This is a little late as I'm still catching up on unread digests after a
week at the beach!
Jenny Hester wrote: >Styrofoam is the building material which is blue.
Jenny is correct. I have a half sheet left of this builder's foam insulation
that I bought at local
building supply. Written on the f
Jacquie wrote: "And her remaining two or three lace pillows (Malvary and I keep
"borrowing" them) are on the top shelf to the right of the door, just above the
fabrics,
some dating back to when we lived in Herne Bay pre 1961. Oh what fun we'll have one
day"
Mum did a lot of dressmaking for Ann
In a message dated 19/07/2004 22:25:14 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My first pillow was made from an old McCall's Needlework magazine, with
> felt
> roller and lightly-padded cardboard apron.
>
Do you actually mean it was made from the magazine? Or made from directions
in
>>>From: nerakmacd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm wondering which pillows you prefer, and why. I know that the ethafoam
can become worn easier after much use with the pins. Is it the same with
the straw, or does the straw tend to 'regroup' better after being used over
and over with the pins.<<<
M
>>>Ethafoam, ...is not quiet!! <<<
I have found builder's foam (the kind of polystyrene with tiny bubbles in
it) to be noisy, but have never heard anything when pinning into true
ethafoam (polyethylene).
just my humble opinion,
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsbu
Hi All,
It sounds to me as if its another example of 'two countries divided by a
common language' - which was said by someone whose name I can't remember!
Carol - in a showery Suffolk, where we have had rain, thunder, and sunshine
in just one afternoon!
). I wonder why the names are
> different
From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 7/18/2004 2:26:33 AM
> Subject: RE: [lace] Straw vs ethafoam
>
> At 02:15 PM 7/17/2004, you wrote:
> >Styrofoam is to be avoided. This .. breaks
> >
I have read this thread with interest and noted that no one has yet
mentioned one draw back of the straw pillows and that is the little visitors
that sometimes appear when using them. I personally have not experienced
this but know of a couple of people who have had to throw theirs out because
the
Hello
If you make a piece of lace that needs starching, do you make those too on a
straw pillow? I have used my polysterene(builders insulation) pillow mostly
but once in a while a straw pillow. But I am always afraid that the straw
pillow will be destroyed if I put something wet on it. I put on a
I put some of the material that you use under carpets to keep them in place
under my polysterene pillow, it do help a lot to keep it in place. I prefer
the polysterene ones as I easily can make a new one if I want to start
another lace and have not finished the one on the pillow I need to use :-)
A
At 02:15 PM 7/17/2004, you wrote:
Styrofoam is to be avoided. This .. breaks
down to crumbs and is a mess.
Ethafoam, ...is not quiet!! ... it is
self-healing, meaning that it will hold up to lots of torture by
pins. And VERY lightweight. It comes
Hi everyone and Karen who asked ;)
(I *love* talking about making pillows...)
Straw is one of the 'traditional' stuffings for our pillows, because it
was commonly available and served the purpose. It still serves the
purpose, and I must say a compactly stuffed pillow of straw is a joy to
work on
Hmm, this sounds like you what you call polystyrene is what we in the
US call styrofoam (it's white, made of little balls, light, stiff, breaks
and crumbles fairly easily, and is used as packing material), and what you
call polystyrene is similar to what we call ethafoam (ours is white, not
blue, b
Jabots,
Jenny
- Original Message -
From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "nerakmacd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lace list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 10:15 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] Straw vs ethafoam (long)
> Styro
My preference between straw and polystyrene, which is the choice here in UK,
is for polystyrene. The straw lasts a great deal longer, and is almost
impossible to wear out as far as I know, but straw is so heavy, and I just
can't carry heavy things any more. Having said that, it is necessary for
t
Hi Karen and Karisse !
First of all, I wonder if Karisse made a typo, or if your honiton pillow is
really 50" in DIAMETER!! Did you mean circumferance? That makes a lot
more sense. I have a straw filled honiton pillow which I bought from Holly
VanSciver. She has them made to very strict stand
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