SewUseful Plushie Personal Boom-box / Goodnight Pillow

Step 9 Making the Back of The Plushie Boom-Box

Place the radio patch on the felt and measure, mark and cut the correct amount of felt (image 1)

Using tailors chalk, mark the placement of the four corners of the patch as guidelines. Also mark underneath the radio patch a where to place a third button hole to allow the earphone cords to exit the plushie (image 2)

Sew a button hole where the chalk line indicates, using previous instructions. Make sure the hole is large enough for the sterio jack to fit through (image 3)

Since the radio plushie is going to be filled with polyester fibrefil, we do not want it to escape from the button hole. Therefore we will make a trapdoor to prevent this from happening. The trap door will be closed with a sew-on snap.

Using a needle and thread, hand sew the male part of the snap below the button hole (image 3).

Measure a piece of felt to act as a trap door and sew the female snap onto it. Attach the two snaps together and pin the trapdoor to the radio plushie felt.
Using the straight stitch machine sew the door. Don't forget to backstich at the beginning and end of the sewing (image 4)

This allows a secure hole for the speaker cods to exit the plushie without the risk of fluff coming out.

PLEASE NOTE
If you are planing on making the Goodnight Pillow, and are using sew on velcro (i highly recommend this over sticky velcro) NOW is the time to sew on the velcrow to the back of the felt (see placement of velcro in Step 16 for reference)

Lay the felt back of the plushie aside.