I saw an idea for a sewing project on Pinterest, making a cushion out of an old t-shirt, Pinterest link or <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=www.nickjr.com/finder/craft/assets/dora/dora-tshirt-pillow/dora-tshirt-pillow-mainImage.jpg&imgrefurl=www.nickjr.com/crafts/dora-tshirt-pillow.jhtml&h=175&w=255&sz=22&tbnid=R_xWktuBZ7msVM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=131&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dt-shirt%2Bpillow%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=t-shirt+pillow&usg=__7DBnyHf53uZDY5VKFXTjwfcQllk=&docid=27PdM4vcjCMAfM&sa=X&ei=DnHeUfPHM8io0QW43YDwBA&ved=0CDwQ9QEwAA&dur=140" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">non-Pinterest version. I have a bean bag filled pillow that I sleep with, and DS (3) loves it, so I thought I'd make one for him out of a t-shirt.
I took a random t-shirt out of his wardrobe - worn so it's soft to the touch, not one of his favourites, and started sewing it: neckline and sleeves sewn up, old vest sewn inside it with arm / neck holes sewn up so I can put beanbag filling in the vest and toy filling around it, in the t-shirt to create a softer outer shell of filling.
DS happened to come into the room last night when I was sewing it, a few minutes before bedtime, and watched what I was doing. I'd told him about his cushion but it was the first time he'd seen it. When he was lying in bed, he told me that he didn't want the cushion, he wants his t-shirt back .
I've put off unravelling the stitching as DS was very tired last night so i'm not sure I trust his decision making skills then (he als said that he didn't like kisses, didn't want any more and cried when DH kissed him goodnight) but I don't know whether to ask him again tonight when I get home, and risk him asking me to unravel it, or to just make the cushion. DS does get a long red mark on his neck from the seatbelt when he falls asleep in the car, which the cushion would prevent , and we're going camping next month and I thought it'd be nice for him to have his own cushion in bed / to sit on / in his deckchair etc. It seems not.
Sorry, this has turned into a bit of an epic post, but would you unravel the cushion and give DS his shirt back, or keep going with it regardless. I don't want to have to buy another t-shirt and use that instead because it was supposed to be a cheap craft, reusing what we already have in the house.
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PeterParkerSays · 11/07/2013 09:59
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