Make a body pillow from an old bedsheet

Written by Janice Wee


Do you have an old bed sheet that has seen better days, which you are considering throwing away?

Don't throw it away?

Recycle it.

Change it into a body pillow.

Do you intend to throw that soft, comfortable bed sheet because it has little tears, stains or holes in it?

Keep it.

You can use that as stuffing for your body pillow.

Before you start, have both bed sheets bleached, washed and dry to ensure you have totally clean materials to start with.

Then takerepparttar best looking old bed sheet and fold it in half lengthwise, and half acrossrepparttar 143334 width, so you have a rectangle a quarter ofrepparttar 143335 size ofrepparttar 143336 original bedsheet. When you foldrepparttar 143337 bed sheet, hiderepparttar 143338 defects inrepparttar 143339 folds sorepparttar 143340 rectangle you get would show no stains or tears.

Iron this rectangle flat. Pay attention torepparttar 143341 sides. Then sew downrepparttar 143342 3 open edges. You should have a nice rectangle that stays put without any openings.



Top six reasons to buy a digital piano instead of an acoustic.

Written by Mantius Cazaubon


There are several reasons why piano and keyboard players choose digital pianos over their acoustic counterparts.

Let's talk about some ofrepparttar main reasons.

1. There is no need for tuning.

Acoustic pianos have to be tuned once or twice a year. However, sincerepparttar 143200 sounds of digital pianos are in digital format, they never go out of tune. Forget about paying a tuner allrepparttar 143201 time and save.

2. They are portable.

A regular upright piano could weigh over 500 lbs. A grand piano weighs a lot more. Compare this to digital pianos that weigh less than 100 lbs. You could easily carry one under your arm from gig to gig. Transportation is easy. The fact that many of them could be disassembled is also a great advantage.

3. They cost much less.

Acoustic pianos are very expensive and out ofrepparttar 143202 price range of most people. You can save yourself a lot of money by buying a digital piano. For less than $2000, you can get one that is top ofrepparttar 143203 line. You will even find those that cost only a few hundred dollars.

4. You don't have to disturb neighbors.

Worried about disturbingrepparttar 143204 neighbors? There is no need to be worried. Simply plug in a pair of headphones and play silently. With an acoustic piano, it's obvious that you do not have that privilege.

No headphones? Simply use your volume controls. You can play without headphones, strike keys very hard and not produce a disturbing or loud sound.

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