DIY: House Pillow

I felt like “Coconut’s” Montessori floor bed looked a little stark against the wall, so I decided to make a cute pillow in the shape of a house. Originally, I was going to make a whole series of animal pillows or a cityscape, but I vetoed that idea since babies aren’t supposed to have pillows on their beds anyway. It will be easy to remove one pillow, but a whole pile of them might get annoying.

The process was very simple (thankfully, since I had just struggled to make two fitted sheets for his co-sleeper). Here’s what I did:

• Pulled out fabric from our scrap box and picked some fabrics that coordinated well with the room and each other
• Ironed all the fabrics (I’m such a fan of ironing while sewing. The extra step can be a hassle, but it’s so much easier to work with flattened fabrics.)
• Made the base of the house by folding a larger piece of fabric together (right side to right side) and cutting out a square
• Made all the windows and the door by cutting out squares and rectangles
• Used Steam-a-Seam to attach the windows and door to one piece of the square house base
• Sewed around the edges of each window and the door to prevent fraying
• Folded a piece of fabric together (right side to right side) and cut out a triangle for the roof
• Sewed one of the triangles to each of the square bases
• Put the triangle + square pieces together (right side to right side) and sewed around three sides
• Turned the house right side out and stuffed it with filling
• Sewed the top of the house closed

Voila! It really was a simple project. I didn’t measure anything or worry about precision in any way.