Hey guys! I decided to show you some of my in-progress nursery pictures. It's the other craft I wanted to show a couple of days ago, but decided that Blogger's format was too frustrating to mess with. Lets hope today goes a little better.
This is a throw pillow I made out of the valance that came with the set. I don't like window valances so I wanted to do something else with it. Now, this pillow won't stay in the crib because that is a hazard for my little bundle. We are having an old rocker style chair refinished and this pillow will go on it when we get it back. I don't have any progress shots, but basically I ripped all the seams out of the valance giving me the brown panel with the elephants, the green corduroy I used for the trim, and a solid brown panel with no design. Then I cut the panel with the elephants I wanted. There was a whole parade of elephants so I had to cut between them to get the two I wanted. Then I stitched a strip of the green to the top and to the bottom. The back of the pillow is just the solid brown panel cut to fit. I ironed some fusible batting to the front and back to keep the pillow from being lumpy, then I sewed them together, turned right side out and stuffed. I still have enough materials left over for a second pillow if I want. I am going to wait until I have the chair back so I can see how the one looks first.
Next I have the bumper. This was originally a four sided bumper. My crib converts to a toddler bed by removing the front side of the crib so I wanted the bumper to also have a removable front. Now, I have read online that using a bumper is not recommended. After reading all the reasons why I decided that I would find a bumper that didn't have the same issues they warn you against. One issue is if the bumper is too soft the baby may pull it on top of themselves and suffocate. You can't see in the photo, but my bumper is made out of a rigid foam so even if he manages to pull it down it won't cover his face. Another issue is the restriction of air flow inside the crib causing carbon dioxide buildup. By removing the front (which I wanted to do anyway) I am allowing the air to flow freely. Let's look at a closer picture.
I used some of the scraps from the valance to mimic the binding on the bumper. Then I sewed my new binding to the end to cover my exposed edge. I also had to make a couple of extra straps for the other end of the bumper and sew those into place. I apologize, but I don't have a picture of the other end. Since that end was already finished I didn't do anything else with it. It doesn't have the green binding like the end I finished, but the bumper was too thick for my machine so I couldn't add it. If you look closely in the top picture you can see that one side has the green binding and one side doesn't. I am okay with leaving it like that.
When I get the whole nursery finished then I will post a picture. Right now I am working on painting an elephant/jungle theme on the walls and my husband is working on getting a shelf up for our bed time reading.
Whew! Two posts in one week, I am exhausted. I think I have this new format figured out so this post wasn't too painful. Hopefully I will have more to follow soon.
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