Easy, Quick, and Adorable Kitty Pillow

Here's a lovely, nearly instant gratification project that would make an excellent gift for a young child.  It's a kitty pillow - done in super cute Japanese Hello Kitty style.  It's incredibly simple to make.  The longest amount of time is spent with hand embroidering the mouth and whiskers - which you could easily do with your sewing machine if you did not have patience for hand work.

I got this adorable pattern from my current favorite sewing book, Storybook Toys by Jill Hamor.  She includes a pattern for a 10" pillow and a 14" pillow.  I did the 10" pillow because it is for my niece who is one - little pillow for a little girl.  Just in case you were wondering...10" pillow forms are a little bit difficult to locate, which is something I didn't realize until after I had sewn this cute pillow case.  I ended up finding them on Etsy here, but you might be lucky and find them at your local craft store.  The 14" seems to be more common.

• The eyes and nose are cut from felt.  I machine stitched them in place
• The whiskers and mouth are hand embroidered with an outline stitch, but you could do it with a machine stitch too
• The back is two overlapping pieces that create an opening for a pillow insert

This makes such a sweet child's pillow.  It would be great fun to try other animal faces.


Make something beautiful!
Jen