Guest Post: Monogram Pillow Tutorial from The Winthrop Chronicles

Hi, I'm Sarah from The Winthrop Chronicles so happy to be here on Auntie Lolo's. I am in the process of changing my baby's nursery into a little girls room. So I am happy to share one of my projects for that room with all of you!

This is the first of two pillows I made, it is a monogram pillow. It was pretty easy and quick. 

To make:

first. I bought a pillow from Jo Ann's they were on sale so I stocked up. I got it for about $4. Also, you need some felt (just enough to cover the pillow) and the pom pom ribbon (enough to go around the outside).

second. Cut the back two panels, I like to make my pillows this way because it's super easy and you can just pull off the pillowcase when ever you want. Make sure that there is about 2 to 3 inches of overlay, meaning that they are 2 to 3 inches wider than you actually need, so that when the pillow is in it, you still don't see the pillow.

{this is what the back will look like done, you leave the middle seam un sewn so that you can take out the pillow if you need to}

third. Cut your front panel and your letter. I just free handed the letter and cut it out.

fourth. Using a top stitch, sew the letter on to the front panel.

fifth. To sew the pillow together and sew the pom pom ribbon on, pin the fabric right side to the right side, with the pom pom ribbon on the inside. You can kind of see in the picture below that the pom pom ribbon is inside the pillow and the pillow is inside out. Just sew it then flip it right side out and you're done!

Thanks guys! Stop by my blog some time and say hi! :)

From Felt To Fabulous....

I just ordered myself something and I love it so much I had to share!

It's a book of felt patterns from Kimberly Layton and it's only $9.95! The patterns are really great and I felt like I got my money's worth. Also, the shipping was so fast that when I got it in the mail, I thought, "holy cow, didn't I just order this?!" Here are some more photos from the book...

Adorable woodland garland!

I CANNOT wait to make this bunny!!!

Click HERE to order! 

P.S. I was not in anyway compensated for this post, I just love this pattern book! :)

Dolly the Deer

I have become obsessed with felt crafts. Especially so because my back has been acting up and it's something I can do while sitting or laying down. I purchased THIS pattern from Kimberly Layton and had so much fun making this cute little deer. The deer's name is really "Dottie the Deer" but my sister has this weird thing about naming all the felt animals I make, thus her name is now Dolly the Deer :) Isn't she sweet?

I am linking up to THESE parties

P.S. Dolly can be yours! I just put her up in my Etsy Shop, there is a link on the right hand side of my blog :)

Batman Pillow

My nephew Brock just turned 4 and is OBSESSED with Batman! It's really cute.

The other day while driving I had this idea to make him a batman pillow out of felt. I have no idea what would make me think of that while driving! So I went home and printed out the batman logo as big as I could make it. Well, that wasn't very big as far as pillows go. I still made it and hand stitched it... What was I thinking?! I need to use my sewing machine more. I think it's really cute but I'm not quite sure what he is going to use it for. I think he is going to love it though!



We Love Etsy Thursday!

It's time again for "We Love Etsy Thursday's!"

I found a really fun Etsy site with finger puppets (and more)! And the owner lives in Indonesia, which is where one of my friends Leah just arrived to serve a church mission!

Here are some of my favorite items in the shop....

Farm Friends Felt Finger Puppets

Prehistoric Friends Felt Finger Puppets

Sea Creatures Felt Finger Puppets

Zoo Friends Felt Finger Puppets

Woodland Creatures Felt Finger Puppets

Annabelle the Girl in Yellow Dress



Pickwick the Hedgehog

Remember Binky the Owl? Well I just finished making his friend Pickwick the Hedgehog! You can purchase the pattern for a VERY reasonable price at the Little Hibou Shoppe. Here are some photos I took while I was making it.

The Little Hibou Shoppe just added these adorable Woodland Forest Friends patterns too!

and I may be obsessed with the giraffe and elephant from THIS set

A Button Egg and Stuffed Bunnies!

I've been itching to make something for Spring! I've been obsessed with Bunnies since I was a little girl. I even had bunny wall paper :) When I saw THIS on Sandy's Creations, I knew I had to make one! The pattern is free! Because me and my sewing machine never get along, I hand stitched mine and it was super easy. But if you have a good relationship with your sewing machine, I would use it instead :)

I made the tall bunny and then decided he needed a friend, so I shrank the pattern and made a smaller one. They were all done and looking cute but they really needed something, so I added ribbon around their necks, and as you can see from the top photo they look much better!

While I was stitching the bunnies I had an idea to take some brown burlap I had and put some buttons on it in the shape of an egg. I took some photos along the way. Here they are....

Step One: I took a piece of cardboard and cut it so that it measures 5x7.

Step Two: I cut a scrap of burlap and taped it to the cardboard.

Step Three: I took some chalk and drew an egg on the burlap. Since eggs are a pretty simple, I free handed it but if you aren't comfortable with that, you could find an egg on clip art and then print it out and trace it.

Step Four: Dump out all the buttons you own :) Okay, maybe just the colors you need. Place the buttons on the chalk egg you just traced. It will take a little bit to figure out where the buttons fit best, kind of like a puzzle. It won't be perfect but just try and fill all the spaces in the best you can.

Step Five: Once you have all the buttons where you want them, take some super glue (this is what works best for me) and glue each button down starting on the outside and working in. Just a little tab is fine because you are going to stitch the buttons on once the glue dries.

Step Six: When all the buttons are glued down, stitch the buttons into place.

Step Seven: Hot glue the burlap to the cardboard and put in frame!

Please let me know if you have any questions! I hope you will make this for your house too!

Click HERE to see which link parties I am joining.