Pajama Top Pillow

Finished pajama top pillow

     I had a former client reach out to me with a request from a friend.  Her dad had died and she wanted a pillow made from his favorite pair of pajamas.  We texted regarding the details and I got to work.

Ruler to prevent 'dog ears'

Lined pieces

     She wanted the pillow to look like a pajama top so I incorporated the collar and button front as much as possible.  In order to keep everything together, first I stitched the front closed along the edge of the piping.  Then I laid the front unto another part of the top and stitched along the edge of the collar.  Now I had a piece filling in the gap of the open collar.  I placed it on a piece of napped sateen lining and I cut to size trimming off the dog ears with my ruler.  I stitched them together for the front of the pillow.  I felt the pajama top alone was too lightweight to make a nice pillow.  I did not serge the edges as it was going to be stitched closed and no one would see the inside or be removing the form.

Ready for the pillow form

Ready to hand sew closed

       Then came the fun part, cutting the back so the plaid matched at the side edges (not able to match on the top and bottom due to the button closure.  I lined the back piece also and then stitched the front and back together.  Normally I leave the opening on the bottom but I knew there was more bulk there with the button closure so I opted to leave the opening on the side, much easier to hand stitch closed.

Matched plaid on the side

Slightly open at the neck

     I like the little bit of opening at the neck edge, feels even more like the pajama top.