How to sew letters of a child's name?

Soft and comfortable pillows, made in the form of letters of your child's name, will become a wonderful decoration of the children's room . Yes, and the kid will be delighted, because with these letters you can play: rearrange them in places, jump and somersault. We will tell you how to sew letters of the child's name in this master class.

Necessary materials

In order to independently sew such an interesting accessory as a pillow in the form of letters you will need the following set of tools and materials:

1. Paper, pencil and ruler for creating a pattern.
2. Necessary cut of fabric. You should calculate the amount of material with a margin, not forgetting the allowances.
3. Scissors.
4. Threads.
5. Soft filler for the pillow (sintepon or holofayber).
6. Tape measure.
7. Pins.
8. Sewing machine.

Instructions

Now we will consider step by step how to sew the nominal letters.

1. First you need to prepare a pattern. To do this, on a sheet of paper, draw letters of the desired size and cut them.
2. Fold the fabric in half, pin the pattern with pins and cut, leaving the allowance.
3. From the other cut of the fabric, cut out a straight stripe that will make up the thickness of the letter. Pillows made of multi-colored fabrics will look interesting and original.
4. Mark the outline of the letter with a pencil, so that later it would be more convenient to sew.
5. First, make a manual handmade seam by sewing the side piece to the hole in the letter, if any.
6. Then sew this part of the pillow on the typewriter, and only then, along the lines drawn in pencil, sew the parts together from the wrong side. Do not forget to leave a small unshielded "window" for stuffing the pillow.
7. Sew a second wall of the letter
8. Turn the pillow to the front and straighten all corners.
9. Prepare the filler. Speaking of what to stuff the letters-pillows is best to choose a special material: sintepon or holofayber. You can buy it at the clothing store.
10. Fill the pillow and sew the hole left.
11. Pillow in the form of a letter is ready!

Following this instruction, sew all the necessary personalized letter-cushions with your own hands. Use colorful contrast fabrics with bright prints. Or a fabric with images of your favorite fairy-tale character of your baby. In addition, you can decorate the pillows with ribbons and ribbons. This way you can create a unique accessory for your child's nursery.