Personalized Monogrammed Baby Pillow
In this day and age the monogram has kind of fell by the wayside. Not many people are wearing monograms anymore, but that shouldn’t stop you from creating a beautifully monogrammed baby pillow. It is a unique baby gift that is unlikely to be a duplicate at the baby shower.
Creating a personalized monogrammed baby pillow is not too difficult and can be accomplished by even a beginning sewer. You can of course always look online and have one made for your if you aren’t up to trying it yourself.
Today I thought I’d show you how to create a very cute felt monogrammed pillow. Felt is available in all the fabric stores in a wide range of colors and designs. It does not ravel so it’s perfect for this type of project, and it’s really soft.
Here’s what you’re gonna need:
- felt for front of pillow (1/2 yard or less)
- stencils for monogram
- pillow form
- fabric to cover back of pillow (how much you need depends on the size of your pillow, but it’s usually less than half a yard.
- fabric for applique (less than a fat quarter)
- small piece of fusible interfacing for fabric applique (less than a fat quarter)
Some extra things that make it a little easier:
- glue stick for holding cut felt to fabric
- temporary fabric adhesive for holding pattern to felt
- hobby knife for cutting felt monogram
Now here’s what you’re gonna do.
1. Cut your felt to fit your pillow form. Cut and size the stencils you will be using. Adhere your stencils to the felt with some temporary adhesive. Make sure to attach your stencils to the “right” side of the felt.
2. Using a hobby knife or really sharp embroidery scissors cut out the insides of the monogram. This will leave you with your monogram in the felt.
3. Measure the height and width of the entire felt stencil.
4. Cut a piece of fabric approximately 1″ wider and longer than the size of the rectangle you measured above. Cut a piece of fusible interfacing 1/4″ smaller than the fabric.
5. Using an iron press the fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric.
6. Apply glue stick to wrong side of felt around the letters.
7. Carefully lay the felt down on the fabric. Make sure all the cut outs on the felt are over fabric. Smooth and let the glue dry for a few minutes.
8. Sew around the letters. You can use a machine or do it by hand. It is nice to use contrasting or complimentary colored thread.
9. Turn the felt over, and carefully cut away the excess fabric. Make sure you don’t cut the felt.
Once you have gotten to this point you can follow these directions to make a baby pillow.