Another item checked off my list for nursery prep – I finished up the crib skirt today. I cut a piece of muslin the inside dimensions of my crib, adding 1″ for seam allowances. This measurement was 27 x 51. Then I cut 13 1/2″ strips of the skirt material and finished the bottom and sides {…Continue Reading}
I whipped up this cute little valance for the nursery yesterday. I used the same quilt squares with the gathered centers as in the crib quilt here. I used all leftovers from the quilt and had to be pretty creative about getting enough eeked out of the scraps I had left. Just one little problem… one block {…Continue Reading}
Arden’s pillowcase was dirty, so I went to the linen closet to grab another and spotted one of the cases my Grannie had embroidered. I thought this pink one would be perfect on her bed and it was! Charlie the tiny Teddy bear agrees! Does anybody actually hand embroider borders on pillowcases anymore? I think {…Continue Reading}
One minor drawback to using a nonconventional color scheme (gray, Tiffany blue, orange, green, black & white) for the nursery is that some of the items that I might have purchased ready-made aren’t available in a coordinating color. One of these items is the changing pad cover. The closest I could find was white, and I just don’t like {…Continue Reading}
I finally have the quilt finished for baby #2’s nursery! I’m really happy with how it’s turned out; I was a bit hesitant about the polka dot border but I do like it now that it’s all bound and quilted. I had a pretty good debate on how to quilt the border, but I decided {…Continue Reading}
Sorry it’s been two weeks since my last post! Crazy heat, third trimester fatigue, and summer life have just caught up with us around here. I’ve been making decent progress on prepping the nursery, so there will be some posts coming up about that. I haven’t been completely unproductive. I made this fish pillow for {…Continue Reading}
Today is my birthday – my daughter says “Happy Arden Day” instead of Happy Birthday, so I’m stealing it and calling it Happy Jenn Day to me! I’m 37 today, and I’ve decided that I don’t care if that number is larger than 29. I’d rather hope people think I look young for my age {…Continue Reading}
I’m so excited about the fabrics I got for the crib quilt I’m making for daughter #2! On top of that, I’m jazzed about the design I found. I was all set with a design I drew myself and had figured the yardage, but I fell in love with a sample quilt at the lovely quilt shop and {…Continue Reading}
Please take a moment to upload your post-baby pooch-hiding entries at Mother Been Flickr Group. The prize sponsors are amazing! This portion of the competition is a lot more open to interpretation – if it disguises, cinches in, or minimizes a postpartum jiggle belly – we want to see it! If you have any trouble {…Continue Reading}
Today I’ll be sharing a project I hope you find inspirational for Mother Being – Nursing. I had originally intended to share a refashion using two button down shirts, but in the meantime I rediscovered a pattern for a nursing top that I have been searching for forever. It was in the same book that Lindsay from {…Continue Reading}
