I also have the One and Only. The first one I bought had been covered by Lacy Susan, and I use it a lot. The second one, I bought as a kit and used a serrated knife to lop off a bit at the top so that the pillow would fit in my checked luggage. Then, I covered it as "usual", although I sewed my cover on each block rather than pin. I didn't add any weight to this pillow, wanting to keep it as light as possible for travel purposes. But... some additional weight would be very helpful, because this pillow doesn't like to stay put!! Even tensioning the threads causes it to shift around. So you should consider which issue is more important when you decide whether or not to use a heavier material (ie., plywood) on the bottom.
Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Ruth - can you tell me where you bought the ethafoam from and if they sell > overseas by mail order. I have been unsuccessfully trying to purchase > ethafoam in Malta but few, if any, know about it yet and it doesn't seem > to<<< > > > There's a mail-order lace supplier in the US called Snowgoose. They have a > website, but I don't know the URL--I'm sure you can google it. They sell the > "Everything Pillow", which is a kit. It comes with an Ethafoam circle (the > outer rim nicely rounded) with a rectangle cut out of the center, cardboard > to > glue to the bottom of the circle, foam-core pieces to line the center hole > (so > it's very smooth), and Ethafoam blocks--I think it's 3 squares plus 4 narrow > rectangles, and a cylinder. The hole in the center takes two squares, or one > square and two rectangles, or 4 rectangles, or the cylinder plus whichever > square/rectangle combination will fill the hole. The cylinder makes it > useable > as a roller pillow and the squares/rectangles for a block pillow. You have to > cover it yourself, and glue the foamcore and cardboard in place, but it's > really > cheap by US pillow standards--around USD-30 (may have gone up since I got > mine). > I'm very happy with mine, and I know a lot of othe > r happy customers, too. > > I covered my blocks by a combination of methods. I wrapped the fabric around > and sewed the long part shut. I put that seam at a corner/edge, not in the > middle of any face of the block. Then I folded the flaps on the ends and > pinned > those. I glued the fabric around the outside of the cylinder, but used ribbon > and pins around the base (over the fabric) and around the box. > > Robin P. > Los Angeles, California, USA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
