Having finished a top I already had half done, I am back to not quilting. I'm kinda creaky and would probably cut my fingers off if I tried using a rotary cutter. I am hoping this will pass soon, though the doctors have not had much to say about it.
I've been alternating between assorted thread tangling things to keep using different motions with my hands as that seems to keep them the most limber.
Thus I find myself in need of a new lace pillow. The old bolster type pillow was just that, quite old. I had my work set aside when a 20 pound cat thought it would make a splendid napping spot. Since he had to make a tremendous leap to get onto it he landed with some force and one of the buttons burst off the end. So when I discovered this small disaster I found a large black cat asleep atop a bedraggled heap of velveteen and scrim, sawdust, bits of horsehair, torn paper, formerly white lace after the Valenciennes style, and four dozen hopelessly tangled bobbins. How he managed to avoid getting stuck by the pins I will never know.
So I need to make a new pillow. I do not wish to sit around for a day sifting sawdust. What the stuff costs pre-sifted is just boggling. I don't want to use bran for that is edible to to many types of vermin. Horsehair costs the earth anymore. Sand is cheap but heavy. Straw is out of season. Does anybody have any suggestions for something that will pack solidly so the pins hold firm, but is not direly heavy?
Or should I just throw frugality to the wind and order one of those fancy dancy roller pillows? I don't know if I can justify it when a pillow is so easy to make and I am not earning at present, but it is a pretty thought.
NightMist