How to make a Homemade Wedge Pillow.

How to Make a Homemade Wedge Pillow because purchased wedge pillows are hard! This pillow project may appeal to a few people or possibly none at all, which is OK. Many folks and not just me live with ongoing issues from an ulcer. But a comfortable pillow will help you sleep better...From the DIY Homemade Household side of the blog!

Healing an ulcer is not always easy, and often you will not know what has just now upset it for the day! Then that day can turn into a week of bad days before healing takes place and your ulcer settles down. That is where a wedge pillow comes in. You see...

At some point, your specialist will tell you to sleep in an elevated position. So, of course, you go out to the local medical supply store in your neighborhood or on the way home from work and purchase a wedge pillow. While they don't cost an arm and a leg, they are not cheap. But they are definitely not comfortable!

In fact, they are hard! Hard enough to keep sleep from settling in, and of course, a good night's sleep is what we all need, especially when healing...

Of course, there are other reasons to desire a wedge pillow. Maybe you are thinking about a wedge pillow for extra comfort while reading in bed or watching a bit of TV! If so, these instructions for How to make a Homemade Wedge Pillow, are just what you are looking for.    

A Wedge Pillow will need a fair amount of firmness to keep you (and your stomach) in an elevated position. The problem with that is the commercially made wedge pillow hurts your head, or at least it hurt mine.

The foam is dense and like a bully it does not give.......which for me, led to a stiff neck and daily headache. I also found it was impossible to use my favorite pillow with the foam wedge pillow. Since I use a neck roll pillow for support, this became a painful problem.

All of that led me to try and make my own. First I purchased 4 pillows. But keep in mind, you may use pillows you already have. When I brought them home, I had an idea, but not a solid plan. To test my idea, I safely pinned the pillows together in the configuration I thought might work the best. After sleeping on pillow mountain for two days, I knew I was close, but took another day to think it through.

Originally I had all the pillows going one way. Unfortunately, assembled in that way, they tend to separate. Separation equals no support in the middle of the night...after a little thinking, I came up with the needed changes for a supportive and comfortable pillow. I started with a base pillow in the vertical position and three additional pillows cascading horizontally. 

Let's get started...

Supplies needed for this project:

• 1 Queen or King-sized pillow for the verticle pillow base*
• 3 or 4 standard-sized pillows
• buttons
• thread
• sewing needle 

You will also need the following:

• scissors
• measuring tape, if desired for placement

Now we are ready to begin!

How to assemble:

Starting at the bottom of the verticle pillow (Use the queen or king size pillow for the verticle pillow based upon your own height.), attach the first horizontal pillow. The first pillow may extend beyond the bottom edge of the vertical base pillow. Stitch the pillows (verticle and horizontal) together with a button for strength, at each contact point. This will prevent the stitches from being torn open.

Proceed by attaching another pillow halfway between the top of the "bottom" or verticle pillow and the top of what will be the entire pillow wedge. 

This pillow will cascade over the first pillow, which is actually the bottom of the wedge, you are building from bottom to top. 

And finally, attach the top pillow to the top of the wedge. Secure with buttons as needed, where pillows come together. 

Note, if you have chosen to use 4 horizontal pillows, space accordingly. 

This is the side view of the finished project. While not beautiful, it is very usable and comfortable enough so that it won't give you a headache. The wedge is also soft enough to use your regular pillow as well, should you want. 

Important: the challenging part of using a wedge pillow successfully is staying at the top. In regards to this homemade pillow wedge, your own bottom should be on the bottom pillow, with your head resting on the top pillow. This sounds like common sense and is, but you will find that it takes a bit of practice to get up and on your new wedge pillow.

* if you are really tall you may want to use a King sized pillow for the base with 4 standard pillows laid in the waterfall pattern.

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