Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-02 Thread Fran Higham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Now I have a question about this design. Do the two flaps that fold over the pillow truly keep it from sliding out the end of this carrier? I'd worry about that. Yes they do - they usually tie across or have a buttton to keep the crossed bits in place but one would

Fwd: Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread Jenny Barron
and all jenny barron Scotland Fran Higham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Fran Higham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jenny Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] pillow bag Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 19:23:58 +1000 Hi Jenny Imagine a cross like the Red Cross cross - nice big and fat with thick arms

Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread robinlace
The handles are usually just a bit of dowel or even a posh bit of timber which is fed into the entire edge of the outside of the last 2 arms and they have a D shaped cut out of the fabric so you can grasp the handle. Fran in Australia Another way to finish the two arms that become the

Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 01/10/2005 18:05:48 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now I have a question about this design. Do the two flaps that fold over the pillow truly keep it from sliding out the end of this carrier? I'd worry about that. A length of velcro or a button or two

Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread Barbara Joyce
First of all, enthusiastic thanks to everyone who has posted ideas about different styles of pillow bags that we can make. Robin, great drawing. It came through perfectly for me. About your question on whether the two flaps that fold over really hold the pillow, I should think a couple of lengths

Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread robinlace
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How well does the dowel stay in place when you're not carrying the pillow? Well, you could probably put something like a big wooden bead or rubber leg-protectors on the ends of the dowel. Something to make the tips just a bit thicker than the shaft, but still fit

RE: Fwd: Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread Clay Blackwell
@arachne.com Date: 10/1/2005 7:37:50 AM Subject: Fwd: Re: [lace] pillow bag hope you don't mind me forwarding this to the list Fran, I think everyone else who is thinking of making a pillow bag will appreciate another take on the flat bag. I've got lots of ideas from everyone and as I have the book Clay

Re: Fwd: Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread Barb ETx
PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Date: 10/1/2005 7:37:50 AM Subject: Fwd: Re: [lace] pillow bag hope you don't mind me forwarding this to the list Fran, I think everyone else who is thinking of making a pillow bag will appreciate another take on the flat bag. I've got lots of ideas

Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-10-01 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 10/1/05 1:25:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robin, great drawing. It came through perfectly for me. About your question on whether the two flaps that fold over really hold the pillow, I should think a couple of lengths of strategically placed Velcro

RE: [lace] pillow bag

2005-09-30 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hi Jenny ! Last year I made a quilted bag for a big pillow that I did not want to turn on its end. I liked it so much I made another!! The pattern is called the Fat Quarter Bag and it's in a book of fat quarter designs by M'Liss Rae Hawley entitled Fat Quarter Quilts, ISBN 1564772691. I

Re: [lace] pillow bag

2005-09-30 Thread Barb ETx
To: Jenny Barron ; lace@arachne.com Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:21 AM Subject: RE: [lace] pillow bag Hi Jenny ! Last year I made a quilted bag for a big pillow that I did not want to turn on its end. I liked it so much I made another!! The pattern is called the Fat Quarter Bag

RE: [lace] pillow bag

2005-09-30 Thread mary carey
Greetings from Down Under, A couple of years ago I made a pillow bag for a large square pillow I have for working Eeva-Liisa's pictures. Because of the size and weight of the base, I used denim, two layers with pellon (lightest weight wadding) in between. The sides of the pillow bag and the

RE: [lace] pillow bag

2005-09-30 Thread Alice Howell
There's a 20 flat carry pillow bag on eBay right now. It's a bit different style than the ones already discussed. http://cgi.ebay.com/Bobbin-Lace-Pillow-Bag-for-20-pillow_W0QQitemZ8222674094QQcategoryZ19319QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I hadn't seen a carrier quite like this one before. Alice in