DreamCatcher Quality Construction
DREAMCATCHER QUALITY CONSTRUCTION & DURABILITY
It is very important to purchase blankets that have multiple inner layers of 100% cotton fabric which encase the weighting material in their construction , for both durability and comfort. Weights should always be evenly distributed throughout the blanket and not concentrated in only one part of the blanket.
It is also important to purchase a blanket that has poly pellets "quilted" into the inner layers of fabric for a machine washable, dryable, no fuss blanket, where the weights can not be removed, can not fall out or are not able to shift. The exclusive to DreamCatcher copyrighted designed blanket constructed with one side being smooth, is highly recommended and sought after, as the preferable sensory comfortable blanket, compared to the others that may have both sides quilted, or made with either pockets or channels.
Can you make a blanket with poly fill?
* Synthetic Poly fill should NEVER be used in weighted blankets, it could be a suffocation hazard*
While we easily can add poly fill to our design, we won't. DreamCatcher Weighted Blankets will not use synthetic polyester fill as an inner layer in DreamCatcher weighted blankets for quite a few reasons.
The most important is a CPSC consumer safety report issued describing how products using polyester fill can be a suffocation hazard. We are not willing to expose our customers to even the slightest known risks.Before that report was issued the other reasons we did not use poly fill follow. The added warmth that poly fill provides is normally too uncomfortable to the sensory sensitive individual that overheats easily. When used in combination with a weighting material, poly fill tends to break apart. We have had clients send us blankets for our exchange program they purchased elsewhere that showed the evidence on how poly fill will break apart , bunch and get lumpy over time and repeated washings. In an early design we made many years ago we did make a design using poly fill and found by stuffing the fill in the blanket it put a large amount of stress on the stitching which we felt could cause the stitching to break over time. We worried it would lessen the quality we wanted to achieve.
* Weight should ALWAYS be Evenly Distributed *
Most Occupational Therapists prefer and suggest that weight should always be evenly distributed throughout the entire area of the blanket for best results. This is especially true for blankets used to aid sleep. Blankets that are used as calming tools are smaller in area and already concentrated. Always look for blankets that have weights evenly distributed throughout the blanket as a superior design over those that concentrate weight in one area over another.
* Quality Materials and Sewing Techniques For Increased Durability *
We use commercial grade threads in all our strength stitch applications unique to the DreamCatcher Design. This application provides a strong seam that lessens the stress and provides durability. In heavier blankets with more pressure per square inch, we apply our DreamCatcher DLS technique. The DLS technique is a strengthening double lock stitch applied throughout the blanket, which increases the stitching strength even further.
* All Fabrics are Pre-Washed Prior to Manufacturing *
We wash, pre-shrink and size all fabrics prior to constructing the blankets, you are free to choose any fabrics you like without worry of shrinkage. Any pre-treating of fabrics to either set colors or soften fabrics is done prior to our constructing a DreamCatcher blanket. These are both normal standard procedures when working with any fabrics. We use products that are scent free and formulated for sensitive skins.
DreamCatcher Weighted Blankets is a subsidiary of DreamCatcher Originals LLC. Our employees do not work out of their own homes. DreamCatcher Weighted Blankets are manufactured in a smoke and pet free facility, to ensure a clean and allergy free weighted product. Our sewing staff is individually trained to meet the company standards in producing a high quality product. DreamCatcher's supply state of the art industrial sewing, embroidering, serging and long arm machines in crafting our products. Employees are covered by Workman's Compensation Insurance and Unemployment Insurance as required by state and federal law.
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Last Updated 01/01/12
DISCLAIMER
In the past few years, there have been a few new weighted blanket makers that are "using" DreamCatcher Weighted Blankets research and formulas in their written material and web sites in an effort to sell their products.
The information on our web site is freely given for all to benefit from. It is however , information that is copyrighted and has been researched and sought after personally by DreamCatcher staff. Other weighted blanket manufacturers that copy directly or have re-written DreamCatcher Weighted Blanket information in their written material have not asked for permission to use either our research, weight formulas or information, against copyright laws.
While we are flattered to be used as a model for their companies, please keep in mind DreamCatcher Weighted Blankets is not affiliated with, nor can we control or recommend products offered by weighted blanket companies that have simply used our research and information to easily promote their products.