---- Sue <hurwitz...@btinternet.com> wrote: I am considering whether to buy another 18 domed one to replace all three old ones but when looking in the UK I only found one of the three sites I looked at with 18 domed, most of them were various sizes of flat round. I Cant Manage With The Staw Pillows which are just too heavy for me to lift about or to rest on my legs which I need to put up part of most days.
I have several options to propose, but they're about relatively easy ways to make your own instead of buying another on that will go "squidgy" (love that description!). The hardest part is getting a circular wood base. If you have someone that can cut a circle, then thin plywood will work well. Or if you can get someone to make an octagon, that works as well as a circle but is easier to cut. 1. My first 'cookie' pillow was made on a plywood base. Place fabric over the wood, staple it down most of the way around the wood. Then use polyester stuffing (the material sold in bags for filling soft toys) to fill it. Grab big handfuls of the stuff and push it to the far edge, keep adding and adding. When you get it filled halfway across the base, push a whole lot more and continue stuffing. When you're sure it's full, push it in some more and continue stuffing! When you can't stuff any more, staple the rest of the fabric down. It's still a whole lot easier than straw stuffing, and can be done in a couple of hours. And if it gets soft in the center, undo a few staples and add more polyester stuffing. You can also add a layer of felted wool (in the US there are stores that sell "Army-Navy surplus" that sometimes have old wool blankets that can be felted) and another layer of cloth, if you want more support for the pins. 2. Another easy cookie pillow is made from circles of the fiber-type carpet padding. In the US it has become hard to find, most carpet stores using foam bits that have been pressed into a sheet. But if you can get the fibrous type, cut 3 or 4 circles of it, the largest at least an inch (2-3 cm) wider than the base. Make an upside-down pyramid (smallest circle on the bottom, biggest on top) onto the base, cover them with felted-wool blanket and staple this to the wood base. Cover with cloth. 3. There is something called "industrial felt". It is a wool felt that is about 1" (2-3 cm) thick. I've not made a pillow out of it, but it takes pins like a dream. Friends have used it for block pillows. I believe you could use this for the upside-down pyramid pillow. 4. Personally, I strongly prefer block pillows over cookies. Some block pillows are square or octagonal, which makes them very much like a cookie pillow. But, as someone has already pointed out, it's easy and inexpensive to replace one broken-down block instead of a whole cookie. If you're going to buy a new pillow, I'd recommend getting a block pillow. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
