Comments on: Fixing my Fake Plastic Pillow http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/ Think we can't live without plastic? Think again. In 2007 I committed to stop buying any new plastic & I've almost succeeded! Won't you join me? Let's see what plastic-free looks like in 2012... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. ~Beth Terry Thu, 23 May 2013 23:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Carmen http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 Carmen Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:48:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5042 This was super informative. The post as well as all the great comments!

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5034 Fake Plastic Fish Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:47:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5034 Denise, that is brilliant! Thank you!

]]> By: Denise http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 Denise Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:39:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5033 Here’s a tip for washing pillows in future – even if you are a non crafty person. Using the biggest sewing needle you can find, and double thickness of any colour sewing thread, sew big stitches through all thicknesses of your pillow, any random way you like, 8 or 10 stitches, including all four corners and some in the middle. Wash your pillow, then just cut the threads and pull out the sewing thread. You will keep the shape of the pillow and not have the trouble of unpicked the casing and having to reshape the stuffing. If you have thin pillows you can get the same result if you use big safety pins, but that doesn’t work with thick pillows.

I agree, you have to keep using the plastic you have, and it’s good to wash pillows as often as you can, especially if people have asthma or other allergies.

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5027 Fake Plastic Fish Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:27:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5027 Cat — reuse, reuse, reuse! I’m glad to know the polyfil in the mice came from an old pillow! (And if that’s not what you meant… if it was actually new polyfil, um… just don’t tell me, kay?)

Rob — Dude! Get off my back! I bought that pillow a million years ago before I knew what I know now. I’m not getting rid of plastic I already have, unless it’s toxic for me to use. (I would, for example, take a vinyl shower curtain to the toxic waste dump.) Like I said to Cat… Reuse, reuse, reuse!

]]> By: Robj98168 http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5026 Robj98168 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:56:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5026 Polyester batting??? Beth i am surprized at you! You could of chosen cotton batting, or a feather/down pillow! They also make pillows out of wheat husks these days!

]]> By: Tanya http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5022 Tanya Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:54:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5022 Great job Beth! :) FYI… If you need to wash anything with a down filling (down comforter, pillows etc.) put tennis balls in the dryer. It will help to fluff them up.

]]> By: Anarres Natural Health http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5021 Anarres Natural Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:24:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5021 Beautiful results!

If your foam pillow gets messed up, you just cut the foam into chips with scissors. Even my neighbour sits on her porch and reuses foam that way.

It's good to wash your pillow cases monthly or more, and the pillows every 6 months or more. Just wash and dry out flat in the sun, or on a rack near your heating vent or in a sunny spot. You need to kill dust mites.

Congratulations on your domestic triumph!

Love & RRRevolution, Tracey

]]> By: The Green Cat http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5020 The Green Cat Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:57:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5020 I’m embarrassed to say that when I washed my pillows with similar results, it never occurred to me to fluff up the insides and get them to lay down correctly again. But I did reuse the polyester stuffing in catnip mice and the outer casings got used by my sister to make more pillows. Oh no! I just realized that the catnip mice I sent you last year have polyfil stuffing! I never even thought about that and I try to be so careful about not sending you plastic. Oops, sorry!

]]> By: Willo http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-5019 Willo Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:34:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/02/fixing-my-fake-plastic-pillow/#comment-5019 Great work! And I just wanted to let you know that those instructions were exactly simple enough for me and it would have taken me at least two nights to sew it shut. So you aren’t alone on the non-craftiness front.

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