Emma's First Sewing Machine Project

Emma came home this morning from a sleepover with something in an envelope - A TOOTH!!!  Is losing teeth contagious???  She was so excited because now she could get money from the Tooth Fairy (as Kaleb has been really cleaning up with 4 teeth gone).  She put it under her pillow, but was wanting something special to put it in.  She has some shirts that have become too small and have a few stains/holes in them, so we went through the pile and came up with this one.  She wanted a "rock and roll" tooth pillow and thought that this would be perfect for it (her words - hee hee)!  So, here is our 8 year old in action - she's good - I think I see another sewer coming up!!!

First we start with a shirt that doesn't fit Emma anymore and has some holes in the bottom of it.

Then we cut it to the shape we wanted.

We then cut the arm cuff to use as a pocket and pinned it where we wanted it.

Ta- da . . . The pocket is now sewn on.

Now to pin the front to the back to create the pillow!

Sewing time!!!  This is Emma's first time using the sewing machine - she did very well!

All ready to stuff...

And stuff . . .

and stuff . . .

And the finished pillow - complete with pocket for teeth or notes!!!

She loves it because it has a double pocket - there is one behind each other due to sewing on a complete cuff - which she thinks is soooo cool!  I love my little girl - she makes you see things in the way that you used to.  Yep - she's a keeper!