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Making a Cookie Pillow and bobbins This is how to make a cookie pillow and the bobbins for a beginner to start out making bobbinlace. This is by all means not the only way to make the tools of the trade. There are many other versions online and in books. Another great site for getting instructions on how to make your own tools is Lace Fairy You can download a PDF file of these instructions HERE Click on images for a larger view |
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Making a cookie pillow Cut out a 24 inch circle of plywood or masonite board and sand the edges. Then cut 10 circles of wool fabric(from an old Army blanket or purchased...make sure it is 100% wool!) graduating in size from 26 inches down to 10 inches or so(Fig 1). Place the smallest circle in the center of the board and then layer the rest one on top of another gradually getting bigger in size. The 26 inch will be on the top. This is so the filling will dome slightly without any ridges showing(Fig 2). Now take a 26 or 28 inch circle of tight weave cotton cloth(ticking works fine or even broad cloth) and upholster it over the filling and board. Tack or staple from underneath, working in opposite directions and working around the outside to evenly tack it down(Fig 3). Now make a casing of similar cloth(a dark blue or similar works great) of a larger size with drawstring(Fig 4). This will be the outside of the pillow and the part you see and put the pricking on. This you take off to wash if you need to. Also make another larger cover cloth with drawstring to keep the dust and other stuff off the pillow when not in use. |
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Making bobbins Cut 1/8 inch wooden dowels into 4 inch lengths(Fig 5). Glue a plastic pony bead at one end. Slide and glue another bead 1 inch down from that. This is the area the thread is loaded(Fig 6). On the other end of the dowel, glue 4 pony beads to add weight(Fig 7). Make as many as you need. |
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