Almost every Mom (nursing or not) ends up getting a Boppy along with their new baby. Whether you receive it as a gift, purchase it yourself, or even make one of your own; somehow over the past decade they have become an essential part of raising a infant. When Reli was born, we started using ours from day one, and I don’t have to tell any of you Moms how much of a lifesaver this little pillow can be at times!
Unfortunately the cheapskate thrifty Momma in me has a bit of a problem spending $20+ on a pillowcase. I mean come on, it is less than half a yard of fabric. I could get that 1/2 yard, and the zipper for less than $5 at Joann’s. (Without even using a coupon!) So any sewer can see that this is obviously one of those times when making it yourself truly is worth while. And that’s exactly what I did. Twice.
I didn’t make a tutorial for these, but I highly suggest checking out this one from Grosgrain, and also this one at A Load of Craft, before deciding to just “wing it” like I did. For some reason I was having a kind of sewing brain damage the day that I worked on these and ended up having to re-do the zippers 3 and 4 times!
If you have any intention of making yourself a cover out of flannel . . .
ADD STABILIZER TO THE ZIPPER AREA!!!
Flannel stretches out easily,
zippers stretch out too,
and it’s on a curve!
I don’t know why none of these factors registered with my brain until long after the damage had been done, but hopefully I can save some of you a little frustration by pointing these facts out now. Other than that completely dense moment on my part, they are actually pretty easy to stitch together.
I even added a few simple appliques made from t-shirt scraps to keep them interesting.
You may recognize the little fish from the Free Motion Presser Foot Video I made a while back.
Now I’m just wondering if I’ll be able to “borrow” my pillow back from
all Reli’s dolls when the time comes for the actual baby to use it!
I loved the one with the starts. I have two of these, made them myself. One large and one like yours. And I used to sell them too. =)
This fish is so cute! So is baby Reli 🙂
Super cute. I wish I had done that instead of bought the Boppy one. Oh well. It was on clearance for about $5.00, but a homemade on is SO much cuter! 🙂
~Natalie
I need to make a cover for ours…it is SO ugly! These are adorable and don't look that difficult, I bet I could handle it!
Really cute and a great idea! I get really bored with the few that I have at home 🙂
these is lovely
would love it if you shared these on my link party, Serenity Saturday
http://serenityyou.blogspot.com/search/label/Serenity%20Saturday
Natasha xxx
Really cute – think I'll have to try and make one for my new grand daughter! Thanks for sharing!
Hugs –
Carol@arewethereyet
You are very welcome Carol, and Congratulations on the newest addition to your family! You are going to have so much fun making all kinds of things for that lil girly!
Those are just adorable! For some reason I never stopped to think about how easy they'd be to make…I love how you appliqued things on to make them extra cute! Would you consider sharing here?
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2012/03/shine-on-fridays-19-and-some-fabulous.html
I am a new mommy and you are right, I LOVE my bobby pillow! Thanks for sharing this!
I would love for you to follow my blog so that we can continue to share ideas. 🙂
Sarah@
http://www.dottedlinecrafts.blogspot.com