Posh Tooth Fairy Pillow

My little girl has her first loose tooth, and since we made her big brother a monster tooth pillow, she was really excited for one of her own. This time we chose to do one a little bit more suited to a princess. Her room is pink and black, so I wanted to match it.

 Materials I used:

Pink main background fabric, Coordinating accent fabric, Black silhouette fabric, Black thread, Stuffing, Iron-on fabric adhesive (would have used adhesive interfacing, but they didn't have any where I live).

Other things I needed:

Shears, Rotary Cutter and Board, Sewing machine, Seam Ripper ;), Pins, Pattern for Tooth and Dress Silhouettes.

 

I drew a picture of a dress and a tooth in paint first and printed them off for the silhouettes. They are a little bit poor quality because I did them in paint, but you just cut the edges smooth, so it doesn't really matter. Feel free to use them if you want to do something similar!

Then I cut out all of my pieces.

2 10x12 background pieces, one 11x12 accent piece, 1 dress out of black and 1 out of the adhesive, 1 tooth out of black 1 out of adhesive and 1 out of pink.

I used a zigzag stitch across the 12" sides of the accent piece to make it gather. This worked fine because it's a knit. Then I attached the accent to the background.  The accent fabric is an inch taller than the background so that when I gathered it in the middle it wouldn't distort the whole pillow.  I took care of the excess in a later step.

Then I gathered the fabric to the middle and tacked it down. 

Next I put the double sided adhesive on the dress and attached it to the front of the pillow. Then I stitched it all around the outside of the dress.

 

The tooth is the pocket, so I couldn't adhere it directly to the pillow. So, for stability, I stuck it to a piece of the pink fabric before I attached it to the back of the pillow.  I also sewed the top edge of the tooth to make it look the same as the rest of the finished tooth.

Then I pinned the tooth to the back side of the pillow and stitched it on, leaving the top portion open.

                     

With right sides together, I sewed the front and back pieces of the pillow together, leaving an opening on the side for turning and stuffing.  This is where I got rid of the extra bulk from the accent piece. I just pulled the middle of it tight as I sewed along those edges.  This is also where I used the seam ripper because I forgot to do it the first time.  I turned the pillow right side out and pushed out the corners with my fingertips.

Then I stuffed and shaped the pillow and hand-sewed the opening shut.

FINISHED!!!

And the back:

I was really trying to make it go with other decorations I made a while ago. What do you think?

One of these days I will paint her room too, then I think the look will be complete.

Glitter Shoes

Update: Ok , so she's used them for a little while now, and the glitter is starting to come off where the shoe bends naturally.  :(  I wonder if there is a better glue to use for this kind of project.  It sort of cracked and fell of.  It's not really noticeable yet, but she will only be able to wear them a couple more times.

Have you ever bought some of those glitter shoes for your little girl, and a week later half of the glitter has come off??  They are super cute, but some of them are made a little better than others.  We got some silver ones from The Children's Place, and boy were they cheap (poorly made, not inexpensive)!  Here is my little girl's shoe all ready to go in the trash:

I figured, I'm ready to throw these away anyway, I might as well try to save them first.  So, I busted out the glitter and the glue.

First I sanded the shoes a little, to get any of the loose glitter off.  Then I just took some tacky craft glue and spread it all over the shoe.

Then I put glitter all over the shoe.  I couldn't decide what color to use, so there is some pink, blue and green in there.  Shake off the excess glitter, then  let it dry for a few hours.

Next, I used modge podge and covered the glitter completely.  I also cut some fabric to cover the inside of the shoe because these actually have had a lot of use.  I let it dry over night and then covered it in modge podge again.  Then I put on an extra layer over the toes and other places where there was a lot of wear.

And here they are!  Fabulous, right??  I will have to let her wear them for a couple of weeks and update to let you know how well they hold up.  At least she will get a little more use out of them.  This will probably work on any canvas shoe too, if you want to glam up a tennis shoe or something.  In fact, I might just try that too!