So I'm going for a truly economic Christmas this year and wanted to make my mum some handmade patchwork oven gloves, but I wasn't sure about stuffing and then I saw the tumble dryer fluff in a pile on the counter top and thought. hmm maybe I can use that.Would this be a clever idea or is it going to be problematic?
Polyester will melt. It has to be natural fibers like wool and cotton. I might recommend you get a couple of hand towels or one big towel; they will make great batting, and they will be inexpensive (one towel at wal-mart is not that much money). Two layers of towel will probably do it; if you're not sure, then test it. See if you can pick up something really hot comfortably with two layers alone.
The problem with this is that you don't know what the fibers are made of. If they are cotton, it would probably be fine, but if they are synthetic they might not insulate well. They could even melt, which would be scary and/or painful. I think for a project that will be exposed to heat you would be better off buying batting so you know its qualities. I think for a different project, such as a pin cushion, it would be fine. Dryer lint was recommended to me as a stuffing for a pin cushion project.
I'd think that even if they were polyester or part-polyester, they'd be okay since you'll probably be covering them with a thick cotton-fabric layer (or something similar, perhaps even terry cloth), under the patchwork? I think ordinary polyester batting has been used in many of those kinds of things anyway, but if the layer isn't thick enough for pads anyway, it could just be doubled --can't do that with gloves. You could also use terry cloth (one or more layers of it) for the filler, or other things, depending on how hot the items are to be picked up and how long held. One problem you might have though would be separation of the lint fibers since they're not bonded like batting has been. You'd need to stitch the front-stuffing-back sandwich together fairly in a fairly close grid or other lines (like quilted quilts) to keep the lint from migrating around. Migration might not be a big problem though if the item won't be washed or otherwise stretched and stressed. And you could use a quilted sandwich of lint as an inner layer too on the palm side, or maybe use two of them as inner layers. Another migration problem could be the fibers migrating through the fabric like unbonded battings sometimes can. Don't know if that would happen with lint though, especially if quilted in a sandwich. There should be more ideas online for things to use as filler too, and thrift shops often have all kinds of fabric/etc. that can be bought cheap and cut up to use for other things. Best of luck! Diane B.
yes u should, and if there is sun give it some sunshine, its still thirsty from those days u haven't watered it. water it every skip a day, not to much fertilizer because at the night it excretes it and gets oxygen. To much work for it well make it die
