My parents do a LOT of traveling. Either driving between their two homes, driving between their home and visiting me or vacationing. They have this little travel pillow they keep in the car for naps on the road and at a recent visit, it was somehow left at my house. It wasn't very pretty so I decided to spruce it up with a pillow case just for it.
My mom loves yellow but I was afraid a yellow pillowcase would show dirt too easily. Above is the front and below is the back. You can make this, as I did, from two fat quarters (available at any fabric store but on sale for $.99 each at Joann's this week). If you want the body of the pillowcase to be the same on both sides, use three fat quarters.
I was sprucing up the one they already own, but you can pick up a travel pillow form for about $8 on sale this week at Joann's. For about $10 and about 30 minutes of your time, you have a handmade gift for your mom! Love that! In fact, I like this project so much, I think it's going to be my new birthday gift for all the little birthday parties my kiddos get invited to. What better way to use all those fun kid fabrics that I see at the store but wouldn't really use to decorate a room with?! And I bet every kid would enjoy having their own travel pillow and every mom would enjoy one less toy to pick up...
If you really want to make it special, attach this poem with your gift.
I'm your special travel pillow
I was made with lots of care,
Each stitch around my pillow case
Was sewn with love and prayer.
You can take me with you when you go
To places near and far
Cruises to exotic lands
Or just road trips in the car.
Cheers!
