Liz makes a camera pillow: the tutorial

Yesterday, I posted about the camera pillow I made. I got enough requests for a tutorial so I made one! :)

What you'll need:

felt

scissors

thread

needle

sewing machine

button

stuffing

I used the felt sheets you can get from just about any craft store. With two different colors, cut a strip of the one you'll use for the top, and cut the same amount off of the bottom piece. You do this so you'll end up with a rectangle-shaped camera. You will be making two of these dual-colored rectangles. One for the front; one for the back.

Pin and sew those babies together. Afterwards, open what you just sewed and sew a large zig-zag stitch with your sewing machine. Do this for both the front piece and back piece. Afterwards, place the back piece aside.

Cut out shapes. I cut out two similar-sized rectangles, one very small circle, one medium-sized circle and one large circle. I traced some glassware to get the circle perfectly round.

Hand stitch the pieces onto the felt.

Cut out four rectangles for the sides of the pillow.

Place right sides together, and sew on!

After you have all of the sides sewn on, sew the sides together like so.

Grab the back piece you set aside earlier. Place right sides together, pin and sew some more!

Leave a hole in the bottom of the pillow so you can stuff it.

Don't turn it inside-out just yet! This is the time to add a large button to act as the "shutter button."

Now turn the pillow inside-out and begin stuffing. After you think you've stuffed enough, stuff even more! (Excuse my pajama pants...)

Now it's time to hand stitch your seam closed. I use this method because it's hidden more than a whip stitch. Don't forget to pull tight!

Knot your ends and you're done!

Now you have a camera shaped pillow!

This pillow is now available in my Etsy shop, Essential Handmades. Check it out!

Love, Liz