Proud Girl Scout Mom moment! Eden recently bridged up from a Junior Girl Scout to a Cadette, which brings a change in uniform. She loved her patch adorned Junior vest so much and didn't want to just file it away in a memory box. So we decided to turn it into a decorative pillow. The project was easier than I thought and didn't require any special supplies. I just upcycled items from around the house. Here's how:
1. Reinforce any patches on the vest that may be coming loose with a quick stitch around the edges of the patch.
2. Choose fabric for a pillow cover. Instead of buying new we used a worn Girl Scout themed t-shirt.
3. Choose a pillow form. Doesn't have to be new -- again, we found an underutilized one in the house.
4. Prepare the pillow cover. We turned the t-shirt inside out and stitched across the top and down the sleeve openings to create a rectangular pillow 'case.'
5. Next, we turned the t-shirt inside right and tucked the pillow form inside.
6. Then we tucked in the tail of the t-shirt, pinned a seam and stitched.
7. Once the pillow cover was complete we wrapped the vest around the pillow and tucked and pinned until it had a nice shape. We made sure all of the patches were nicely displayed. (Although not shown here, her vest also had patches on the front). Finally, we stitched around the edges of the vest to secure it to the pillow.
9. Ta-da! A lovely keepsake for your Girl Scout!
I hope you enjoy this project as much as we did. I love that we didn't need to purchase any supplies and yet here we have renewed life for her beloved vest. #girlscoutsrock #upcycle #cherishmemories
Great job
Posted by: Lisa | 11/15/2017 at 07:48 AM