Today I am once again joining Sara of The Fifth Street Palace and Abbi of Proverbs 31 Living for another Thursday of sharing a homemade Christmas project.
I made a reading pillow this week for my daughter for Christmas. I used fabric, stuffing and ribbon I already had in my stash. I did have to buy the cord stoppers, but at $1.48 for the pair I still feel like I was able to frugally make this pillow. I used the Reading Pillow Pattern from Sew Liberated. I got this pattern through a co-op on DSD’s well over a year ago and was able to get a good deal on the price. I must have been thinking of making this last year, but never got around to it.
This summer I cut out all of the pieces to make 4 of these pillows. However, I neglected to cut out the fabric for the piping before I asked my mom to help me thin out my stash. I ended up donating most of my fabrics which were mostly donated to me in the first place. Oh, well. I like how it turned out even without the piping.
The pillow has a pocket for glasses and one for a pen or pencil. It also has straps to hold a book on the pillow and page holders that can be tightened or loosened with cord stoppers. I am anxious to see if my daughter likes this. If she does then I may just have to make one of these for myself sometime. 
