I just had to post a picture of this adorable tooth fairy pillow I finished yesterday:

How cute is this pillow!?!?!

I really am in love with it! It’s all made out of baby clothes, of course – it’s for a customer who had also ordered a throw quilt, so this matches. I used a little shirt pocket for the tooth pocket, and made a 1-inch flange around the edges. The pillow is actually both a little pillow sewn out of flannel and then a (tiny) quilted sham, so that it can be removed & washed easily, and because I just think it makes a more professional finished product.

I just added these pillows as a new item on my site a few weeks ago – my son lost his first 2 teeth in the past few months and I remembered my grandma making me a little tooth fairy pillow with a little pocket for the tooth. Immediately I thought of all the tiny pockets I work with every day when I make my baby clothes quilts, and the idea was born. I whipped up a few prototypes (now my 9-month-old has a tooth fairy pillow for each individual tooth!) and I am super pleased with the result!