This weekend I made a quilt for the baby...
I decided that I didn't want to spend lots of money of buying sheets etc for the baby when I can make them so have spent some time at the op shops looking for old sheets and duvets and cool fabrics. I spent last weekend cutting up old sheets and creating new ones. For the flat sheets I used some of the ribbon from wedding presents to make them look pretty and also made fitted sheets for the mattress.
I couldn't resist making up the cot to see what they looked like!
While I was op shopping for the sheet fabric I decided to look for cool fabrics to make a quilt - I was thinking spots and stripes - maybe old shirt fabrics - but shirts are still £3-£5 from the charity shops and as I wanted about 6 different patterns I went to one of my favourite websites www.etsy.com and bought a really neat fabric bundle dor about £7. This along with a couple of cool pillowcases I found I made my quilt. Here are some pics.
It took most of Saturday to make and I had to spend a bit of time unpicking a few mistakes... But I really love it and it wasn't too difficult at all (just don't look too close as there are a few scruffy bits)!
I hope Smudgy likes it...
