Watercolor Rainbow Pillow

"When I was pregnant – well, even before I was pregnant – I thought about how much fun it would be to learn what my child loved and then fill their world with that thing, you know? Just support whatever it was they couldn't get enough of. At age 2, Miles has a couple of those: basketball, horses, ballet, and rainbows. And it's just as much fun as I thought it would be to watch him walk wide-eyed into the Basketball Hall of Fame, to ride perched atop a somnolent pony at the fair, to point out a rainbow arching over our house. I wanted to get him a stuffed rainbow toy for Christmas last year, and found this one on Amazon, but it seemed a little pricey. My friend Katy had been doing watercolor painting on fabric, so I decided to make my own for Miles. "

Project TypeMake a Project

Time to CompleteWeekend project

Sewn byBoth Hand and Machine

Materials List

• 1/8 yard cotton muslin
• 1/8 yard felt
• Watercolor paints
• Fabric medium
• Foam brush
• Decorative trim (optional)
• Stuffing