So, the pad I'm making should be durable, right? I'm going to sit on it for roughly forty hours per week. I decided I would use interfacing on both pieces, which is this stuff you can iron on to the wrong side of fabric to make it stronger and stiffer. 

Anyway, so I'm also going to put a thin layer of batting in there, too. I'm not worried about feeling the FSR, but I figure I can slow its wear by making it comfortable. Batting is the key ingredient of a quilt sandwich and the kind I have feels like the inside of a sweatshirt or a cute little lamb. 

I got the fabric and the batting cut and started on the interfacing. I have one of those rotary cutters which is like a ridiculously sharp pizza cutter for fabric and fabric accessories. You cut against clear plastic rulers and the whole idea is awesome until it isn't and you're reminded how sharp they are. It's an OLFA, after all. So yeah, I cut my pinky. I'm going to look into a chain mail glove.