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In this video I am on the search for a soft pillow insert for my crochet pillow covers. Is this one it?
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hi crafters Welcome to the channel Or if
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you've been here before welcome back I'm
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happy to have you Whether you quilt knit
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or crochet if you're anything like me
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you're always on the lookout for that
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perfect pillow insert to bring your
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handmade pillow covers to life Today in
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this video I'm reviewing a pillow insert
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I picked up from Amazon that claims to
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be soft have great spring back and
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medium support just right for DIY home
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decor Is it the squishy dreamy insert
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we've all been searching for or just
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another flop let's find
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out Hello everyone This is a bit of a
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sitdown video today So uh this is my
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wedding blanket collection I've got the
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blanket one of my most popular patterns
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and of course the coordinating pillow
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which I've already started to pull out
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Because I'll tell you why I have a deep
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dislike for the pillow insert It's from
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a craft store I think it's it looked
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like it was a polyfill insert and it's
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so unpleasant You know we spend all this
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time working on our stitches to make a
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beautiful pillow of whatever pillow
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you're making or even if you're knitting
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if you're doing quilting any kind of
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handmade pillow cover And I don't know
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about you but I didn't really think
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about the insert Now of course
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decorative pillows do not get the wear
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and tear of you know like our bed
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pillows that our heads are on and we're
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sleeping on but if it's going to be on
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uh living spaces you might lean up
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against it now and again and when you
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feel it like this one it feels itchy It
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feels stiff crunchy I don't like it So
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I'm going to replace it But I'm
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currently working on another collection
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which will be a blanket and pillow set
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So I wanted to explore some other
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options and I found some on Amazon I
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wanted to give a try and I want to open
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it up with you and
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see if it's better It's the same price
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point of what I paid for the one that I
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just showed you Let me move my
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blanket All right So this is a set of
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two It was at the time of purchase
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$12.99 And this is the 18in square size
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sold as a
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set and I'm talking to you now May of
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2025 So the price I don't know if it'll
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change or not So it's shrink wrap You
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see how small this is this is the 18
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inch two pillows So I'm going to have to
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let them open up a bit No doubt by the
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time I finish stitching up my pattern
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It's almost done So if you're not
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subscribed please subscribe I've got a
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really
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uh really cool looking set coming you
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may be interested in All right I need
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scissors for this I'll be right back All
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right let's see I'm gonna stand back and
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make sure my my cats are not nearby I
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don't know what's going to happen when I
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open
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this Seems like they're wrapped in
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plastic within the plastic
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Well it feels softer already I'll tell
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you that
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But will it also have enough shape it
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can be soft but we need shape to fill
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out our
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cover Now this is this feels kind of
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like a bed
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pillow So it's not fluffy and dense like
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the crafter pillow Can already tell that
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And I don't think it's going to expand
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much
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more Now these are washable Let me see
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It will take a warmer hot wash which is
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nice for
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disinfecting and then a a tumble dry
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cool That may be what I have to do to
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give it a little more fluff but also
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when we're making our uh cases it's
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generally best practices to go up to two
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inches smaller on all sides so that you
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get that really nice full look And of
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course I'm doing that with my current
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pattern So just keep that in mind if
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you've never uh made a pillow case or a
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decorative case So if you're doing you
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know cute Christmas pillows Halloween
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pillows spring pillows a monogram um
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boho you know whatever kind of design
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you're making If you're quilting you
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want So for this being an 18inch square
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I would make kind of a 16inch or
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thereabout square And then when you're
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pulling it to seam it it should really
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like come down tight And that's gonna
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make your pillow be more voluminous
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looking instead of looking you know sad
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and flat So uh once I get this stitched
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together with my new cover I'll give you
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a final uh final opinion on them to see
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if the kind of softness I will say I
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want to say flat but it's much softer
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This will be much nicer to lean against
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Um and you know for the price I don't
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know that I'm expecting a huge luxurious
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densely packed pillow You're probably
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going to have to spend twice this for
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just one you know like $20 or so But
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these are the ones I got So I wanted to
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give them an initial an initial an
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initial look see and see if this might
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be a nicer option for us
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So it's been 24 hours
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I used the other insert for my new
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design which I'm not going to show you
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that yet But these have not fluffed up
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more than when I first opened them So my
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my final thoughts on this particular one
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they meet my criteria of being soft
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which is what I wanted I forgot about
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them looking fluffy So even with my uh
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pillow cover pattern being 2 in smaller
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than the 18 in size that this is it
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still looks a little flat It's not awful
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but I would go all the way up to the 20
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in This comes in a 20 in I would use
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that So I don't not recommend these I
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just recommend ordering them smartly
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because they are a good value But I
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guess in a lot of cases you get what you
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pay for So I really would like to hear
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from you if you have found a pillow
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insert that you do like that it's soft
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because I don't care what your style is
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I kind of classify how I like to design
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my crochet designs as sophisticated But
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even if you're someone that likes a more
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maybe a more simple more rustic or um uh
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like a whimsical design I don't care
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what your style is Nobody asked for a
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flat or a scratchy pillow right we all
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want and not even the dog My cat they
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don't want a scratchy pillow to sit on
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or lay on So I would like to hear if you
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know of a soft yet wholesome pillow
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that's a reasonable price because I am
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open to trying another brand when I do
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another pillow design But uh abs
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absolutely I'm going to make these work
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I'm all about uh using what you have and
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making it
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work But these softness yes you get a a
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fluffiness uh c So that's my thoughts on
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these and I look forward to hearing from
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you in the comments And again a reminder
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