Best stuffing? Need ideas
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Best stuffing? Need ideas
what's your favorite to use? i am in the process of making a "dog bone pillow". i would like to know what's the best stuffing you have used -- i'm wondering something heavy like beads, [like for a beanbag -- but will they be comfortable enough to put your head on? has anyone used something soft similar to sawdust -- worried about being able to wash it & it will hold its shape????? thanks in advance for help!
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I bought one of the half circle type neck pillows from the $ store. It had a stretchy fabric covering and little round beads inside. It is very comfortable. I think you can buy the beads at Walmart for filling bean bag chairs but I couldn't make one as inexpensive as I bought mine.
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Anytime you are making a pillow--create a piece just as you would have when you sandwich a quilt. Any old piece for the backing and then make your pillow treating that as the outside. I will give you a smooth surface on the pillow and also requires less stuffing material
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I just pinch any bag of stuffing between my fingers, and rub then together. The stuffing will either slide back and forth as if lubricated, or it will not slide well. The stuff that slides the best will be less likely to bunch and become lumpy or flat with use. I learned that from Eleanor Peace Bailey, (a world famous custom doll maker and writer), that she discussed at a seminar she held at a local store. I hate when pillows or "stuffies" go flat! Price is not always a good way to judge this product. Some of the worst lumping stuffing I have bought was the more expensive.
#8
When my daughter makes what we call "Hot Rocks", pillow types we can warm up in the microwave, she uses rice. She's used to use corn or beans but we found them kind of smelly when hot. A dog bone shaped pillow would be great for my neck!!!
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