How to Make a "LOVE OWL Pillow" - a Valentine Sewing Craft

Everybody Loves Owls! So here's a sweet stuffed OWL pillow that you will Fall In Love With this Valentine's Day; another heartwarming idea from Love to Sew Studio! The best part about this project is, we'll show you how to make this without a pattern. All you need is a dinner plate and a cup-n-saucer plate to use to make your Owl pattern.

Let's get started:
You will need:
*about 1/3 yard of fabric for front and back of owl body
*scraps of red, pink, and black fabric for eyes, nose, heart, feet, and wings
*fiber-fill for stuffing
*basic sewing needs

You can find more Valentine Crafts Here: http://www.lovetosew.com/freevalentinepatterns.htm

Let's make your owl pattern:

First tape two 8.5" x 11" piece of computer paper together side by side.

Trace a dinner plate.  This will be the base of the owl body.

Now at the top trace a tea-cup saucer plate as shown in the photo.

Now draw the eyes, nose, feet, and wings.
There, now you have your owl pattern to work with.

Now that you have your pattern, you can begin cutting out your pieces.

You will need:
2 owl bodies
2 wings
2 feet
2 outer eyes, and 2 center eyes
1 nose
1 heart

Once your pieces are cut out, pin them to the pretty side of ONE of the owl body pieces.

Zigzag appliqué the wings, eyes, and feet on first.
Either use a heat bond for the smaller pieces like the eye center, heart, and nose, or zigzag them on next.

Place your owl bodies pretty sides together and pin around the outer edge.
Stitch around the owl using the pressure foot as your guide. Leave a 4" opening.

(Don't forget to leave your opening.)

Trim seams, turn owl pretty side out. Stuff the owl with fiber-fill or stuffing.
Hand stitch the opening closed.

Good for You! Your LOVE OWL Valentine Craft is Finished. Now since Everybody Loves Owls, you can give this cute little owl craft to anyone you love!


We've Got more Love Owl Photos for you to enjoy!

Here are more Love Owl Pillows!

Here's our last photo using the same pattern - we made it into a SNOW OWL... 

We had a Harry Potter Sewing Party and each student made this snow owl pillow, "Hedwig."

Enjoy!