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Posted by Nick and Judy on March 15, 2007, 11:28 pm
I made some pillows for a friend of mine. They are 24" square, chenille,
with corded edges. She uses them on her sofa for decorative purposes. First
she used feather filled square pillow forms but even though they looked very
full at first, after using them the pillows became deflated I guess because
the feathers compressed. I removed those forms and she exchanged them for
cotton covered 100% polyester fiberfill ones. They looked great when they
left my house. Very full and firm. She brought them over tonight and they
look like hell, all misshapen. Looks like the form is somehow shifting
around inside so it doesn't fit into the corners and edges of the cover,
how, I don't know since they are tight. I tried to re-adjust it from the
outside and I can barely move it. I opened one up and pulled it out, and the
filling is also moving around inside the form, so it isn't evenly
distributed and off square.
Should I just skip the premade forms and just fill it with stuffing? What
type of stuffing has anyone had success with? I thought about reshaping the
forms and somehow sewing the corners of the form to the cover to anchor them
in place. Or wrapping the forms with something? Mind you I have made pillows
for myself before and not had these problems. Whaddya think?
Judy
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Posted by on March 16, 2007, 1:12 am
Dear Nick and Judy,
If your pillows were 24 inches square, the inner pillows with stuffing
should have been at least 26 inches square. This keeps them firm even
after use.
Teri
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Posted by Nick and Judy on March 16, 2007, 12:46 pm
Actually, the inner pillows are 22" and I made the outer cover 20". Do you
think I should try a 24" form?
> Dear Nick and Judy,
>
> If your pillows were 24 inches square, the inner pillows with stuffing
> should have been at least 26 inches square. This keeps them firm even
> after use.
>
> Teri
>
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Posted by on March 16, 2007, 2:50 pm
Dear Nick and Judy,
Perhaps since the filling is feathers, you need to increase the size
of the inner pillow by another two inches. Won't hurt to try.
Teri
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Posted by Nick and Judy on March 16, 2007, 4:10 pm
No, the filling is poly fiberfill.
> Dear Nick and Judy,
>
> Perhaps since the filling is feathers, you need to increase the size
> of the inner pillow by another two inches. Won't hurt to try.
>
> Teri
>
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