Sheet and Curtains!

To finish up our long day of projects, Mom and I worked together on the curtains and sheet for the crib. These are the simple curtains we made. The fabric matches the crib skirt. We added sock monkey ribbon to match the lamp and changing pad. 

 We're planning to make more sheets another day, but needed a prototype first so we could decide what we wanted to change. We also wanted to see how it fit the crib mattress. 

Here's the crib sheet. Pretty cute, huh? This was scrap fabric! Basically we made the changing pad cover in a larger version, but only put the elastic in the corners.

I think it was a pretty successful day! We finished a lot of great things for the nursery and it's starting to come together.

Crib Skirt: No Sew!

Earlier this week I made a no sew crib skirt to match the curtains I'd planned to make with my mom. The cool things about this skirt are: 1. It can be moved up and down with the crib moves up and down as the baby grows! 2. Did I mention it's no sew? I just used heat and bond.

The crib skirt is the red polka dot material at the bottom. It's also on the sides of the crib. It was very easy to make and fun! Thanks to Scultsavy for the great instructions. http://sculptsavvy.com/2013/04/14/diy-crib-skirt/ I did use 45" fabric and just measured it the long way instead. It worked great. 

Burp cloths and a sock monkey changing pad cover!

Today Mom and I finished quite a few of the projects I'd started at home but needed a sewing machine to complete. We made curtains, sheets, burp cloths and a changing pad cover. Below you can see the finished products.

Here's the sock monkey changing pad cover! It matches the lamp from last week. It was incredibly simple to make. I got the instructions from this website: http://www.beaninloveblog.com/2013/02/diy-changing-pad-cover.html Since these instructions were so great and easy to follow, I didn't take pictures while making it like I normally do! I think it turned out great and is going to be very soft and cozy.

These are the burp cloths. They're cloth diapers with a strip of cute fabric to brighten them. I got the tutorial from this website:http://www.thinkingcloset.com/2013/03/27/burp-cloth-tutorial-for-the-beginner-sewist/ These were also very easy to make.

Sock Monkey Lamp!

The second job I completed today is a sock monkey lamp. I was thinking about what else I wanted in his room and decided I wanted a cute lamp. Well, the shade alone is $26 and that didn't include a lamp. I remembered we had an Ikea lamp in the office we haven't been using so I decided to turn that into the baby's lamp.

I went online to Better Homes and Gardens and read about how to recover a lamp. All I needed was a yard of fabric, fabric glue, scissors and ribbon.

I cut the fabric to the size of the lamp leaving about 1/2 inch on the ends to glue on the lamp.

First here's the lamp shade with the fabric being glued down on one side. It's a paper one so a little bit harder to work with because it's collapsible:

Next I continued wrapping the lamp. I folded the edge when I got to the end and ironed it. I pulled the fabric as tight as I could get it and glued the fabric overlapping the edge. 

Then I started folding and gluing the edges inside the lamp. 

Then I put on cute sock monkey ribbon along the top and the bottom, again using fabric glue. 

Last I tied a sock monkey on the lamp's switch. Here it is: 

Pretty cute, huh? I think it'll look great in his room! 

Sock Monkey Tie Blanket!

I haven't put anything on in quite a while. First I was suffering from hyperemesis, and then it was the end of the school year and between the two, I wasn't making a whole lot of "stuff."

This week I've been busy getting the baby's room ready! I've attempted to paint it, but realized I'm not so great at that and Brad will have to do a second coat on the green wall, do all the up high stuff and the touch-ups.

On Tuesday I went to Hobby Lobby and Pacific Fabrics with my mom and Carolynn to pick out some sock monkey fabric.

Yesterday I worked on cutting and pinning the fabric for burp cloths and will sew those on my mom's machine one day next week.

Today I got two jobs done. First I made the little monkey a tie blanket with fleece from Joann's. Here are a few pictures:

One side of the blanket finished

Cutting the strips to tie 

Tying the two pieces of fabric together.

Here's a finished picture. You can see the back and the front!