Steps to creating a Piggy Cushion

 

What you need

• Template/Pattern Piece
• 35cm Pink Polar Fleece
• A sheet of Black Felt
• A pipe cleaner
• A piece of White Polar Fleece or White Felt
• Polyester Stuffing/Filling
• Pins
• Black, White and Pink Threads
• A needle
• A pair of fabric scissors and/or a sharp pair of scissors
• Glue or Sticky Tape
• Sewing machine (alternative: you can hand stitch)

Steps

1. Glue or sticky tape template pages together
2. Cut out template
3. Pin template to the fabric
4. Cut out fabric
5. Pin and stitch the nose and eyes onto face
6. Pin and stitch nostrils onto nose
7. Stitch ears right sides together and leave an opening (pin to make sewing easier)
8. Clip the edges (not too close to the stitching)
9. Turn ears inside out and roll the edges
10. Stuff the ears a little with polyester stuffing
11. Pin ears onto face
12. Stitch hands and feet right sides together and leave an opening (pin to make sewing easier)
13. Clip the edges (not too close to the stitching)
14. Turn hands and feet inside out and roll the edges
15. Stuff the hands and feet a little with polyester stuffing
16. Pin hands and feet onto face
17. Stitch the ears, hands and feet onto face
18. Sew the tail right sides together and leave an opening (pin to make sewing easier)
19. Trim the edges
20. Turn the tail inside out
21. Cut the pipe cleaner to size and insert into the tail
22. Cut a hole in the other face piece (not the face with eyes, nose and etc. sewn on)
23. Insert 1cm of the tail through the hole (inset from outer side –front side of fabric)
24. Stitch the tail to the face
25. Pin right sides of face together (the tail, nose, eyes, hands and etc. should be on the inside)
26. Stitch face and leave a small opening at the bottom (1cm seam allowance)
27. Clip the edge (not too close to the stitching)
28. Turn face inside out and roll the edge
29. Fill face with polyester stuffing
30. Hand stitch the small opening at the bottom and you're done

Congratulations! You’ve created your own piggy cushion!