{"id":200,"date":"2012-05-26T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rubschlager.com\/angie\/?p=200"},"modified":"2012-05-26T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:46:13","slug":"i-give-you-giant-pillow-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubschlager.com\/angie\/2012\/05\/26\/i-give-you-giant-pillow-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"I Give You…. Giant Pillow Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a confession to make.\u00a0 I’m not proud of it, but here goes.\u00a0 I have wanted, for several years, to be the owner of an adult sized bean bag and\/or ridiculously huge pillow.\u00a0 Yes, there it is, I have been salivating over the thought of owning what amounts to a sack of cloth filled with foam.\u00a0 So what has stopped me all these years from making the leap?\u00a0 Well, just check out the prices!\u00a0 Ridiculous!\u00a0 The poshest maker of “Sacs and Pillows” (they spell sack wrong because it’s cool?..), charges upwards of $400 USD.\u00a0 And their competitors, while cheaper, significantly so in fact, are still a little to expensive in my mind for what amounts to a bag of foam, and most don’t give you a clue about what kind of foam they put in the bag.\u00a0 Which was important to me..<\/p>\n

So I decided it was silly that someone with a sewing machine,\u00a0 a serger and a modicum of sewing skills would pay for someone else to make a bag of foam.\u00a0 So I made my very own Giant Pillow.\u00a0 It was a long and interesting journey.<\/p>\n

Research<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

I spent weeks pouring over the sites of main manufacturer.\u00a0 Examining their marketing shots in detail and trying to determine what the heck they used to fill their Pillows.\u00a0 Oh, and I eventually decided that a pillow would be easier, and nicer looking than a round sack.\u00a0 Most high-end noveau chic bean bags, the really comfortable ones that you sigh over when you sink in, are not, I repeat not, filled with beans.\u00a0 That is so 1985.\u00a0 Now they are filled with foam, and none of the companies are very forthcoming about what kind of foam.\u00a0 And, there are a lot of foam choices out there!\u00a0 Really this is not a simple decision.<\/p>\n

Figuring out what kind of foam to use was where I spent the majority of my research.\u00a0 The most expensive manufacturer uses something called durafoam.\u00a0 Their competitor uses some sort of self branded foam called “comfy foam” or they just don’t tell you what they use, but are quick to tell you they are the best.\u00a0 Really? Your are the best\u00a0 are you?\u00a0 Then tell me what kind of freakin’ foam you use!<\/p>\n

Luckily for me, durafoam is a brand name, and while that doesn’t help much, because no one seems to sell it to consumers, it does, with a little digging on the interwebs, reveal that this product is a foam rubber and that is the info I needed.\u00a0 Because you see, there are only so many places a consumer can order bulk quantities of shredded foam, and even fewer places where you can order shredded rubber foam.\u00a0 I didn’t want to go to all the trouble to make this thing, only to fill it with something that would degrade over time and lose it’s loft.\u00a0 So I had my foam picked and now it was time to get to sewing.<\/p>\n

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