Subject: [lace] roller pillows
In 2005 I had a fire at my house and lost all of my lace pillows. About 3
years ago I decided to take it up again and started from
scratch...literally.
My oldest pillow is a homemade roller pillow I take back and forth to work.
It's made of a a scrap of foam insulation board for the base with a small
wooden cigar box (about 3"x5") to hold the roller, and the roller made out
of strips of felted wool wrapped around a dowel, pinned and covered with a
layer of cotton to keep the fuzz away from the lace.
For the felted wool I went to the thrift store on 50% off Monday and bought
a thick 100% wool coat for $5.00. (I love thrift stores!!) I threw it in
the washer in hot water and ran it through the cycle twice, then threw it in
a hot dryer for about an hour. It shrank beautifully. I cut the coat into
strips as wide as the dowel and wrapped tightly until it fit in the cigar
box. I drilled 2 small holes in the box and use corsage pins to hold the
roller in place when I'm working.
I've tried other materials for rollers, but I like this type of wool roller
the best. It hasn't broken down and when it does I still have a lot of the
coat left to make another roller.
Peg
in Fairview Park OH...where the weather is just the right amount of cool for
good sleeping. Sweet dreams everyone.
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