21 Jan 16

“Be My Valentine” Piggy Pillows

Be My Valentine - Piggy Pillow
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Be My Valentine - Piggy Pillow

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A few months ago, I received happy news from my childhood best friend that she was expecting twins (a girl and a boy). I was so excited over the good news that I decided to make 2 little gifts for the arrival of these 2 little angels. They were born end of last year and I visited them while my friend was still in a confinement center to recuperate from the child birth via C-section. This pair of piggy pillows became the welcoming gifts to these cute little pair of bundle of joys **kiss kiss**

The pillow is about 30cm x 24cm (12″ x 9.5″). I used pre-washed towels to sew them and made sure they were free from chemicals. I layered a high thread count fabric under the towels so that the poly-fill won’t escape out between the fibers.

To those who ever tried their hand on 3D plush or stuffed animal designing would probably understand what I have gone through with this project. It was truly a challenging process to come out with these two little piggies. I tried to use the free downloadable software I found in the web, but it was not as user friendly as it claims. I gave up on the software subsequently after an hour of trying. By referring to a few books, I rather sketched my own simple pattern than using this look-easy-but-not-easy to use software. There were lots of uncertainties as this was my first stuffed animal design, I kept on asking myself:  “will they look nice”, “will they look funny”, “what if they turn out ugly?” etc….. those self-create skepticism really left me with 2 nights of cold sweats. Did I said 2 nights? Or yeah, I spent 2 whole nights sewing them. The blue piggy took the longest as it was a first cum test piece, pink piggy is a lot easier as it is just a repetitive of what I have done, minus the mistake from which I have learned. Well, what can I say after completing them…. I fell in love with this pair of “Be My Valentine – Piggy Pillow”… I will make another pair for my kids and this time I will share the pattern and more photos with you as well…. coming soon!!!

Happy Valentines – Everyday is valentines if you have “Love” in your heart!!!

Update: The tutorial and pattern are ready, click here to go there.

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  1. Amy A says:January 21, 2010 at 3:54 am

    These turned out beautifully. I know how challenging it is to sew plush without a pattern. I made something this weekend, and it was very difficult despite how simple I thought it would be. I learned that embroidering on polarfleece is very tricky, lol.

    Anyway, very cute piggies! Perfect project as always. You rock!

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  2. Margret D says:January 21, 2010 at 4:57 am

    you are so inspirational, love the little piggy pillows

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  3. Shazzer A says:January 21, 2010 at 7:57 am

    they are gorgeous you really inspire me! xx

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  4. Anne Weaver says:January 21, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    I know these were a lot of work, but your end result is PERFECT!

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  5. Kathryn says:January 22, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    They are adorable!

    I love the idea of making them out of soft towels and then embroidering the eyes on so they are baby-safe.

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  6. jackie says:January 23, 2010 at 9:13 am

    Just ran across your site and LOVE it. Those pigs are the cutest things ever. Cant wait for the pattern. My cousin is a huge pig collector and I would love to make these for her. I might and try and put magnets in the nose area so they would be kissing pigs. How cute. Thanks for the great idea.

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  7. Joanne Cheong says:January 24, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    They are sooooo cute ~!!! =D
    Samuel loves them alot ~

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  8. Gargi says:February 5, 2010 at 10:56 pm

    These are so cute! Can’t wait for tutorial:) Please publish it soooooonnn.

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