We found *the* chair

You'll laugh at me... but here goes. I bought a Memory Foam mattress topper last week and it's amazing stuff. I'd try a chunk of that right off. Need some? I trimmed down a Cal. king mattress topper (4 in. thick) to fit my queen sized bed and have the chunk of leftovers sitting here. Ahhhhh... now I almost feel human in the morning. It made a BIG difference in my many arthritic conditions and my poor ol' body.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

Is she skinny. Is she little. YUP. Polly and my mother are about the same size. Around 5 feet tall and all of 100 pounds.

I think that size is referred to as little people,but you know if she's in the crowd. She's got everyone laughing. Be prepared for a couple days sore ribs from laughing so hard after a day spent with this cutup.

Kate T. South Mississippi

So what brand of chair did you buy.

Kate T.

I have a chair seat-size little quilt on mine. Not a lot of padding though. Roberta in D

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Memory Foam? Yes, we can do that. There's a fabric shop closeby where Yogi has his hair styled that sells fabric by the pound and all sorts of interesting hunks and chunks of padding. I just didn't know what to bring home. Thanks, Leslie. So glad for you that you found a happy cover for your mattress. Polly

Actually, I'm not skinny. I am drop-dead gorgeous but always reluctant to admit it. Dealing with jealous wives is such a burden. Polly

Kate is remembering the time we went to a quilt show in New Orleans and I organized a protest demonstration. There was a hand-stitched Celtic quilt there that would just knock your socks off . . . and it had been totally ignored by the judges. That quilt lived on to receive many ribbons at other shows and received Viewer's Choice by my fellow rabble rousers. That was fun. Or maybe she's remembering the Viking dealer at the Pensacola show who was making an impassioned speech about people paying $ 6,000 for a fine SM and miserly clinging to a bent, dull needle. I kind of encouraged her. Yes, I guess I did. And, I did sort of set Kate T up at the Hattiesburg show. Kate was testing a new quilting frame. In years to come, she'll probably live that one down. We are in high hopes that some of you can join us at the upcoming show at Pensacola. You can act like you don't know me. Polly

THE chair came from Office Depot and her name is Barona. She has a nice, cushy roll where the sitter's knees bend - important, methinks. The back can be adjusted to the small of your back instead of so high that it forces your shoulders into a cramp. The wheel base has 5 spokes and is a little wider than most which gives a secure feeling. Probably none of that is important to every stitcher but like Leslie with her new Memory Foam, it surely does make my old body happy. My first typing teacher was rather fierce. Before she would let us even touch a typewriter, she demanded that we adjust our chairs so we could sit properly. We did. Or else. Polly

Polly! We are the same size. I can't help you with cushion suggestions, but I can commiserate about things being made for taller people, I think Leslie's suggestion re: memory foam sounds interesting!

Sherry.

I will be in Gulf Shores on vacation arriving saturday march 29th. If the show was on sat/sun I would be there on sunday, but no such luck and I'm not sure I can swing saturday as arrival day tends to be kind of hectic (spent last year 10 minutes after we got to the beach at the hospital with my son, (can laugh now. He now understands better how to body surf the bigger waves!).

Denny in Fort Wayne

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At least my grocer understands that I am short. Now when I go shopping, the P.A. system announces, "Polly Esther now arriving on aisle nine. Where the @#! is her step-stool?" Polly

"Sherry" Polly! We are the same size. I can't help you with cushion suggestions, but I can commiserate about things being made for taller people, I think Leslie's suggestion re: memory foam sounds interesting!

Sherry.

I have "the chair" at my sewing machine and I've used it more than 10 years. I've made a cover to go over the back with pockets to hold patterns, scissors, and other stuff that is hard to keep up with. I've seen a picture of a seat thing that had a sorta flat pillow with pockets that hang down from each side to hold patterns and more stuff. I'm thinking about buying a pillow and "fixing" it to suits my needs. Not that I have a lot of stuff to put away. Barbara in FL

Polly, I refer to myself as being "vertically challenged" rather than "short" but I know what it's like to sit in an uncomfortable chair for whatever reason. Good luck on your hunt!

Alice "Do what you like, like what you do"

A lot of great ideas, but I like to use a folded towel. This way when all the little threads from sewing get stuck I can throw it in the washer, dryer, refold and place back on my chair. It offers enough padding without having to do anything special. If you MUST have a cover, just make one to fit from some of those orphan blocks.

My personal phrase is borrowed from Garfield when I was in high school. I'm not overweight, I'm undertall.

As to the foam for a chair. I had one of those eggshell mattress things that I didn't need when I got the new mattress (which doesn't help my back either, but it is more comfortable than the used one I got when I first moved here). Rolled it up and put it in storage over at Mom's. We've used that for many things, including making something for Dad to sit on when he had prostate surgery, as well as making an arm rest for his car on the console thing (it is too low to lean on and his Saturn doesn't have those movable arms like the van does). It's all cut up now, but we hang onto it in case we need to use it for something else. I imagine something like that would work for padding a chair, and the eggshell ones would be cheaper to purchase over the memory foam ones (I don't think I'd be cutting one of those up since they are quite a bit more expensive.)

My chair is an ergonomic one that I got at WalMart. Haven't seen one like it since I got it. I was looking for a comfortable chair when I found this one, but wasn't really wanting to spend as much as I did. It's been worth the extra money though. My friend who lives here has told me that if I ever get rid of it, she wants it. It has a mesh back so that it isn't too hot in the summer and the seat is shorter than some, so my legs aren't constantly falling asleep. Of course, it is adjustable in height so I can move it way up if I want. The only problem I've had with it is that the left arm developed a crack in it which started to tear so it is duct taped and I am thinking about making a cover for it to keep from having to retape it (it rubs on the keyboard tray sometimes). Basically, I'd just have to wrap some fabric around it and pin it because there's no way to put a sleeve on it with the way it's made. The back is also adjustable so the lumbar support is about where I need it (a little high but not bad). I've fallen asleep in this chair, if that tells you anything. :)

Hugs, Tigg

Yes, but can they do it in time! . In message , Polly Esther writes

Howdy!

"where Yogi has his hair styled" and "chunks of padding" --- I'm detecting a connection. Next they'll be selling skeins of Yogi Yarn.

R/Sandy -- glad you found "the" chair

w> Memory Foam? Yes, we can do that. There's a fabric shop closeby where Yogi

I must be longing for baseball season, or watching too much TV. When I read "where Yogi has his hair styled ", I immediately thought of the Aflac commercial with Yogi Berra. :)