When my sister and I were talking about Christmas, she told me she was having an impossible time fulfilling her oldest son's only wish. I came up with an idea to help and made him this pillow.
You see, her six year old son is obsessed with stop lights. He dressed up as a stop light for Halloween (complete with working lights) and wants nothing more than a stop light for Christmas. As my sister can attest to, not the easiest thing for a parent to find.
It makes me so happy that I was able to grant him his Christmas wish. We will be seeing him over the Christmas holiday and I can't wait to see the look on his face when he gets his pillow.
To make a pillow like this for the "stop light lover" in your family you will need a pillow form, duck cloth, felt, scissors, needle and thread. Cut two pieces of duck cloth the same size as your pillow form. Using black felt, cut out a rectangle for the back of the stop light. Cut one circle (all the same size) from red, yellow and green felt. (A cup or small plate works great for a circle template.) Sew the three circles by hand to the black felt. Pin and sew stop light on to duck cloth.Using a program like Word, print off the words "stop", "slow", and "go" onto a piece of paper. (I used Gil San Ultra bold in size 110). Cut out each letter from the paper to form a letter pattern. Pin paper letters to black felt and cut around. Pin and sew letters to pillow front.
What a great aunt you are! I love this pillow. I think it would also make a great gift for a teen, who just got their learner's permit!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet! I've been in the sewing frame of mind lately. Just finished two monogrammed hand towels for my son's teachers. Hopefully I can share tomorrow. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteLove the stop light! Such a fun aunt you are!
ReplyDeleteEllen
I may just have to make an airplane pillow for my little man's "big boy" room. Or a "star-bish" which is simply a star that he refers to as a starfish. Absolutely obsessed with it. :) Cute cute cute idea.
ReplyDeleteOh how lovely to do that! You are so right..about the little surprises in life. It makes life so much more special for little ones. A-M xx
ReplyDeleteYour nephew is so lucky to have such a clever and talented aunty - he'll love his wonderful cushion! Leigh
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your visit! What a neat idea to make a pillow with the stoplight (interesting little obsession/passion that is!). Love your nautical pillows too!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays!
Your home is beautiful!
ReplyDeletesandy toe
He will be thrilled!! Can you make a #10 pillow?
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky little nephew! Isn't it funny the things that little ones latch onto!! The stop-light is a new one for me, but cute, cute, cute!!
ReplyDeletej.
I've seen several authentic stop lights in antique malls (the kind that have a bunch of different vendor booths). That would be cute in decorating his room....
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