
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I say...Use them. (Personal opinion, of course.)
That's what they were made for, and using them does
not damage them. Besides, I thought I was told that
using the bobbins kept the patina shiny and smooth.
Definitely replace wire that is going bad. It would
be nice to keep the beads of the same
Like Carol, I respangle mine using old beads but to my preferred spangle
size. When someone looked at me in horror for doing this I pointed out that it
is
highly unlikely that most of these bobbins have their original-from-new
spangle anyway.
Probably most of my modern bobbins have been
If you're really worried about ruining the bobbins as you bought them, you
could carefully remove the spangles and keep them as intact as you can
stored somewhere safe, so you could put them back on some time in the future
if you wanted to. Then respangle the bobbins as you'd like them and use
Forgot to suggest you photograph the bobbins before removing the spangles if
you think you might want to put them back as you bought them at some future
date.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Subject: Re: [lace] Question about antique bobbins and spangles
Hi Barbara and Spiders,
This is *completely* my way of working!
I also have quite a lot of antique/veteran/vintage bobbins, both wooden and
bone, but have also invested in antique/veteran/vintage beads when I have
Karen in Malta wrote
I would like to offer an opinion on this subject. Can't you just 'repair'
the old spangling i.e. maybe keeping the old beads, possibly removing one or
two if the spangle is too large and simply changing the wire. You could also
wash them.
I, too have a collection of old
I am facing this question also and anxiously await answers and opinions.
I am inclined to 'lean' in favor of re-spangling them using the old beads,
just using fewer in each spangle. And saving any excess beads to use on those
that do not presently have any.
Lorri F
Graham, Washington, USA
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