Polyfill Pillow Stuffing for Projects - How much do you need?

We often get approached by camps and girl guide directors to purchase our polyester pillow stuffing. We are always delighted to be able to help out educational and youth-oriented institutions. Nusso is a family-owned and operated business, so family-oriented organizations are very important to us. There is a common question we get: How much stuffing do I need? (This is actually a common question across the broad spectrum of our clientele but is often more prevalent with the smaller institutions.

Here's a quick breakdown of estimated fill requirements for a few key sizes:

14" x 14": 0.6 lbs
16" x 16": 0.8 lbs
18" x 18": 1.0 lbs

These are good baselines for determining how much stuffing you would have to buy to have enough for your project. Many customers are delighted at how engaged children can be making there own pillows and stuffing it themselves. When you consider teddy bear stuffing, it becomes a little bit more complicated. A small teddy bear will probably take anywhere between a half a pound and one pound, but this can vary wildly. If you want the bear to have a big belly, you'll need to fill it more.

If you are looking for a great, interactive project, buy some pillow cases at your local linen store and then come to Nusso for some hypoallergenic polyester pillow stuffing.

Informative chat re discounts bolsters and extra stuffing

(21:36:24)  Visitor i would like to place an order. my name is ***  and i have ordered before
(21:36:37)  Customer Service ok
(21:36:49)  Customer Service how can I help you?
(21:36:55)  [Visitor page reloaded. New URL: http://www.nussopillows.com/bolsters.htm ]
(21:37:30)  Visitor i think it was the 10 x 30 bolsters that i ordered before.please confirn
(21:37:36)  Customer Service let me check...
(21:37:59)  Customer Service yes, the 10" x 30" is correct
(21:38:08)  Customer Service you ordered 10 pieces
(21:38:30)  Visitor what is the price each and is there a discount for over 6
(21:39:21)  Customer Service price is $10.75 as per the website and your previous invoice
(21:39:44)  Customer Service our qty discounts are for orders in the $500 range
(21:39:51)  Visitor can they be filled with more stuffing to make them denser
(21:39:59)  Customer Service yes
(21:40:10)  Visitor what is the cost
(21:40:14)  Customer Service if you visit the factory, we can fill to your spec
(21:41:44)  Visitor i haven't visited the factory but if i could get what you fill and then 1/2 more on top. does that make sense. customers are finding them too soft
(21:42:41)  Customer Service we can definitely do that.... the $10.75 is based on a fill weight of 3.4 lbs, so increasing fill weight by 50% would increase the costs by approximately 50%
(21:43:14)  Visitor price please
(21:43:29)  Customer Service each additional pound = $2.60
(21:43:54)  Customer Service so an extra 1.7 lbs would be 15.17
(21:43:57)  Customer Service total
(21:45:27)  Visitor i will check with the one i have done to see what the weight is, but i think that might just work. could you tell delivery time
(21:45:44)  Customer Service we're running about 1 week right now
(21:46:51)  Visitor thank you i will check with my bolster and let you know what the weight will be. thanks for your help
(21:47:04)  Customer Service your welcome

Review - custom work is available at current prices extra stuffing would cost 2.60/lb and we need longer lead times.

Mastectomy Pillows and cushions from Mastectomy Designs

Email received Jan 26/2011  no more words required

Hi Eli,

 Thanks for your email.  Here are some of the latest remarks I have gotten back that you are welcome to post to your blog.  These comments were emailed to me as a courtesy to let me know they had received their order.  They all have emailed me permission to use their comments to spread the word around about how much these pillows help after breast cancer surgery.

"I purchased two pillows from you for a friend of mine who just had a double mastectomy last week.  She received the pillows today and called me ... in tears.  She said they are just perfect and the ideal thing she needed for under her arms.  She had been rolling up towels but they didn't give her the support and comfort she gets with your pillows...It is often the little, simple things that can make a life so much better.  These pillows will help make her recovery a lot more comfortable.  She is truly grateful to have them."   Cheryl, MN

"My sister Holly was diagnosed with breast cancer and I didn't know what I could do to help.  I bought the pillows for her even though I'd never heard of them before and neither had she.  I just had a feeling this would help her.  Boy, was I right!  She just had a double mastectomy and used those everyday while she was recovering.  She said she wouldn't know what she would have done without them!!!  Thank you so much for a great product!  I was able to help my sister even though I couldn't be near her!"  Sent to Holly in CA by her sister Wendy, Wisconsin.

"I received the pillows and blanket today.  I wanted to let you know that they are absolutely wonderful.  The personal touches with the ribbon and card make them even more special.  I am a hospice nurse and will definitely put your brochure/website info in my office to give to our patient's when appropriate.  Oh, and by the way, my friend who is having her mastectomy (today) loved them as well.  She just thought they were so special along with your card."  Becky, PA.

These emails touched my heart, and I hope they warm yours too, and all who read your blog.  And as for your family business, the filling of these pillows and sewing them shut definitely is helping a lot of women going through the difficult battle with breast cancer.  I know the pillows are not your normal pillows, but hope you are ok with continuing on helping me offer them as a resource to these women.

As for a link on the resource page:  yes, I will put your link on it, as the wonderful company who is helping to supply these pillows as a pain relief source after breast cancer surgery.  I will try to do it within the next week. 

 lillian at mastectomydesigns.com

http://www.mastectomydesigns.com/    Brandon Manitoba

Lillian

PS  I am going to a trade show in Orlando, Florida in March to meet  up with 200-300 prospective wholesale buyers looking for something new in women's products to order for their respective shops.  Planning to take orders for the pillows.  Ok if I send you lots of business after March?   That's why I would like to know if there are wholesale shops for cotton in the Toronto area.

Craft & Quilt Batting

Our Made in Canada product line is not limited to our line of pillow forms and bulk polyester stuffing. Our other fantastic Made in Canada line are our Craft Batting and Quilt Batting. Here is an informational product video we made for the product line:

You can of course click on the above links to read more information regarding the product.

Build-A-Bear Recalls 300,000 Teddy Bears

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45806891/ns/health-childrens_health/#.TwHGW4FIU1U

The article mentions that the teddy bears had an issue with the eye balls falling out, presenting a rather serious choking hazard to babies. I suppose they learned nothing from the BPA incident... It always annoys me when I read about companies that are so focused on short-term cost-cutting measures that they ignore the far more important long-term implications of inferior product quality. Although harder to measure, cost of quality is extremely important and companies need to balance the benefits of reducing costs against the new costs generated by cutting quality (cost of returns, defects, customer service, recalls, lost sales, lost brand value, etc.)

It should be noted that here at Nusso, we supply many teddy bear manufacturers with our polyester stuffing and sincerely hope that our stuffing is only going into teddy bears that are baby-safe.