Nursery Projects

 There have been a lot of projects that have gone into baby sister's nursery.  I already told you about the chair I recovered.  Here are some of the other projects that I did.  I have bought quite a few bows and headbands over the months and my sweet friend Amy gave a TONS of them from her daughter.  I wanted some way to be able to see them without having them shoved in a drawer.  So I got the hair brained (he he he) idea to make a pocket organizer.  I went to good ol' hobby lobby and picked out fabric I wanted and some of the plastic stuff people use to cover like tables and things.  I figured out how long and wide I wanted the organizer I sewed all the edges back so there was no raw edges.  I then cut strips of the plastic to be the pockets.  I pinned them to the fabric and sewed all the way down on each side.  Then I sewed across each strip.  To make each pocket I just drew lines down each strip at 5 inches each and then sewed on those edges.  I added some ribbon to hang it and voila. 

I finally took count and I have wait for it.  53 headbands and 10 bows.  I am sure we will have many more in the future as well.

 PROJECT #2

I made all the crib bedding and the curtains in the nursery.  The first project I did was the easiest.  The bumper pads.  I bought bumper pads at JoAnn's when I had Cason and made his nursery set.  I couldn't get anyone to buy his set so I just unstiched his bumper pads and used his.  I measured the length and width of the pads and added a 1/4 inch for the seams.  I cut out 12 pieces of fabric and then I cut out 24 ribbons to tie the bumper pads to the crib.  I laid out a piece of fabric pinned 4 ribbons into each corner and placed another piece right sides touching.  I then sewed around the edges except for one side so I could stuff the bumper pad inside.  I did this to make 6 pads. 

 This is what each one looked like before I put the top piece on.

PROJECT #3

Another project I did was this bench my mom found at a yard sale.  She found it and thought I could use it in the nursery.  I am not a fan of oak so of course it had to be painted.  

 Before

So I took the seat off and sanded all the pieces then I used the same paint I bought for the shelf and the drawers and painted the shelf.  Once I had put about 3 coats on it I polyed the whole thing.  I love how it turned out.  She will now have a cute bench to sit on in her room if she wants.  Right now it is storing all her shoes that should fit in the coming months.

 

This is what the bench looked like after two coats.

After

PROJECT #4 and 5

As I mentioned I HATE oak.  The crib and dresser Cason had in his nursery were oak.  I didn't think about changing them with Cason but when I got ready for baby girl's nursery I knew oak wasn't going to do.  Here is what the dresser looked like before I got to work on it.

 

First I took all the hardware off then I sanded all the pieces.  I washed everything off then the dresser itself got about 10 (no joke) coats of white paint.  I then painted the drawers themselves this fuchsia color which also took a million coats to cover the white I had painted on them first.  I then went to home depot and found some great glass knobs to replace the hardware.  I then sanded and distressed all the edges of the drawers and the dresser.  I then covered everything this poly.



I did all the same things to the crib as I did to the dresser.  This process took place over several weekends. 

This is the after of the crib.

 

PROJECT #6

After making the bumper pads I took on the biggest task.  I knew from making my tiered ruffled curtains last summer this was going to be quite the project.  I cut out the strips in the three colors I was going to use for the tiers.  I followed this tutorial on pinterest I had to make a few adjustments for my crib but it worked out pretty well.  This project took several hours because I had to cut the strips, sew them together, fold under the edges, sew them, sew a base strip along the top and then pull the string to make the ruffle.  Then you pin the ruffle to the deck and sew them.  Repeat for all colors on three sides.  This is what it looked like when I had the first ruffle done.

 

This is what the crib skirt looked like once it was all done.  I LOVE how it turned out.  I am just slightly sad that you can't see the crib skirt that well when its on the crib.

 

PROJECT #7 

Making the quilt.  I wanted a easy but unique quilt.  So I just started cutting different lengths of the fabric I used in the nursery.  I then sewed them all together.  I then bought the same fuchsia for the back and the binding.  I then went to my Aunt Sue's house to use her quilting machine to quilt the quilt.  Here is how the quilt looks.

 

I also painted her shelf in her room fushia, made her curtains, and made her carseat canopy.  It was a lot of work and very time consuming but everything turned out just how I wanted it to look.  Check back tomorrow to see the finished nursery.