My idea for this first pillow came from the fact that my nephew, Brady, is so young and doesn't get to see me but maybe once a year. When he was little he LOVED Reese and would climb all over her and just laugh and laugh when she licked him. When I went down last April, he was a little nervous about Reese at first. So I wanted to make him this pillow so he could always have his Aunt Jenn-Jenn and Reese nearby.
I put the images together in Photoshop Elements and printed it out on printable fabric for Inkjet printers. I purchased mine from Amazon, but then it turned out I already had some... go figure. I added some fabric around the image for a border and used an airplane print on the back. I made sure to use a section that had my plane on it! I hope to go down for a visit soon and I can't wait to see if he likes it.
This next pillow started out as kind of a joke. My brother has been a little down lately and.. well... I have A LOT of cute photos of Reese. I know I may be biased, but she's so cute sometimes it is hard to feel sad when she is smiling at you. So it was with that in mind that I made this pillow for my bro, Jesse:
This one turned out so much better than I anticipated. I used an instagram photo and then backed it with some fabric I've had for years. The printable fabric is very easy to sew on the sewing machine or you can iron it on if you don't want to sew it. I choose to just sew the whole piece as printed and I have to tell you that slip stitching the top closed was rather difficult. It was however, totally worth the effort in the end. That pillow is just so darn cute! I wrapped up the gift and wrote that it was from Reese. My brother loved it, he was cracking up as he opened it.
I'm glad he liked it and I hope Reese's smiling face can make him smile when he's feeling bummed.
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