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Some areas do feel less dense than others. It compacts consistently with a little more pull on the string than the roving did. I think this made stuffing the cushion easier. The raw wool I used was fairly tightly wound to itself in clumps. Raw, cleaned wool – This seems to provide the densest, least squishy of the wool fillings. As wool roving and batting are easily available, this is an inexpensive and accessible, period correct option. Pins stick easily with a slight depression before going through the fabric. While it compacts, it does so evenly with a moderate amount of pull on the string. Wool batting/roving – This seems to provide the softest/squishiest of the wool fillings. The crochet cotton helps determine how the filling compacts. Each of the cushions are made with quilt weight cotton and crochet cotton. Factors I looked at included easy of stick-ability, weight, compression and effects on pins over time. I thought it would be an interesting comparison. scraps of wool threads such as those pulled from fabricsįor the ‘experiment’, I used both materials that would have been used in the 19th century and modern use ones.There are others I not experienced in person but know to have been used.
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What did “they” fill their cushions with? I have seen a few materials inside pin cushions and sewing cases.
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This rolling became a “must try this.” I had a bunch of pin cushion circles left from the workshops didn’t? Yep…. Squishing filling into a pin cushion one day, I started to wonder what a fun game it would be to stuff a bunch of pin cushions with different fillings and see if people could guess which was which.Īs weird thoughts go, this one kept rolling round in my head… Over the years, then and now, what all have people tried to stuff their pin cushions with? How did each one act? What worked? What didn’t? What really didn’t? …. ***Note- This post will be updated as I test more fillings from the t0-do list.***