These are starfish pillows that I’m making for my nautical decor for the month of June. They are pretty simple to make and if you would like to make them start saving plastic grocery bags to stuff them with. I’ve found that plastic bags work well for craft and decorative items.

Using brown paper grocery bags, trace and cut out starfish patterns.

Plissé type fabrics.

Pin and cut out 2 of each starfish size pattern out of the fabric of your choice. Make sure the fabric is with right-sides together. Now, sew them together, leaving an opening to turn right-side out.

Clip around the edges that curve on each sewn starfish as shown. This will help the seams lay smooth after turning them to the right side.

After sewing starfish together, turn the starfish right side out with a turning tool. I use a chop stick. Then smooth out each leg using the chop stick/turning tool.

Finger press the seams because this type of fabric would flatten the puffed pattern.

Stuff with some sort of stuffing material. I used plastic grocery bags or you could use polyester fiber fill.

Sew closed by hand the opening you left to turn fabric.

I hope you will make some of these they were fun to make. Maybe someday, I will figure out how to do a PDF file so you could use the pattern for your personal use. But I think this is a simple pattern to follow anyway.

Happy sewing and decorating.

Lindy