DIY: Basset Silhouette Pillow

Are you ready for the 'cotton' anniversary gift reveal?

As your recall, I was desperately searching for a gift.

I finally settled on this shirt

 

and a DIY gift.

It all spurred from this pillow from Pottery Barn

 but at almost $50 ($40 for the pillow and $8 for the insert + shipping)

I wanted a slightly cheaper option.

Then I had an DIY idea!
 Why don't I just make the Mister a basset pillow??
A silhouette pillow at that! 

I hopped on over to TJ Maxx and was able to found an orange pillow that matched our sofa.

I then printed out a photo of Floyd's profile

I then sketched Floyd's profile onto a piece of brown felt, cut it out and pinned it to the pillow.

 I wanted the stitching to be very thick and show up really well so I used cream colored embroidery thread.
 I sewed around the perimeter and the whole project was done in about an hour!

 
Ta da!