These make a wonderful personalized gift for very little cost. I purchased two cloth place mats from my local dollar store for this project.

I would consider this craft to be fairly simple. These can be assembled with either a sewing machine, simple hand stitching or even hot glue. Any cloth place mat or cloth napkins will work. Using vintage place mats, napkins or any family heirloom would make these pillows extra special. I wrote a special saying on each of the place mats with sponge letter stamps. I then used various stamps and stencils to embellish it. Ribbons, bows, silk flowers, etc. can all be hot glue to embellish as well. After the paint has dried, either machine sew hand stitch or hot glue the two pieces together, make sure you put them together inside out (embellished side facing each other). Leave an opening large enough to fit your hand in. When you are finished sewing or gluing them together, simply turn then right side in. Stuff the pillow with desired amount of batting and hand sew or hot glue the opening closed.

Supplies needed:

• Cloth place mats or cloth napkins
• Sewing machine, needle and thread or hot glue gun
• Glue sticks
• Fiber fill batting
• Fabric paint
• Stencils or stamps (optional)