Amber's Craft Closet: girly

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.