Get a piece of 1/4 " (.6 cm) plywood about 18" square (that's roughly 45 cm for you metric users) Get a piece of styrofoam that is (yup you guessed it) the same size. It should be about 2-3 inches (4-7 cm) thick. I found my styrofoam at the local craft store chain (Michael's, AC Moore...)
Cut the styrofoam in 5 parts like this:
15 cm 15 cm 15cm ____________________ | | 15cm | | | |square| | | |______| | | | | | 45 cm | | ditto| | 18 in | |______| | | | 6 in | | | |square| | |______|______|______| 6in 6in 6in
For those of you having trouble with my ansi art, you cut the styrofoam in 6 inch by 18 inch rectangles (15.24 cm x 45.72 cm). Then you cut one of the rectangles in three pieces each 15.24cm sqaure (6 inches, it's about their turn to be used first don't you think?) Glue two of the rectangles even with the two outsides of the plywood. I was advised to use at least two of the other pieces as a measuring aid of how far apart to put the two edge pieces. CAREFUL NOT TO GLUE THE CENTER PIECES.
Let the glue dry overnight. Gently round the long outside corners of the styrofoam. Now the view from the bottom edge will look like this:
Round at * *____ ____* |____|____|____| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Glue a 45 cm (18 inches) square piece of felt on the bottom. (Marked by ^^^) Cover the strofoam on the pillow with 100% cotton in some suitable shade (suitable is what YOU like looking at (except it should be so that you can see the thread on it....not white if you plan to use white thread all the time, etc.). Use one long piece for the main pillow and smaller squares for the middle blocks. Taking darts and sew the fabric to fit like a slip cover. I wrapped mine up like a present (folds at the corners and used pins to hold it in place while sewing (note that the pins can to INTO the blocks and don't have to just weave in an out of the fabric.) Truthfully, you can pin the cover on if you wish, mine has lasted 9 years only pinned in places.
I planned to cover the places where the fabric and the felt didn't quite meet with gimp, but have never had the time.
Now you have a pillow, covered, with three removeable blocks (very handy for corners) and you've probably not spent more than 10 dollars (6 pounds stirling, 14 $AUS)
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