Custom Name Pillows

Full-length body pillows, in a fabric picked for the person, with their name stitched across the front.

A custom body pillow with a name stitched across the front

What they actually are

Not a cushion. A pillow with their name on it.

These are full-length body pillows. The fabric gets picked around the person — their team, the film they will not stop watching, their school colours — and then their name goes across the front in letters Tawana cuts out and stitches on one at a time.

If you want photographs on it, she can do that too: a panel gets printed and sewn into the front of the pillow, so the picture is part of it rather than stuck on top.

Their name, in letters sized to the pillow
Fabric chosen round the person, not off a shelf
Photo panels printed and set into the front
Made one at a time, like everything else here

Ask about a pillow See the baskets

How one comes together

Four decisions, and then a lot of cutting out

There is no form to fill in for any of this. It all happens on the phone, and it takes about as long as describing the person.

Pick the fabric

Start with what they are into. A team, a film, a character, a colour, a school. This is the decision everything else follows from.

A name in white letters across a printed pillow

Give her the name

Spelled exactly as they spell it. The letters are cut out by hand and placed so the name still reads even on a busy print.

A printed panel sewn into the front of a pillow

Add photographs, if you want them

Send her the pictures and they get printed onto a panel and sewn into the front. This is the part people do not expect, and the part they remember.

Her own photographs

Pillows she has made

Every one of these went out to somebody. Names and fabrics change; the amount of cutting out does not.

**Their name, front and centre**Letters cut and stitched on one at a time, right across the front.

**Built around a team**Team colours end to end, with the name sitting over the top of them.

**A printed panel, set in**Panels get printed and sewn into the front — artwork, a film, or your own photographs.

**Letters that still read**White on a busy print, placed so the name does not disappear into the fabric.

**Or no name at all**Plenty go out as just the fabric, if that is what suits the person.

**Made as a pair**Two at once, in the same fabric, wrapped together.

**Pillow first, basket around it**This is how the two halves of the business meet: the pillow goes in as the centrepiece.

**Wrapped like a gift**Cellophane over the top and gathered at both ends, same as the baskets.

**Tied off and finished**Ready to hand over without anything else being done to it.

**Long enough to lean on**These are body pillows, not cushions — they stand up on their own.

Where the two halves meet

A pillow is a basket’s best centrepiece

The pillows started as something soft to put at the back of a basket and give it height. People began asking for the pillow on its own, and now it is half of what she does — but the combination is still the thing she would steer you towards.

Say so when you call and she will build the basket around the pillow, rather than making the two separately and hoping they match.

Ask for both See the baskets being made

Worth knowing

A few pillow questions

Can you put a name on it?

That is the whole point of them. The letters are cut out and stitched on one at a time, sized to the pillow and placed so the name still reads on a busy fabric. Give her the spelling exactly as they spell it — she works from what you tell her, and a pillow is not something you can unpick afterwards.

Can you put photographs on it?

Yes. The pictures get printed onto a panel and that panel is sewn into the front of the pillow, so it is part of the pillow rather than stuck on top. Send her the clearest copies you have — a screenshot of a photo prints like a screenshot of a photo.

Can you match a specific fabric, team or character?

Usually, yes, and it is where every pillow starts. Tell her what you are matching — a team, a film, a character, a set of school colours — and she will say on the call whether she can get hold of the fabric.

Can a pillow go inside a basket?

That is how they started, and it is still the combination she would point you at. Say so when you call and she will build the basket around the pillow rather than making the two separately.

How long does a pillow take?

Longer than a basket, because it has to be made rather than assembled — the fabric has to be found, the letters cut, and any photo panel printed before she can start. Give her as much notice as you can, particularly around the holidays and graduation.

What does a pillow cost?

Same answer as the baskets: it depends on the size, the fabric and whether there are photographs in it, so she quotes it herself. Call (423) 394-8569 and ask.

Ready when you are

Give her a name and a favourite thing.

That is the whole brief. She will tell you what it comes to on the call.

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