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Smiley pillow

duration: 30 - 60 minutes

age: from 7 years

Make your own smiley pillow

Smiley pillow

tools

  • Scissors
  • Fabric scissors
  • Pen
  • Sewing machine
  • Sewing needle
  • Pins

materials

  • Felt (yellow and black)
  • Stuffing
  • thread

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step 1 - Cut the felt

  • Cut the paper template.
  • Trace the template onto the felt. Make sure to trace the smiley face on the yellow felt (2x) and the eyes (2x) and mouth on the black felt.
  • Cut the felt using fabric scissors.

step 2 - Mark the sewing line

  • Cut the outer ring off the big circle template.
  • Place the smaller template on top of one of the felt circles you just cut out.
  • Trace the smaller circle onto the felt.

step 3 - Pin the eyes and mouth

  • Place the eyes and mouth on the yellow felt without the line you drew in the previous step.
  • Use some pins to fix them in place.

step 4 - Sew the eyes and mouth

  • Sew the eyes.
  • Use a wider zig-zag stitch to sew down the mouth.

step 5 - Sew the front and back together

  • Do not sew all the way around. We need a gap to turn the pillow right side out.
  • Put the face onto the other piece. Make sure the face is against the side without the smaller circle drawn onto it.
  • Pin the two pieces together.
  • Sew the front and back together following the line you drew in an earlier step. Make sure you start and stop at the lines indicated on the template.

step 6 - Fill the pillow

  • Pull the pillow right side out.
  • Fill the pillow with stuffing.
  • Manually stitch the hole shut.
  • You're done!