Owl Pillow

It is a long, complicated story as to how I know this little girl, but alls you need to know is that she's a little kiddo that's pretty dear to my heart. Her older brother, Jeremiah, was one of the boys I made a Ninjago pillow for. Savannah is only three, so what she wanted is a little tricky to figure out what to make. They go on a lot of long car rides so I wanted her to have a cute pillow that doubles as a stuffed animal and something to lay her head on. So then came this!

You will need:

-Three different colors of fabric (dark, light, and lighter)

-Stuffing

-Coordinating thread

Step 1) I like to fold my fabric in half so that I know it is going to be symmetrical. From there I sketched an oval with a triangle for the ear. Then, unfolded and got this.

Step 2) I cut out two white, larger circles for the eye sockets. Two smaller, darker circles for the pupils. A triangle in the dark fabric for the nose, and two oval tear drop shaped pieces in the darker fabric to look like wings. Depending on how large you made your silhouette for the owl is how big you should make these pieces.

Step 3) Place the pupils inside the lighter colored fabric and hand sew them using a basic stitch around the outside. Place the darker fabric in the lighter fabric at your discretion. I liked mine towards the corners to give it a more whimsical look.

 Step 4) (Oh my goodness! I am sorry again ... I made sure when I uploaded them on here that they were all rotated correctly in "My Pictures". Bear with me please.) I placed the eyes on the owls body to determine where the nose would go. Then, I hand stitched the nose down. While doing this I also sewed the eyes and wings down. I did that with my sewing machine.

Step 5) Pin right sides together and sew along the outside, leaving an opening large enough to add stuffing in. I like to put mine at the bottom, just so it isn't noticeable.

Step 6) Add stuffing and hand stitch the opening closed.

I know you'll have a hoot making this! ha ha ;)