Pillow Pets !

I didn’t know that this morning I would be using my sewing skills to be helping children make pillows. I remember my first sewing class in high school and we made bag holders and small pillows.

This week the children were making animal pillows in the morning camp. There were pigs, dragons, dogs, horses and even an owl. We had the kids draw on paper the kind of animals they wanted to make. Then we helped them make sure that the pattern was okay for sewing.  After they were approved for sewing the kids had to draw it even bigger on the pattern paper. Once all the pattern paper was cut out, it was time to dig in the fabric boxes. The kids were very excited to pick out the fabrics that were needed to make the animal pillows. A lot of the fabrics that were available were items that were donated so a lot of the animals had awesome colors and patterns that an animal usually wouldn’t have. There was a yellow pig with red heart shaped eyes, a plaid horse, a floral dog and even a water monster that were created. The pillows now needed facial features. Next it was time to pick several types of fabric for the face of their pillow pet; noses, eyes, wings, ears and some teeth. Nicole and I helped the children cut out the patterns needed for the pillows. After the pieces were cut out we needed to iron on the adhesive for the fabric. This adhesive allowed us to use the fabric as a sticker. The pillows weren’t stuffed and sewn during this class but I’m sure when I come back next week there will be plenty beautiful and colorful pillow pets.