We started making mattresses more than 10 years ago..

We first started with a small loom and then sewed the small mats together....This did not work well .

We then graduated to the larger loom which is about 4X6 feet.

It takes about 560 bags to make one mattress and we also make sit-upons. The sit-upons are about 2 feet square and take about 200 bags.

The shelter where we delivered the mattresses to are very enthusiastic about receiving our mattresses, and suggested the smaller ones would be good for people sitting on the sidewalk or as pillows with the larger mats.

During the school year there are several schools whose students save the bags for us as an environmentally friendly project as well as the Knitting group in Dorval, some daycares in the area, community and sports groups, many different churches….and families and friends from Toronto and elsewhere who collect bags and these are delivered to us when their Montreal families return from their visit.

These milk bags that we use are not going into the landfill and the paint on them is supposed to repel mosquitoes. According to Wikipedia the milk bags will not disintegrate for about 1000 years in the landfill so please keep your bags for us.