How to make skull cushions

I seem to have the sewing bug at the moment and after my rather successful pumpkin cushions, I wanted to make a skull cushion from Day of the Dead materials.



What was I thinking!  Why do I do this?  It all seems perfectly simple IN MY HEAD!  This is very much similar to the time I thought we could just knock up the letter M as a shelving unit for my son!

I didn't stop to think for one minute that I'm still a novice when it comes to the sewing machine and that the shape of a skull is possibly not a shape that a learner should be tackling.

But I managed it and can guarantee like Highlander, there will be only one!

I purchased glow in the dark material from Fumble and love the fact they sent me a sweetie too!  The 'template' is from Hobbycraft and with that I cut out two skull shapes - and still, it didn't sink in that I've got to sew that shape!

I'm aware we are meant to tack material before sewing but I was feeling rather rebellious and quite confident that the material wouldn't move so I just pinned the fabric together and then, then is when it dawned on me I'm going to need to sew very carefully around the edging to keep the shape!

I did it in one go, swearing all the way, but believe it or not this is not my least favourite part!  I'm not a fan of leaving a gap for the stuffing, and this is only because I hand sew the gap up and that is when my true shite useless sewing skills come into their own! 

The good news guys is if I can do this, so can you.  It was created in an evening with some patience, a sewing machine and a fair bit of sewing under my breathe.

So what do you think?  One evening of 'OMG I've overestimated my skills again' actually turned into a 'I'm rather proud of that' moment.