Piggy Pillow Sewing Pattern

Print out the PDF pattern of the piggy pillow. Enlarge it 4 times to get the size I made (12″ x 10″).

Use a pencil and trace the pattern onto the cotton fabric.
Top -1
Bottom -1
Ear – 1 + 1 (reverse the pattern for the other side)
Nose – 1

Sandwich the towels in between 2 fabrics.
Use a contrasting color for the nose and 1 layer of the ear.
You can choose to have the same color for the tail but I would suggest using the same color as the body, it looks nicer.

Sew it up on the sewing line, it can be from a sewing machine or hand stitching.
Trim out the shape with about 1/4″ seam allowance (nose – 3/4″).
For the body, sew from point A to A, and for ear, sew from Point B to B, leave an opening for turning the work inside out.
Clip near the sewing line about 1/2″ next to each other, so that the curve is smooth after turning inside out.
Sew the border of the nose with the largest pitch of stitches. Pull the thread as shown so that it gathers and shrinks to the size of the dashed line of the pattern.
Look at the pink tail, I later changed it to blue as it looks better with the same color.

Turn body, ear, and tail inside out.
Trace the position of the eyes and ears on the body, nostril for the nose. Flip over the body and trace the bottom sewing line.

Tie a knot at the tip of the tail as shown, mark a length of 4″ from the tip.

Turn the body outside in and position the tail on the top part of the body.
Stitch up the opening only on the top part.
Slit a bigger opening at the bottom to the newly traced line.
Turn the piggy inside out again.

Embellish the body with a heart. Slip stitch it into position. Stuff some poly-fill before complete the sewing.

Stuff the piggy with poly-fill to the fullness you prefer.
Hand stitches up the bottom opening by using whip stitch.

Sew the nose onto the body.
Stitch the eyes with 4 strands of black or dark brown embroidery floss.
Start from the marking of the ear, needle in. Needle out at *2, stem stitch by following the line till *3, needle in. Needle out at *4, the upper end of the nostril and needle in at the bottom end.
Stitch the other nostril and eye, and end the stitching on the other ear.

Sew the ears on. Cover up the knots of the brown or black floss on the embroideries.

Fold the ear toward the nose and stitch the whole stretch especially both ends to secure it.

Mission completion!!!! Hope you like the Piggy Pillow as much as I do 🙂