jif... it isn't just peanut butter

my mom had an idea..

not a small one...

you see her best friend became a grandmother last year.

and her grandson...

well his initials.. are JIF.

and his first birthday was last week...

so what idea did my mom have?

just this!!

a GIANT jif pillow!

it was a big hit!! 

 the pillow ended up bigger than him..

but he jumped right on it!

 instead of a nutrition label

my mom embroidered the details about joshua...

 she also did his name in a circle

and i appliqued a peanut in the middle

we also added his parent's names...

i couldn't be happier with how it turned out!!

so how did we do it?

my mom embroidered the 4 panels...

i sketched the letters to scale... about 10" tall or so

then cut the red, blue, green, & tan pieces.. and pieced them together

i appliqued the 4 panels from my mom & the letters

the front & back were each about 23" wide x 31" high

i ironed them onto fusible fleece & sewed up the sides

then i pieced in the top & bottom... and stuffed the pillow!