Nesting

Ben would attest that almost perpetually since I found out I was pregnant 8 months ago, I've had our dining room table piled with my sewing machine, fabric, felt, ribbon, etc. He says I'm nesting. He's probably right. I'll post my latest projects and let you decide for yourself.

The nursery colors I've picked are light pink, light green, and brown. I would love to paint the nursery this color... but there's only so much decorating you can do in an apartment.

Changing table/dresser:

For our dresser, my sister Tina gave me her old changing table. I then got four baskets for $10 a piece at Joanne's (during a 1/2 off sale) and sewed liners to go on the inside.

I used white duck fabric my mom had. It was my first time making a pattern, but it went okay. On the inside, they looked like this:

Then I sewed a paisley ribbon around it with elastic.

For the final touch I sewed a button on front.

In total there are 4 baskets and I use them to store the baby's blankets, toys, and clothes. So I paid only $40 for our baby dresser.



Baby quilts:

I sewed my first real quilt out of squares I bought at the Gardner Village quilting store (if you ever get a chance to go there, don't pass it up). It's not perfect, but it was a good sewing experience for me.


I backed it with a brown and then my mother-in-law and I tied it with light green embroidery thread.


I basically based the other colors in the nursery around this quilt.

As for my most recent project, I found some brown remnants at Joanne's of that ultra soft/ultra expensive fabric (I can't remember the name now). Later, I got a 50% off coupon and bought the same fabric in green. I then sewed them together.


However I didn't feel like the green and brown was girly enough on it's own, so I added some felt flowers to the corner. I took my inspiration from this tutorial.

This is when I had just pinned them, trying to decide how I wanted to sew them on.

I finally decided to zig-zag around the outside flowers and then use crochet thread on the inside flowers. I probably sewed the zig-zag 5 or 6 times trying to get it right. By the end I was pretty frustrated, but I think it was worth it.

The final product!

And here's just a bonus picture of me at 33 weeks (Ben was testing out the camera).

7 weeks left! How many more sewing projects can I do in that amount of time? I don't think Ben wants to know :)