Sew pillows for toddlers

What you need:

• Fabric for the cover
• Fabric for the pillow
• zipper
• Pins
• yarn
• application
• sewing machine
• filling material

Cushions for toddlers must meet a certain standard

• In order to prevent postural damage later on, babies and toddlers need a suitable mattress for sleeping that is neither too hard nor too soft. For this reason it is advisable to use mattresses, pillow and duvet can be obtained from a specialist retailer, because the bed pillow set should never be too voluminous.

• Basically, it is advisable to give small children a pillow or a pillow first. to give a flat pillow when they start asking for it. Cushions for small children should have sufficient moisture transport, be breathable and made from ecologically harmless raw materials. It is also important that pillows for small children can be washed up to 95 degrees.
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Sew a cozy pillow

• Children usually love to cuddle. sew So give your toddlers a very personal cuddly pillow. A pillow to cuddle with can be very different - e.g. B. you could sew a pillow shape that looks like a moon or a bear. But often it is enough if a normal, square pillow has a certain application - e.g. B. a picture of a dog, cat or Mickey Mouse.

• A pillow for toddlers is sewn pretty quickly because if you could use washable filler Basically you sew two square fabrics together except for one opening, fill and then finish to sew. However, you will then have to constantly wash the entire pillow. If you are sewing a pillow and a cover, it might be enough to just wash the cover.

• Decide for yourself how you prefer. The following instructions assume a cover and a pillow. So you can use the instructions in any case. Find a fabric and one filling material from which has been produced free of harmful substances and can be washed at 95 degrees. Have fun creating and sewing.


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How to sew a pillow for your toddler

1. For the simple inner pillow, cut the cotton fabric to 31 x 62 cm. Calculate a 2 cm hem so that the final dimension of the "inner cushion" will later be 29 x 29 cm. So 1 cm smaller than the cover.
2. Crank all the edges of the fabric well so that the fabric cannot unravel later. Double the fabric to the dimensions 31 x 31 cm and sew the open fabric sides 2 cm away from the edges, except for a sufficiently large opening. Fill in the filling material through this opening and then sew up the remaining seam.
3. Cut your upholstery fabric into a rectangle measuring 32 cm x 64 cm. With a tight crank seam, you can now hem the entire length of the edge so that the fabric cannot rip open later.
4. Then take the appliqué that you want to sew onto the pillow and pin it onto one of the right-hand halves of the fabric. In order to be able to remove the pins again, now attach the appliqué with a generous row of seams.
5. Then sew them securely with a crank seam. After you have pulled out the row thread, fold the fabric once in the middle to the size 32 cm x 32 cm so that the right side is on the inside.
6. Pin the hem together and line the two halves of the fabric together - 2.5 cm from the two side edges. The row thread shows you exactly that you have to sew 0.5 cm away from it, towards the outer edge, in order to have sewn 2 cm of hem later.
7. Measure the length of your zipper. If you have a 10 inch zipper, you should sew an inch on each side of the remaining pillow opening the same way you did the sides.
8. To insert the zipper, turn the pillow over once and only iron in the open, unsewn hem. Now pin the zipper on each of the two envelope edges so that both edges meet in the middle of the zipper.