I’m a sucker for a keepsake anything. I have rubbermaids full of baby clothes. Boxes full of my kid’s artwork. I think I have about 10 Baby’s First Christmas ornaments. I only have 3 kids. Get my drift? Anyhoo, I’m still working on Jackson’s room makeover that I mentioned about 100 posts back. I kind of work on in bits and pieces. One bit will inspire a piece…and so forth. So, I spotted this yellow velvet trimmed pillow at Homegoods the other day. The neutral fabric was a perfect backdrop for what I had in mind.
I love kid’s handwriting…it’s so charming and whimsical. I have oodles of things with Jackson’s name on it, specifially paper, but I wanted a keepsake. I knew if I had him write his name on the pillow, I could easily stitch it out with my sewing machine. And so I did!
You might need to draw some two horizontal lines if they need help keeping their writing straight. 
I used black thread and just went back and forth over each letter about 6-7 times, using his writing as my guide. When finished, spray some water and the ink disappears and you are left with just your child’s handwriting in stitches.
