Advice on stuffing...

[Lovecat]

Hi,

I have recently been given a 2nd hand rocking horse for DD - it's one of those corduroy ones, iykwim.

Anyway, it's got a very saggy bottom to the extent that its back slopes downwards and dd is finding it difficult to stay on.

I can't complain, it was given to me free and is otherwise in great nick, what I was thinking was that it would be quite easy to unpick the back and restuff it so that it was less saggy and more of a straight-backed beastie.

So what I was wondering was what would be best to stuff it with? I've only ever used tights or kapok to stuff home-made soft toys with, and think that these might be a bit soft and I'd end up in the same posish as before in a short time. I'm not that handy with a needle (clay's my thing) so don't want to be constantly re-doing the geegee.

All advice gratefully accepted!

No-one?

perhaps you could get some foam (the type you use in seat cushions) and cut it into pieces to stuff with - these might keep their shape as they are designed for being sat on!!

What is it stuffed with already? When I was little Im sure I had some 2nd hand toys that were stuffed with straw or something sililar, that was what made them so stiff!

Must admit I haven't dared unpick the stitches yet so I don't know what it's stuffed with - I had a toy dog when I was a kid (late 60's that was stuffed with straw, that's not a bad idea...