Organic cotton stuffing?

[turil.livejournal.com]

Anyone know of a place in Somerville (or Cambridge) that carries non-bleached, organic, cotton stuffing, in small quantities (I don't need to stuff a couch or anything, just some small stuffed critters)?

A C Moore seems possible, but I'd prefer to buy local, as they say. And I know there are a few specialty crafty/yarn/sewing shops in the area...

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[whaler.livejournal.com]

http://www.woolcottandco.com/Welcome.html This is in harvard square, not 100% sure on this but they might have it.

[turil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know a lot of places that might have it, but that doesn't do me much good. Which is why I was asking here if anyone actually knew any places that have it.

[whaler.livejournal.com]

Haha I am so done offering suggestions here.

Many not-very-helpful suggestions.

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

I don't think Woolcott has stuffing (they'd have cotton yarn if you wanted to stuff your critters with that...). I've gotten polyfill stuffing from the sewing machine store in Davis, but I don't recall organic unbleached cotton there. Mind's Eye Yarn has fiber for spinning, but their web site doesn't mention details of what. There is apparently a Cambridge Quilt Shop, which seems plausible to me that it might have cotton, but I have never been there.

Re: Many not-very-helpful suggestions.

[miraclaire.livejournal.com]

I'd second the Mind's Eye suggestion. Of all the excellent yarn stores around, they seem the most likely to have this kind of thing. It might also be worth calling Stitch House (http://stitchhousedorchester.com) which has some sewing supplies in addition to yarn, and is a short walk from the red line.

Re: Many not-very-helpful suggestions.

[turil.livejournal.com]

If I had a phone, I'd just call all these places. But I don't. Which is why I was asking here if anyone knew of a place that did carry it. I think I already know all the places that might carry it, but that doesn't help me much. :-)

The T is more expensive than paying shipping!

[turil.livejournal.com]

If I had to take the T to get this stuff, it would cost me what $4+ dollars round trip? That's more than I'd have to pay in shipping if I bought it over the internet. Crazy, I know.

Makes you wonder how the government manages to mess things up so much!

Re: Many not-very-helpful suggestions.

[turil.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I know of lots of places that should carry it, but most of them probably are lame and don't. :-) If I had a free phone I'd call around to all these places, but I don't, so I was hoping someone actually knew.

I'll probably just order it off the internet. I can get a good deal on it, and the shipping costs will make it probably equivalent to paying the higher prices I'd have to pay in a small specialty shop here.

Re: Many not-very-helpful suggestions.

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

Please do, and stop harassing people who are trying to help (a regrettable situation you won't long have to deal with anymore, I predict).

[ifotismeni]

playtime in Arlington center probably does. They are a huuuuuge craft store right on the 77 bus, really not far from Davis.

[turil.livejournal.com]

I tend to doubt that they'd have it. They are very mainstream. Not very earthy-crunchy at all. :-)

I was asking if anyone knew of a place that did actually have it. I know there are plenty of places that might carry it, but I don't want to have to go to all of them to find out. :-)

[ifotismeni]

generally when asking questions of an LJ community, 99.999% of responses are akin to noise, not terribly useful but kind of good background. very unlikely anyone will be able to answer with a definitive "yes" to this kind of question.

is it frustrating? potentially.

the best way to handle it is just say "thanks" and move on, not write a long comment about how their response was not what you're looking for, otherwise you get the long threads of comments defending well-intentioned but perhaps-misdirected help.

because when asking a group of people this large any kind of question, people are going to read it differently and you will get a lot of noise. if you don't want to deal with the noise at all, avoid the crowd entirely.

it's unsolicited advice, but i hope it helps you in the future, even if i can't tell you where to find the cotton you're looking for :P

[genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com]

I've got nothing if you're dedicated to the idea of cotton. But if you want wool... there's another story. (And, as a fellow critter-stuffer, I greatly prefer wool -- not nearly so lumpy as cotton and much more forgiving.) Mind's Eye Yarn definitely has good quality wool fleece -- I bought some there the other day. I'm about 90 percent certain that she has organic, but that's only 90 percent.

I know for 100 percent that Drumlin Farm in Lincoln has organic wool and it's not only local, it's RAISED local. Cool, no? I suspect that Lincoln is out of your current range, but I'll be there tomorrow and would be happy to pick up a bag (with 10 percent off cuz I'm an Audubon member!) and bring it to you in Davis on Friday morning?

you can email me at genevramcneil [at] gmail.com if you're interested.

[turil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I want cotton. If I'd wanted wool, I would have asked for wool. :-)

[genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com]

Well, you're welcome for the offer anyway.

[freedmam.livejournal.com]

I know of 5 places that carry what you're looking for in the neighborhood you're asking about. But you didn't ask if they had it in stock...so how would this information help you?

Does the :-) make you a nicer person?

Thanks!

[turil.livejournal.com]

You're right, your information doesn't help me. I'm indeed glad you didn't offer it to me, and had enough respect for me to actually read what I wrote.

As for the emoticon, it's an attempt to remind people that there's a real human on the other side of the text, who has real feelings, and wants to be happy.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I have an otherwise unused torn king-sized quilt batt piece, organic unbleached cotton, sitting in my fabric closet. You can have it for free. The only caveat I can see to it is that since it's designed for batting it's very low loft.

I'm even home today. You can PM me if you are interested.

[turil.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, thanks! I'll think about it...

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

don't bother helping someone so rude.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

I am sorry that no one knows the answer you seek. It must be very frustrating to ask for help only to be given information that isn't useful to you.

It is similarly frustrating for people to try to help you with what information they have, only to be told that they are making you upset.

Communication is hard. You seem to assume that people will be able to determine that you are unwilling to phone stores or visit them to see if they have what you want. That's quite a leap from the terse message you have written here.

Please also remember that posts on a forum such as this are helpful for more than just the original poster; there is now a list of local-ish craft places such that others can refer to when they need something. So while the answers have been useless to you, they are not useless to everyone.

Good luck finding stuffing for what are undoubtably wonderful stuffed critters. If you think that a particular store might be a good bet, perhaps you could edit your post asking someone else to call or visit them and find out.

(edited: to finish a sentence that somehow got away from me)

[turil.livejournal.com]

That's a reasonable assessment of the situation. Though I will say that I was very, very clear in my original post about what I was looking for. "Anyone know of a place in Somerville (or Cambridge) that carries non-bleached, organic, cotton stuffing, in small quantities?" But I understand when people miss the point, because communication isn't always easy. Which is why I go out of my way to give people realistic feedback about how successful they are being with their communication, so that we can all have an opportunity to get better at it.

Thanks.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Anyone know of a place in Somerville (or Cambridge) that carries non-bleached, organic, cotton stuffing, in small quantities (I don't need to stuff a couch or anything, just some small stuffed critters)?

No.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Your ungrateful behavior ... I have no words. But I do have a suggestion per your cotton dilimma:

Stuff it.

Those look like words, to me...

[turil.livejournal.com]

I take it you like used car salesman?