Little Owl Love Pillow

Hi Everyone,how is your week going?
A little while back my little girl started saying how she wanted a little blue bird. 

At first I had some trouble understanding her, not sure if she was pretending or just trying to task me with a new challenge. 

Well it was a new challenge that two nights to complete but it was a lovely little 

collaboration between her and I.  I would have to say it is the first real item in which 

she hand picked every fabric and even down to the placement of the ribbon on the owls tummy. 

It's a mix of all my scraps of fabric, and for the main body we choose a soft velour type 

of fabric as I knew it was going to be something she would be hugging. 

The rest are bits and pieces of felt, ribbon, and some cotton pajama's I think. 

I pretty much just cut out the shapes (Eyes, tummy, wings) and layered them on piece by piece.

We pinned it down together and I only got to sew it down when they went to sleep. 

Once the front face was sewn on, I cut another back piece and sewed it on. 

I left a little opening on top as she said she had to be the one to stuff it. 

I thought about putting a little tail or something in the back, 

but in the end I just hand stitched a little heart  instead. 

I like little secret letters or messages. You'll often find them on the things I make.

The next morning she stuffed it with batting after her breakfast and then I could close it up.

But ahem, I did  re-adjust the stuffing to make it a bit more balanced while she was at school. 

I have found it better to stuff it well the first time round. 

So here is our little home made toy. 

A little owl pillow. 

It is quite cute, and she has already tied a ribbon around it so she can drag it with her. 

It's gone for walks with us, they like to pretend its their baby...but mostly, they like to throw it around while jumping on the bed. 

Oh oh, kids always know how to have fun. 

Love