This week I added baby formula, a bottle, and size 1 diapers to our 72 hour kits (I plan to breastfeed, but you just never know) AND...(drum roll please...) I finished the baby bedding!
The Crib:
The crib skirt will be more visible when the mattress is lowered in a few months. The cream things under the crib are baskets to house blankets, burp cloths, etc. Right now they have books in all of them because I STILL haven't hung the book shelf yet. I keep thinking I might put a coat of (neutral) paint on the walls, since they clearly haven't been painted since the late 70's when the house was built.The Quilt:
If you click to zoom in you'll see that each of the squares and circles have been QUILTED by the lovely Hillary. For the record, I did all the other sewing (thank you very much for your patience with me, H!) but NEVER could have imagined machine quilting each individual square and stripe of the baby quilt. It looks so professional an will last FOR-EV-ER! After Baby Brother arrives, I'll have his first initial monogrammed in the little blue square.The Changing Table:
The Roman Shades:
Read the following post about these little lovelies!When I finish the walls and have everything hung and accessorized, I'll post a picture of the nursery all put together.
I'm so happy I decided to make my own bedding. It cost 1/4 of the price of the bedding I'd selected, and I got so much more than a quilt, bumper an crib skirt out of it, like I would have had with the store bought bedding.
It makes me happy just to look at it and know I made it.
14 comments:
Well done! The whole room has come together nicely. You are one productive lady!
I LOVE the fabric, especially the quilt. Not to get all Stuart Smiley on you, but what does it matter what anyone else thinks of your selection? You put a lot of love and work into your choices. I'm sure your little man will love and appreciate it and that's what counts. :)
The crib skirt turned out SO cute! It really pulls the whole thing together.
I'd like to when BROWN, BLUE and ORANGE became 'girly colors'?? I don't get that. I'm pretty sure blue is for boys and pink is for girls. Brown and Orange definitely fall in the neutral category.
I think all of this is SO much cuter and anything you could've purchased and it WILL make you so happy every time you look at it. And, an additonal bonus, you could probably use it for your baby, as well, since it's not covered in trucks or dinosaurs!
Love the roman shades, too. Very clever. I cant' wait to see the quilt up close.
BTW, Jimmie said, 'Yes. Of course. It doesn't matter which day.'
Very clever! You are brave and resourceful! I'm sure your baby will LOVE it -- lots of visual contrast to enjoy during the day and a dark room for sleepy time. I don't know anyone who would say brown, orange and blue and girl colors. Depending on the pattern, it could be used either way (shapes versus floral). I really like how the covered ottoman remade the chair into something more attractive and the nasty blinds became soft and coordinating! Yay for Meg!
I can't believe you finished the blinds! I was just there the other day.
Keep it up! Your on fire!
I cannot even begin to tell you how impressed I am! How do you make everything look so spectacular? Can you please pass me some of your genius? Please?
Oh,how CUTE! I love it!
love love love BIG love!
I can't figure out how you did it all so fast! Have you been working around the clock? Is your house completely trashed? You are amazing!!! Looks great!
Love it. You did a fantastic job... I need you to come to my house and decorate! :0)
loves it!!!!
Totally adorable, and totally unique. The blinds to shades are a stroke of genius.
Darling! I'm glad that you put those Steamboat Springs curtains to good use. I was sad that I couldn't use them here in Denver but not I'm not sad any more.
Mom
awesome. awesome. awesome. I cannot even believe how good it looks!
Adorable!
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