When Daphne was little I borrowed a nursing pillow from my sister.  It was one of the things that I really liked a lot, and I was not willing to go without.  In my many trips to the fabric store I discovered that they have pillows that are the same shape as the Boppy brand of nursing pillows.  At my fabric store, they were over with all the stuffing and genaric pillows.  I picked one up without a cover for $10 a month or two.

Though I was excited to make my own covers, I have been putting it off over and over again because it is fairly complicated.  I bought the wrong length of fabric 2 times, and one of the zippers I got for the pillows disappeared into thin air.  After much persistence, I was finally able to complete them.  Though it would have been easier to just buy a generic pillow, that wasn’t good enough for me.  Not only are they very expensive, they are the same handful of covers that every other nursing mom has.  I decided to make some covers with my own personal style.

I thought it wise to make 2 different covers so that one can be washed if the other has been soiled (when would that every happen with a newborn?).

I had this fabric laying around that I have been meaning to show my grandmother (I was actually going to make some napkins for her for Christmas).  I decided it would make a wonderful cover.  It is a brown and white cow print, which is very fitting because my family raises Shorthorn Cattle, which are brown and white.

The under side of both covers is this white minky fabric.  It is very soft and lovely.

This is the pattern for the second cover.  I really like brown and blue together right now.  It is just girly enough for me.

I am so happy to be fully equipped in the nursing pillow department.  I’ve still got more sewing projects to work on and show you, so stay tuned.