It’s looking like this year is going to be a very busy year. That’s fine by me, but I’m exhausted already and we’re only on day three.
I started off my year with some sewing – my favorite hobby – next to bicycling and running. I had a choice to go to a New Year’s dance by myself and I might possibly have known more than one person there, but no guarantee, and that’s not a fun scenario for me. I chose instead to stay home and get moving on some creative projects that have been hanging over my head making me feel guilty every time I walk past my sewing loft on my way to get coffee.
My youngest daughter, Stacy, just got her crib and changing table – thanks to her grandma (baby’s great grandma) – and so she needed sheets and a dust ruffle and other fun stuff. She’s so lucky her mama can sew! I plan to do another post on just how much she’s saving by me sewing this stuff.
Stacy picked out some fabric from Joann’s and it’s too darn cute. We searched all over for some pink Tinkerbell fabric suitable for a baby and no success. I think I’m going to write to Disney and Springs Industries (who seems to be the main manufacturer of Tink fabric) and ask what’s up with no pink Tink. Tink IS a girl, after all. Possibly they’re aiming for 8 year old girls with all the blue, lime green, and purple, but they need pink!
Here’s my baby sewing status report:
- Prewashed all the fabrics we’ll be using
- Completed a flannel sheet, a second one almost done – needs elastic and I’ll finish that this morning.
- Made a dust ruffle. For the landing piece (the part that goes under the mattress) I reused a queen-sized dust ruffle that I hated and stitched on the cute baby border print. I have enough of the landing part for another dust ruffle in different fabric.
- Cut out and am prepping the quilt to go with the set but I need some less lofty batting, but not as thin as the Warm & Natural kind. Off to Joann’s today.
- On deck: remaining print from the border print to create bumper pads for around the crib, and additional sheets and receiving blankets.
I hope to have these done in time for her baby shower on Saturday, because you know those girls will all be traipsing upstairs to see the nursery set!
Here’s a closeup of the dust ruffle & the crib sheet:
The quilt top (the flip side is a matching flannel print with the little pink flowers like you see on the border):
You can see in this next photo how high the loft is of the batting I had in my stash. I don’t think my sewing machine will maneuver through that very well.
A shot of the border print – what you see there is what was left in the center of the three yards and the borders already cut off and sewn into the dust ruffle. Perfect for crib bumpers. Look at the cute faces on that bug!
Oops! My cat, Marie, at the top there vying for attention – she thinks her face is the cutest. Look at this pose! Showoff!
Okay, more later, peeps. I gotta keep busy!
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