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Pillowcases + Cut up Sheet = Cutest Gift Ever
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Andrea Whitley
(IC: homeowner)
4 Materials
Baby gift shopping is way too generic. A friend of mine says she sews and gifts stuffed animals when new babies arrive. Eager for a solution to my baby-shopping-haterself, we did some Winecrafting. Busted out the boxed wine and she demo'd while our friend taught me how to use my sewing machine. Now I've gone to bed way too late 2 nights in a row making these little guys...
See pic below: I grabbed a cute pillowcase from the dollar tree, found a pattern on Pinterest (http://www.thecraftedsparrow.com/2013/03/stuffed-kitty-pillow.html). Since the pillowcase was, well, Dollar Store, I used a sheet to double up on fabric.
6. Sew edges together, making sure to get all 4 layers securely, unlike somebody I know (me). Also, leave a hole for stuffing.. don't sew it completely together like then say CRAP and have to cut a hole in the thread. Why is thread so hard to cut!?
8. If you have stuffing on hand already, good for you. If not, take a page from my book and start pulling out your old comforter stuffing. Because you were going to replace it anyway, right?
11. Get creative. I realized there is no way I can fix the tail because I didn't leave enough fabric leeway. I took the back of the tail that was supposed to be a pattern and frayed it instead so it's a cute fuzzy little cat tail. (Frayed-y cat?)
12. Repeat with seahorse pattern.
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Suggested materials:
- Pillowcase with cute pattern (dollar store)
- Sheet (my house)
- Stuffing (my old comforter inside stuffing that is now a headboard)
- Thread, sewing machine, needles and all that jazz
Published September 14th, 2016 12:42 PM
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Hillela G. on Sep 14, 2016These are adorable!!! I'm going to have to try this!
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Cori Widen on Sep 15, 2016Adorable!!!!
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