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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Bev; I have a Goodwill store locally, and they often have odd pillow shams 
(the kind that come with comforter sets) on the discount rack. Some are 
really pretty. I buy them when ever I see one I like, and when I retire a 
bed pillow, I stuff it in a sham and use it as a decorative pillow.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:33 PM
Subject: [Homestead] Pillows


> I know there are quite a number of people who sew on the list, so I ask
> here:
> I have a few old pillows, like bed pillows, that have seen better days,
> but that I don't want to throw away.  Most are the hypoallergenic foam
> type.  I'd like to make some kind of pillow from the bed pillows, but I
> am having trouble with design.
>
> Option #1 is to make some kind of wedge shaped support pillow, something
> that I could prop up on and use under my feet when I need to put my feet
> up.  It could also be used behind the knees when laying in bed.
> Sometimes, when I back hurts, it helps to lay on my back with something
> supporting my bent knees.
>
> Option #2 is to make one of those wing-arm support pillows like you can
> buy at Walmart, the kind you prop up in bed with.  They are great if you
> are sick and eating or reading in bed.  Flip them over into that wedge
> shape and you have a support for stretching your back.(pillow under chest)
>
> Option #3 is to make doggie beds for the baby boys.  Both of them enjoy
> a soft comforter to lay on.  I took an old comforter, cut it in half,
> and lined their crates with it, but I was thinking that I could use the
> comforter to cover a pillow that could be used both in the crate and in
> the living room.  In the winter, they like to lay near the woodstove,
> and I am trying to keep them off the furniture(they now have only one
> chair they are allowed to be on)
>
> I'm sure you guys will have other ideas, too.  I'd love to hear them.
> I sew, but it is not my best skill, so the simpler the idea, the better.
> I'm leaning towards option #1, because I think it will be the most
> useful, but I am not exactly sure how to go about it.  Do you think a 45
> degree angle is too steep? 35 degree?
>
> B
>
>
> --
> Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is
> protecting your freedom on the USS Key West, currently deployed
> somewhere in the Pacific and/or Indian Ocean.  Go Navy!
> EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA
>
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