Avon Lake Mom Goes National With Home Grown 'Pellos'
Cindy Perry filling a national need for unique "luxe floor pillow."
What started more than 10 years ago as a basic need for Avon Lake resident and stay-at-home mom, is rapidly turning into a national product. Cindy Perry designed the donut-shaped “Pello” after a chance meeting with another mom, who brought a pillow, instead of a blanket, to lay down her baby during a community meeting. “I didn’t think about it again until my son wanted to sit up,” Perry said of her infant son. “I put pillows from couch around him.” Perry, who has been sewing since she was a little girl, quickly designed a Pello (named in part, because that’s how the native Texan pronounces “pillow”) and soon had friends asking her to make one for them. “I had a friend whose wife worked for (Cleveland) Indians and she wanted one made for …
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