There is just something about pillows that I love. When I was a kid, it was the one thing I always took with me when I spent the night with friends or my grandmother. My father went to Brazil for two weeks when I was 8 years old, leaving my family at home alone during thunderstorm season. We had a big storm blow up and, of course, the first thing I grabbed was my pillow.
Pillows are a great soft touch in our hard lives.
When I envisioned these pillows, I could see my son snuggling up to a polar fleece pillow, wrapped in a warm blanket as winter's chill tried to penetrate our home. Of course, he was in shorts this week, but it is still nice to have a touch of winter around your home. You can use most any form and adapt a pattern to it. Putting the pillows together is extremely easy once you learn to saddle or blanket stitch. I love the way this stitch looks.