Picture Tutorials of Common Builds
How Does it Work? I present three chicken scratched drawings for your pleasure. Quilted Ticking, AKA “The Simplest Method” or “For Longevity” Knit Ticking, AKA “The Budget Method” or “For Latex Purists” Twill Ticking, AKA “The Durable Method” or “For the DIYer”
Build a Mattress with Twill Ticking
PROS Thickness At an 8 oz weight, this twill is durable reliable. Compare its thickness to a thick khaki pant fabric, though it is much softer than a brushed twill pant. Strength This functional fabric is still quite smooth. Because it is strong, it can withstand a tufting needle’s piercings or a mattress fill in pieces beneath it (though […]
Build a Mattress with Knit Ticking
PROS Washable Preshrunk and machine washable. No longer do you have to spot clean the the ticking while it is on the latex. Freshen your entire mattress by washing this ticking. Flexible This knit case will flex with your body and the latex as you move. The inherent stretch of knit fabrics lets their looped threads […]
Build a Mattress with Quilted Ticking
PROS Beauty With our soft double knit fabric on top, this ticking made for your DIYing will make your mattress feel and look better than your conventional mattresses. The rolling diamond quilted pattern adds a refined look to your mattress. Thickness Its thickness serves your comfort as well as protection of the latex layers hidden inside. The less exposed to […]
Family Bed in a Family sized Bed
As a new mom learning about all the terrible toxins in mattresses, I searched everywhere for a non-toxic alternative. It seemed impossible to find a mattress that wasn’t outrageously expensive and didn’t have some sort of flame retardants or springs that attract EMF’s. When I stumbled across DIYbedding.com, I was amazed!! Building our own custom mattress was […]
Popular Mechanics DIY Mattress
Popular Mechanics August 2015 issue is a DIY issue. It is full of DIY ideas, including making your own mattress. An hour long interview and a few emails produced this short summary of some of our options. As all of our options are customizable, you may find more accurate numbers if you call me for calculations, […]
How to choose Firmness for Cushions
These tips are based on the assumption that the primary purpose of the couch will be for sitting on. If the comfort of the couch is more important for sleeping on, see The Banana Test for determining firmness. ORGANIC NATURAL LATEX Choose firmness based on depth first (there are five firmnesses – D65, D75, D80, […]
On the Air with Jack Kahn
Jack Kahn of Its All About Your Health is featuring DIY Natural Bedding in his radio show. His show is deliberately short, only 2 minutes, long enough to suit his purpose of providing food for thought. As he says on his website, “The purpose of the program is to get people to think, ask questions, and […]
Wool Topper Pattern & Kit now Available!
DIY your own wool topper with these supplies and instructions. We have been looking forward to sharing this DIY option to you for a long time and it is here! We include helpful details like what type of fabric you want and why and how to find free fabric that would work well. Our practicing has chosen the […]
Puddle Pad Success
Two hours after my two year old messed the bed and slept on it, we pulled off the wet sheet and puddle pad to reveal a completely dry mattress. Success!
Shearing Season is Here and so is our Wool!
Spring has come and with it, warming weather and sheep ready to lose their winter coats of wool. We are in hands on pursuit of great wool for our products this year. With a need of 3500 lbs. of wool for a run of our own wool blankets, plus more for our wool batting products (toppers, comforters), […]
Organic Latex Sofa
We are thrilled with the GOLS organic latex foam that you provided for our sofa reupholstering. It is the most comfortable sofa in the world and hands down the best place ever to take a nap. It was significantly less expensive for us to have our Baker sofa upholstered with your organic latex and organic […]
So Happy With Our Purchase!
I just wanted to say how much we love our latex bed and pillows! We wanted a comfortable, chemical free bed and that’s exactly what we got. Not only that, but we were able to put together a bed and have a removable topper that we can use in our 5th wheel so we can […]
Shredded Latex Couch Pillows
While a slab of latex can easily be cut into any shape, the price of shredded latex can be more affordable and in the case of couch pillows, perhaps more practical. We made for this customer 6 bouncy, overstuffed pillows for his couch. Our GOTS twill is the inner case; they are slipped into an outer case to […]
Wool Mattress
Look at this completely DIY wool mattress made out of our Wool Flake. 75 lbs. went into this full sized mattress. Only 20 tufts to batten the wool down, but note the French mattress edging to finish the mattress. Soon we will post a complete kits with needles and a pattern, but for now, feel free […]
Woolly Bolas – New Product!
A lot of inquiries have come through lately for woolly bolas, small wool balls. They are lightweight and rather fluffy twisted bits of wool fiber. They are made fairly simply: Sheep are pastured and cared for. Sheep are sheared. The wool is washed. The wool is picked by a machine to remove the burs […]
Safe Snuggling
I’m happy to say we LOOOOOOOOOOVE our new mattress :D. The last piece of latex made it just perfect, it’s not as soft as our tempur-pedic type but it’s way nicer in my opinion and the most important thing is that when my baby crawls over from his co-sleeper he can snuggle next to me […]
Custom Calculators
Creativity drives us here at DIY Natural Bedding. Sometimes we create because we must; sometimes because we see a need for an item; other times because we like to make a choice not just logically but tactically; sometimes because we need to feel the freedom that in creativity is limitless; because we have time to […]
Wool Doll’s Pillow and Quilt
Using some wool batting leftover from a pillow making, we sewed up a doll’s pillow and a quilt for the doll. We rolled the batting up just like we did for our bed size pillow and sewed it shut. The quilt was stitched with just one layer of the 3 lb. batts, thin enough to […]
Wool Pillow Kit
I want to thank you and let you know that I’m very very happy with the wool pillow kit I ordered. I couldn’t be happier. I like the batting and the option to take out or add more as I need. The two cases are also so nice. – T. G.
How to get Him out of Bed
We got the bed together and my son is enjoying his new bed!! The hardest part about how much my son likes his bed is getting him up in the morning 🙂 Just wait until he gets a wool comforter next winter…..it will be worse. He’ll just want to stay in bed. I am so […]
Very professional and Comfortable…
LOVE the window seat!! looks great! very professional and comfortable… – Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Pillow Sizes Changed
NEW OLD Standard: 20″ x 26″ Standard: 19″ x 24″ Queen: 20″ x 30″ Queen: 19″ x 28″ King: 20″ x 36″ King: 19″ x 33″ The difference between our previous size and standard sizes is small, only 2-3 inches depending on the pillow label; however, we wanted to give you those extra inches […]
Beyond Comfortable
We LOVE the mattress. It is beyond comfortable. I honestly have never had a better mattress or been more comfortable in bed. I’m sold for life on this company. Plus it was fun to build. Love love love. Thank you!! – S. J.
On the Radio with Toxic Free Radio
Today I spoke with Debra Lynn Dadd on her radio show Toxic Free Radio. Back in 1984, she started writing books on toxic-free living. To complement those seven books, she now hosts a radio show with daily interviews to people providing natural information and options. Here is a link to listen to our archived show.
Wool Slippers
Made with our needle felted wool and some binding, these slippers are warm and smooth. As the wool was washed and lanolized before sewing, these slippers are washable and soft.
Super Duper Comfortable
I absolutely LOVE my new couch cushions! They have really brought my 15yo couch back to new. I’m so happy I decided to have these cushions made and not just get cheap foam (again)… Not only will they last waaaay longer but they are super duper comfortable and the perfect firmness and springiness. I didn’t take a […]
Absolutely LOVE it!
We have had our bed now for some time and we absolutely LOVE it! We have been telling all our friends that they have to make their next mattresses from you. – M.D.
Custom Sewing
We can sew your fabric or ours to any size or shape you like. We enjoy custom projects and take pleasure at enabling your choices in your home. Examples of our custom sewing work (see Customer Pictures for examples) Couch Cushions Banquette Cushions Setee Cushions Bench Seat Cushions Bassinet Pad Playmat Dog Bed Simply fill […]
Perfection!
I cannot say enough good things about my whole experience dealing with Deborah and the end result of my order. She was very helpful with suggestions and reasonable on pricing. My cushions could not have turned out more perfectly especially since this was all done online! I sent Deborah a sketch with measurements, ordered my […]
It was great!
The latex piece arrived yesterday and the first night of sleeping on it was great! Thanks for offering the split-queen pieces. It’s a lifesaver for two people with very different sleeping needs. – K.G.