Nursery photo

My nursery is about as finished as it is going to be and I am not sure how I feel about it.  I wanted to do something that was over the top, but my energy just didn't allow for that.  This is what I had the energy for.

I taped off all the stripes and painted them in one weekend.  FYI - I don't recommend that for a 7 month pregnant woman.  I was pretty much useless afterward for about 3 days.  I also painted stripes on the opposite wall.  I used the blue and brown because I wanted to breakup all the green that was in the room.  If you look closely you can see the pillow I made from a window valance that I mentioned in an earlier post.  We had the rocking chair refinished and reupholstered to match the nursery.  And because it was in serious need of a face lift.


All that hard work is worth it though.  In about 6 weeks I will have this little guy in my arms and he will need a stylish place to sleep.

2nd Trimester Energy

Hey everyone!  A couple of weeks ago my husband was out of town and I realized that all my extra 2nd trimester energy was probably going to run out soon.  I also realized that I had made a quilt for my sister-in-law's future baby, but I had not made one for mine.  I wish I had of taken a picture of the quilt I made for her.  The colors were a beautiful orange, brown, blue and green.  Soft shades like sea glass.  I didn't know if she was having a boy or girl so I tried to make it gender neutral.  The backing was a chocolate brown flannel so it would be soft on baby's skin.  Lovely.  And I didn't take a single photo.  All I can say is pregnancy brain. 

Well, I ended up making 2 quilts for my future son.  One was more subdued and one was bright and fun.  I had my husband in mind when I picked out the subdued color scheme and the bright one fits my personality.  Believe it or not, both of these quilts were made with fabric I already had on hand.  I didn't have to purchase anything.  That probably indicates a problem of some kind, but I will choose to ignore that.

First up we have the fun quilt I made for myself.  I used the remaining strips from a jelly roll I used on an earlier project and then picked some remaining fabric to fill in the gaps.  The whole quilt is made with 2 1/2" strips.  Except for the corners.  I was going to cut the frog fabric into strips, but I like the idea of using triangles instead.  That way all the little creepy critters were visible.  Actually, after I had it all sewn together I kinda wished I had used the frog fabric for my center square also.  Oh well.

The backing is just a basic white with a tiny floral print imprinted on it.  My binding is a bright blue.  I love this quilt.  It makes me happy just to look at it and all the bright greens, yellows, and blues.  I hope my son likes it too. 

My husband likes Earthy colors.  He tolerates the bright punchy stuff because he is married to me :o).  So when I laid out this color scheme I knew he would like it.  It's a really simple layout that I first saw on this site.  It looked easy enough to figure out.  I cut 2 1/2" strips from my fabrics and sewed four of them together then cut 8 1/2" squares and squared them up. Next I sewed two 2 1/2" strips of my fabric to two 2 1/2" strips of background fabric and cut them into 8 1/2" squares. The strips between the rows is 3 1/2" wide.  Then I assembled them.

The backing is an olive colored fabric that I had several yards of and the binding is left over from another project I started, but never quite finished.  I showed my husband both my quilts when he got home and he picked this one as his favorite.  Do I know him or what?  I wanted him to have something he likes for when he is toting our son around.  I can't pick out all our son's stuff and still expect my hubby to get excited about it.

Shortly after completing both of these quilts I entered my 3rd trimester and my energy level has gone waaay down.  So much so that I don't want to get off the couch most times.  I do, but I really don't want to.  Now all I need are really hot days and I will be set.  Set to have this baby anyway.

I hope you all have a great weekend.  One more hour and I am outta here!