Crafts!

4/2/12

I've decided that most of the baby's room is going to be homemade. This started when my mom gave me my old toybox which had actually been in the family for a few generations. It had been redone quite a few times, and since it was in pretty sad I shape I decided to redo it again. This was well before I was pregnant, and it was more of a wishful thinking project that I figured I could then use as a type of "hope chest" while I went through fertility. Here's the finished result:

The color is a little yellowy in the picture, but it's actually velvety dark brown. The first picture has the colors a little closer to reality.

After doing this, I realized I had just chosen the colors we'll use for any future baby's room. So, green yellow and brown it is. Pretty gender neutral, and I like it.

Of course, I'm slightly obsessed with thinking about babies and baby things, as I have been for a while, but I kept getting frustrated with the choices of bedding they have out there. Everything just seemed too matchy-matchy. Then I came across an adorable baby quilt (which was FAR too expensive for my test) and a homemade nursery idea was born. I decided I would make my own baby quilt, and use all the fabrics in it for making all kinds of nursery things. So I've spent the last two weeks making the quilt, and I just finished it last night! Here it is:

I used the same fabrics I used on the box (note the brown suede, yellow polka dot and white with green polka dots) and then added a few more fabrics that I liked, also incorporating an aqua blue to the mix. I'm really excited about it!

So the other things I plan on making with this fabric are curtains (I'll use the bright yellow fabric with the white vines and flowers), storage and laundry basket linings, a crib skirt (I found a fun pattern for a three tiered ruffle skirt. I'll probably use the aqua paisley, the green and white vines and the yellow polka dot) but we'll see as we go. I'm having so much fun!!