Naomi's Nursery Set

Okay, there have been a few of you requesting to see the nursery set.  And even moreso, there are a few others of you who are avid sewers out there (I'm only a beginner) that I would LOVE to get tips and pointers on what I can do better next time.  So I'm posting pictures of the nursery set I made for my baby girl that's due to come in the next few weeks.

This is the four-piece crib set I made.  The ties were supposed to be elaborate flowers tabs that velcro but you'll see later why I chose not to do the flowers in the end.  That would have been a total 22 flowers to make and they are a pain in the rear!  You should be able to click on the pictures to make them super large to see details.  The bed skirt has pleats which you can't really see because of the way the slats are positioned...oh well.

Okay, my very first attempt at making a quilt.  It was actually quite fun, except it got really annoying trying to make sure that the fabric on the backside didn't catch as I was making the diamonds.  I think the seam ripper became my best friend!  But it was well worth it.  There were some visible mistakes I made on this one, but that's okay.  Practice for more quilts in the future!

This next project is a simple fleece receiving blanket I made.  Doing this project has made me a believer in one of those machines you see at JoAnn's that you can hold like handles in each hand and it stitches around anything you want in any direction.  Yeah...I tried to do that on a regular desktop seweing machine...NEVER AGAIN! lol   Just don't look too closely at the stitches I tried to do in following the outsides of the flowers ;)  But the beading was a fun addition that I'm glad I did.

Last year when I was pregnant with Emery I received a bobby pillow with a cute boyish design on the cover.  I have used boppies with each of my kids...love 'em!  Anyways, I didn't want to have to buy another cover or boppy for this next one especially since they are so close together and this one still has lots of wear left in it.  So I decided to make my own cover.  I used flannel.  I don't know why they don't sell flannel boppy covers.  Just seems so much more warm and cozy to me for the baby than regular cotton.  I made it two sided with different designs.  I guess I feel like there's more variety in my choices for the day...hmmm, which side shall I use during this feeding?  Dorky, I know!  The zipper is on the back edge of the boppy, which is highly noticeable it's there, I'm not good at zippers!  And I really want to know how to sew on the invisible zippers some day.

I made four burp cloths in much the same way I did the boppy cover, two sided.  They are also fringed on the edges.  Looks super cute, however the stupid threads keep coming off and seems like it will never end!  I have little tiny threads all over the place, and you should have seen the washer when my wash was done.  I hand picked all of those stupid little threads off of all the projects that I put in the wash.  Any suggestions on how to cure this?  I'm afraid to wash them again!

Can I just say, I LOVE PATCHWORK QUILTS!  This was a very tedious project but sooooo much fun!  And yes, it is double sided.  I patchworked both sides and fringed both sides and they are opposite of the first side square by square.  This too is a big culprit in wreaking havoc in my washer because of the fringe!  And this is flannel like the boppy cover and burp cloths.  Soooo soft =]

This last project I did is actually the second time I've made a carseat canopy.  I made my first one last spring for a friend of mine that was having a baby.  They are very easy to make and fun too.  We see them all over the place here in Utah...can't imagine why ;)  They sell for around $30-40.  I was able to make this for a fraction of the cost.  These flower tabs are what was supposed to go on my crib bumpers, but I had to make 20 of them for that and just doing them for this canopy nearly sent me to the asylum!  My neighbor was gracious to help me out with the flowers.  I also added some fun trim around the edges.  I love trim!

Okay, so that's it.  Those were my projects that I worked on a couple of months ago.  I thought it would take me much longer to do it but I got them done in about two weeks!  I really love to sew.  Just wish I had more time to do it.  I'm going to be joining a sewers guild soon so I can advance from a beginner someday.  My past projects I've always done were costumes and curtains, but I really enjoyed doing something new and might venture out even more =]

Lemme' know what you think and PLEASE, if you have any tips or pointers...I'm all ears!!!

(Remember, you can click on the pictures to enlarge them to see more details)