Pillow from a Hoodie

Jack, our dog, is so "ruff" with our pillows, so when we go to replace them, we don't replace them with anything too fancy. They will just get chewed up by Jack anyway! So the girls had a couple of old hoodies that were in the give away sack.  I drug them out and used the opportunity to teach Hailee how to use the new sewing machine.

So first we cut the arms and the hood off of the hoodie.
Then I had Hailee decide if she wanted the seam on the outside or the inside. She picked the outside.

She chose a scribble stitch.

She filled the pillow with poly-fill.

Oh a closer look!  The fun of making something yourself. It says, "HAILEEHAILEE"
We haven't figured out how to stop it after it sews out the word.  I can just hear it now, Hailee is taking the pillow from one of her sisters who can't reply with, "...well it doesn't have your name on it" :) Brilliant :)

and now, we shove the poly-fill to the other side so that she can sew it closed

Now she is fluffing the pillow to spread the poly-fill back out.

Here it is, along with the other hoodie pillow we made. I had to take the picture quick, Jack wanted to test Hailee's sewing skills...will it survive being grabbed with teeth and slung from side to side...yes it will...or has so far!