Amy Butler Sewing Patterns, Little Daisy Big Nap Pillow

This super fun giant flower pillow will have your favorite little one squealing with joy! And wait until they peek in the large Peek-A-Boo pocket & find the adorable silly spider living inside. The perfect combo for naps, story time, anytime a comfy cuddle pillow is needed. Little Daisy has a carrying handle and a removable cover for washing. It's easy to see why this big flower will become your tot's best spot, no matter where they're planted!

Materials List

Allow extra yardage for matching or centering a design on your fabric.

The pillow and toy can be made using 44” wide quilting fabric OR with my fine-wale corduroy. (It's delicious! I loved using it for this project!) Please see the chart below.

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INTERFACING / NOTIONS NEEDED (for the Big Nap Pillow)

• 36” x 18” piece of batting - I use Nature-Fil™ Blend Quilt batting from Fairfield
• 5 (12 oz.) bags of fiberfill - I use Nature-Fil™ PLA Corn Fiberfill. This is an all-natural premium product from Fairfield.
• 3/4 yard of 5/8” wide hook & loop fastening tape
• 7/8 yard of 1” wide jumbo ric-rac trim or decorative ribbon
• 1 small spool of Button / Carpet thread
• 1 spool of coordinating all-purpose thread

INTERFACING / NOTIONS NEEDED (for the Silly Spider Toy)

• 5” x 8” piece of fusible webbing - I use Wonder-Under® from Pellon®
• 1 (12 oz.) bag of fiberfill - I use Nature-fil™ PLA corn fiberfill. This is an all-natural premium product from Fairfield.
• 2 6” x 9” brown felt squares for the Spider’s boots and eyes
• 2 "Mother of pearl" buttons (3/8” diameter)
• 1 skein of (red) embroidery floss for his mouth
• 3 small spools of coordinating all-purpose thread to match the solid fabric, spots and brown felt - I use my Premium Threads from Rowan and Coats Dual Duty XP®

TOOLS NEEDED: Scissors, Straight pins, Large safety pins, Pencil, Rotary cutter and mat, Iron and Ironing board, Pressing cloth, 24" quilting ruler, Chalk pencil, Hand sewing needle, Embroidery hand-sewing needle, 1 sheet of wax-free tracing paper (I use Prym-Dritz™), Turning tool (such as a closed pair of scissors)

Finished Sizes:

• Big Nap Pillow - 48" wide from petal to petal (30" diameter in center) x 8" thick
• Silly Spider Toy - 7” wide across the body plus 5" legs x 3" thick