We have ten grandchildren and with each birthday, Christmas and big life event it gets harder and harder to come up with gift ideas. For Olivia's 7th birthday last week I made her a huge Lisa the Unicorn pillow. Thanks to my friend, MaryAnn, for bringing this pattern to my attention, because the minute I saw it I knew Olivia would love it.
I made the mane using a rainbow of strips from my stash. The horn is made using several different blue fabrics.
To accentuate the mane I quilted it with a series of swirling lines using a metallic thread. You really can't see it in the photos but the thread sparkles and adds great texture to the pillow.
I also used the metallic thread on the eye to make it sparkle, too.
The rest of the pillow is quilted in a 1" grid pattern using white Aurifil 40 weight thread.
I forgot to take a photo of the back of the pillow. I made three pockets on the back. I told Livvie she can use it for a reading pillow or a sleepover pillow. She has room to put her pajamas, a book, or to hide a treasure in the pillow.
I finished the pillow with an invisible zipper on the bottom, so the cover can be removed to be laundered.
We completed the gift by adding pajamas and a set of Ivy and the Bean books to the gift. I think Olivia was pretty happy with her gift.
The pillow is huge. I used a 28" pillow form in it.
This was a really fun make. Elizabeth Hartman patterns are easy to follow and very well written. The pattern can be made as a pillow or a quilt.
2 comments:
It's a really beautiful pillow and the pockets make an even better gift. I bet she will love it for a long, long time.
Very sweet! I should show it to my granddaughter who is 7 too!
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