Sleepy Owl Pyjama Case

Brrr! It’s getting cold at night now, and at the end of the day all I want to do is climb into my jim-jams and curl up on the sofa with a bit of hand sewing or crocheting. But the next morning my pyjamas are just lying around on the bed! Now I am not a particularly tidy person (you just have to take a peek in to my sewing room to see that!), but I do like to make my bed in the morning and leave the room looking lovely for when I come home from work. After all it is my sanctuary. But my pyjamas are making it look untidy.

And then I realised what I needed was a pyjama case! I remember my sister, Jane, had a beautiful cuddly rabbit pyjama case called ‘Honey-bunny’. Do you remember Honey-bunny Jane? I really coverted that pyjama case, but it belonged to Jane and not me (sigh). So this weekend I decided to make my own pyjama case.

Introducing my ‘Sleepy Owl’! Isn’t he sweet? I made him from some Moda flannels I bought in a fat quarter pack from the Scottish Quilt Show that Lynz and I went to in September. I didn’t know what I would do with them when I bought them, I just loved them, especially that circle one on his tummy. I think they have worked really well for this project, making Sleepy Owl so soft and cuddly.
It was a doddle to make. I machined the eyes and tummy onto the front shape, and then blanket stitched afterward and hand sewed the beak. The wings are made from my first attempt at ‘felting’ an old jumper in the washing machine. It was one I had knitted myself years ago and it has come out really lovely and thick, so all I needed to do was cut the wing shape out (of what was the sleeve!) and insert into the seam. The colour matches perfectly too.

The back just has a pillowcase opening for pyjama insertion or removal.
I know it looks like I am violating the poor owl, but he doesn’t mind, honest!

I had left my camera at work so I had to ask a favour of my photographer husband. Luckily he thought Sleepy Owl was dead cute too and even took him outside for a proper ‘shoot’!. I love the photos he took in the tree and on this fence post. Thanks Jonathan!