Re: [lace] material for pillow

2009-05-12 Thread bev walker
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Alice Howell wrote: > .The color of thread usually used and the color of the pillow are > not related. I didn't enjoy using black thread on a dark covered pillow. I don't think I'm alone in liking blue background to white thread in the bobbin area of the

Re: [lace] material for pillow

2009-05-12 Thread Alice Howell
Here's my two bits again, contrary to the traditional view.The color of thread usually used and the color of the pillow are not related. The threads will lie on the pricking and then on the work cloth that's under the bobbins. The color of pricking needs to contrast with the threads.