This week brought a request from our daughter for an 'activity pillow' to help our granddaughter develop her fine motor skills. After listening to daughter's explanation of the purpose for the pillow, I decided that I could make one pretty easily and it would be a lot simpler (and cheaper) than the 'activity' books that I could find on the web with the same skill-building purpose in mind.
I quickly came up with a design that would allow granddaughter to practice using a button, a snap, and a zipper. Everything but the 'separating' zipper and snap came from my stash.
I started with some bright colors for a pillow and some flaps.
Then it was a simple matter to hem the flaps adding the zipper along two seams, make a buttonhole on one flap, sew a snap on the other, and finally sew it all together and stuff.
Since Judith Catherine loves to study objects in detail, I think she will enjoy it quite a bit, while getting in some valuable practice that will come in handy in eventually dressing herself!
I quickly came up with a design that would allow granddaughter to practice using a button, a snap, and a zipper. Everything but the 'separating' zipper and snap came from my stash.
I started with some bright colors for a pillow and some flaps.
Then it was a simple matter to hem the flaps adding the zipper along two seams, make a buttonhole on one flap, sew a snap on the other, and finally sew it all together and stuff.
Since Judith Catherine loves to study objects in detail, I think she will enjoy it quite a bit, while getting in some valuable practice that will come in handy in eventually dressing herself!
