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Nightmare cushions

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ROMILO Wed 01-Jul-26 09:44:09

I spent over an hour yesterday pulling the prickly end of duck feathers through supposedly featherproof material because they were making my quite expensive new cushions very uncomfortable to use. I bought feather because I havent had much success with synthetic fillings.Has anyone else had this problem and how did they solve it?

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Samsara1 Wed 01-Jul-26 09:52:41

If it has a cover inside then you could just cover that with another cover and then put the decorative cover on top- I think.

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Esmay Thu 02-Jul-26 18:00:49

Many years ago I remember my Grandma making some pillow cases from ticking .
She spent a long time rubbing the fabric with a white wax candle to stop the feathers coming through .

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HelterSkelter1 Thu 02-Jul-26 18:42:32

Amazon stock Waterproof Down Feather Proof pillow protectors 18 x 18. Dont know what they are like but mught be worth a try.
The quill points are very painful.

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MT62 Thu 02-Jul-26 19:10:06

Thinking of changing my new cushions to feather, as the synthetic cushions are rather stiff.
I hate the smell of feather cushions though, that’s the downside of them.

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Oreo Thu 02-Jul-26 22:37:43

I have all feather cushions, so much better than synthetics but I put them in old pillow cases before putting on the cushion covers.

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butterandjam Thu 02-Jul-26 22:54:33

Use down not feathers. More expensive but no pointy bits.

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LadyGracie Thu 02-Jul-26 22:59:33

I rememember as children pulling the pointy feathers out of our army issue pillows. Memories.

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