To protect yourself from pain in the wrist joint when working on a computer, you need to use a special pillow. It is suitable for working on a laptop and a desktop computer with a keyboard.
1. You can sew a healing pillow with your own hands. For example, a cute pillow with a voluminous appliqué in the shape of a sleeping cat on the front side.
2. For this you will need: fabric, pillow filling, scissors, needles, ruler, pencil, thread, paper napkins.
It is better to choose a dense fabric so that the filling does not come out of the pillow, and also wear-resistant, since the product will be actively used. Synthetic padding, padding polyester or other fluffy filling is suitable as a filler. If you plan to wash the pillow in the washing machine, you need to take care of this in advance.The fabric and filling must be washable and the threads must not be dyed. To determine the size of the pillow, and therefore the size of the fabric cut, you need to measure the length of the laptop or keyboard and add a few centimeters on each side. The width of the pillow can be chosen arbitrarily, but not less than two-thirds of the distance from the wrist to the elbow.
3. In our case, we will need 2 rectangular pieces of fabric 52x29 cm and one piece of arbitrary size for a three-dimensional cat appliqué. You can use an unnecessary sweater or jacket by cutting off the bottom and one sleeve. We measure the required piece of fabric for the base of the pillow and draw a cutting line with a pencil.
4. Fasten the fabric with needles and cut along the drawn line.
5. Using a pencil, draw a sketch of a cat on paper napkins. You can use several napkins and then combine them.
6. Take a piece of fabric for applique and pin napkins to it. The needles should be inside the pattern.
7. Cut out the cat along the contour. We do not remove the needles.
8. Take a thread that matches the color of the fabric and stitch along the lines of the pencil drawing by hand.
9. Remove the napkin from the fabric. We take colored threads and sew the contours of the eyes, nose and muzzle so that they become brighter and stand out against the general background.
10. Pin the cat blank to the front side of the future pillow with needles. Take a thread of any color and baste the cat blank to the pillow.
11. Then, using a sewing machine, sew the cat blank along the contour with threads of contrasting color, leaving a small hole for stuffing with filler. It is better to use a zigzag stitch. We take out the basting threads.
12. Fill the cat applique with the prepared filler. We don’t do this tightly, just to add volume.
13.We sew up the hole on the cat applique using a sewing machine. Then we sew a zigzag stitch around the outline of the tail and paws.
14. Sew the pillow along the contour, leaving a hole for the filling. Fill the pillow with filling and distribute it evenly. The pillow should retain its shape, but not be overstuffed. Don’t be afraid that it is higher than the keyboard or laptop; over time, with use, the filler will settle and become compacted.
So, the pillow is ready. Remember to shake the product regularly to distribute the filler.
