How to make your own shredded memory foam pillow quickly and easily.
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I have awful neck problems and have been in physical therapy for about three months. I have been working towards finding solutions to my neck pain- identifying the problems causing it and coming up with solutions. One of the issues was my pillows. I haven’t been able to find one that works and I just can’t justify spending a billion dollars trying to find the right pillow. Plus, I already have too many pillows on my bed. I don’t want to waste money and environmental resources trying to find the perfect pillow.
That said, I often get free products on Amazon to review. I received a memory foam pillow at one point that was absolutely horrific. My neck was so much worse with it, but I gave it to my husband, thinking that it was just my typical neck issues. He ended up with a painful neck too after one night on it. And I haven’t been able to give this thing away. So I decided to try upcycling it into a shredded memory foam pillow… and it worked out pretty well! Better yet, one solid memory foam pillow has the potential to make up to two shredded foam pillows.
Note: It would likely be cheaper to buy a shredded memory foam pillow than to purchase a regular memory foam pillow to cut up. This is more for those of you who hated your MF pillow and wanted to do something useful with it.
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- A fabric you love. My fabric is a knit fabric, but you can use any kind you think would be comfortable to sleep on and easy to launder.
- Memory foam pillow that you don’t mind cutting up (This link has both shredded and solid memory foam pillows).
- Scissors
- Hook and loop
Tutorial
Then I just started cutting into smaller and smaller pieces. Once I got my pillow filled to the amount I liked, I closed it up and saved the pieces for another project. Now… originally I sewed it closed. Don’t do that. Instead, add some hook and loop so you can adjust your filling. It might take a couple of nights to figure out exactly how much memory foam pieces you want in there so it’s helpful to have a nice opening to add or subtract foam. I ended up taking a lot out.
Now I’m fairly comfortable with my pillow and I didn’t waste any resources! Happy girl! I really like how I can adjust the foam for my neck at night. Regular pillows just don’t have that level of flexibility.
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Interesting. I have trouble finding the right pillow that I don't wake up with horrible back or neck pain but I'm tired of buying pillows. This may be worth a try! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
How smart Danielle. The perfect pillow is hard to find.
Thank you for sharing this at Thoughts of Home. We are so glad you are here.
Interesting. Haven’t thought about making a memory foam pillow by my own. But surely an excellent thing to do. However, we do also talk about the best pillows by different genre at sleepdesires.com/best-pillows/ . We hope you will enjoy reading the articles 🙂