Sophie has officially joined the big girl group!! She moved into her twin size bed today!! We had the bed made for her and then my Mom and I made the extra throw pillows and the body pillow for the end of her bed. It was such a fun project because we knew she would be SO incredibly happy with the finished product. She is totally in love with anything Mickey Mouse, so this new setup has gotten two thumbs up from her (and tons of smiles and giggles and happiness!!). The body pillow fabric was a fuzzy remnant that I got from the clearance bins at Wal-Mart, while I used www.fabric.com to order the two panels for the throw pillows. It is a fabulous site for getting material, quilting needs and just about anything else that you could possibly need for sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, crafts and so much more! For the body pillow, we measured the length that we wanted out of the fuzzy piece from Wal-Mart, then matched it up with a plain cream colored piece of cotton material for the back of it. Simply sewing around three sides while inside out with the sewing machine, flipping it right side out, stuffing it and stitching up the end was the extent of the work on that one! For the throw pillows we took each panel and measured an extra two inches on length and width. Using a red piece of cotton material, we measured out the pillows with the extra inches added on for the "border". We then sewed on each panel to the front of the pillows, then used the same process as the body pillow. Sewing around three sides while inside out with the sewing machine, flipping it right side out, stuffing it with cotton and hand sewing the 4th side shut. A little bit of work and a supremely happy 2 year old! Happy day!
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