Over the years there are few patterns that I have repeated this time it was the free Rebecca Page Unicorn Pillow.
In my craft cave (room where most of my fabric is stored) I have a shelf of already prepped fabrics. These are fabrics I have washed and are either pieces I intend to use in the near future or leftover from previous projects. Where possible I’m trying to use up prepped fabrics first before using new fabrics which I need to wash and pre-shrink. On the shelf I found the blue fabric which I used for the main body and ears. This fabric is up there with one of my favorite fabrics of all time, I have a thing for hearts and blue is my go to colour for everything so this fabric is dear to me. This pillow was for my youngest niece, over the years I had used the fabric to make something for each of her older sisters so now it was her turn to have something in it.
For the mane I did need to get out new fabric as I didn’t have anything suitable on my prepped shelf. I used some of the leftover fabric from the mane in my dumpling pouch. The horn is made leftover from fabric which I used in my nieces Christmas gift last year which I unfortunately forgot to photograph. The fabric on the inner ear is a scrap of fabric either leftover from the previous unicorn pillow I made or my sewing pouch.
For the eyes and nose details I decided to make them the same as the first unicorn I made. Pom pom trim for the eyes and a crocheted heart from embroidery floss for the nose. I hand stitched them all on with regular sewing thread. The nose is a little larger than the pattern suggests but it doesn’t look out of proportion.
I’m happy with this pillow. Everything in the making of it came from my stash, the majority of it using leftover fabrics. These days I’m really thinking first when making an item of can I use what I already have out first.
Cassiy