Be careful of cotton batting!
I tried to make a pin cushion of several layers of a cotton mattress
pad, and pins would not go through it! It was solid. Maybe this was
because it was old and compacted? I don't know. I went for poly instead.
Lauren
On 8/15/2011 4:22 PM, Jane Partridge wrote:
In message
<sig.520834abff.8544B1EE531A409D87EAE4432FCB378C@loreleihalley>,
Lorelei Halley <[email protected]> writes
I haven't
tried cotton or polyesther batting. Possibly several layers of
cotton quilt
batting would work. But I would take a pin to the quilt store and
test it --
try sticking the pin through several layers of batting to see how it
feels.
Cotton batting might work OK, but I can remember the advice against
using polyester stuffing for pin cushions due to the effect it has on
the pins - can't remember if it is just dulling or blunting as well -
in which case use in a pillow would be equally bad for them.
I suspect that it would be possible to purchase a second roller for
the travel pillow - do they not use the size of roller that fits into
a block pillow? - if so, then I would buy and use two rollers
alternately to even out the wear - doing this has certainly extended
the life of my block pillow blocks, which I have had for donkey's
years and not had to replace yet - with no additional padding!
The travel roller pillow I use most is a Finnish one, which the roller
is made from tightly rolled carpet underlay (the recycled foam type) -
and is showing no sign of retaining its holes or wearing out, despite
a large amount of use over the last seven or eight years (I bought it
the year the OIDFA congress was at Nottingham).
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