Nursery Project #1

Ok! I've officially taken a few pictures of the nursery fabric and begun project #1, the crib bumper! YAY!

I've got almost all the pieces cut out (except for the shorty pieces for ties) and am going to start in on covering the piping that will go along the top edge. I find it interesting that it takes me so much longer to measure, layout, measure some more, and finally cut pieces of fabric. I know that part of my issue is that I really don't want to make a mistake on my measurements (done plenty of that in the past!) and the other part is that I have a self-healing cutting mat that is only 12" by 18" and a guide that is only 18" long.

"Why not get a bigger cutting mat and larger ruler/guide" you ask? Well, these tools are not very wallet friendly. I know, I know, I'll use them for literally every project from now to the end of time... But alas, I haven't really got $50 extra dollars lying around to buy a nice big cutting mat and an extra $20 or so to buy the clear ruler/guide... Sigh... If only I could actually sell projects to make some extra cash I'd be able to get these essential tools. But onward I must press for the sake of getting projects completed!

Ok, here are a couple of pictures of my nursery fabric!

Nursery Fabric!

Jarred and I have officially picked out fabric for the nursery! YAY!!!!!

Yesterday, Jarred surprised me by taking me to the nearest Hobby Lobby (almost 30 miles away!) and said that we should get that fabric I happened to like so much.  He had yet to see it; I had seen it in the HL down where his parents live, but I didn't want to buy it until he had the chance to see it too.

We trekked straight back to the fabric department and I zeroed in on "THE COLLECTION" that I felt was most appropriate for our nursery.  Jarred saw it, Jarred said he liked it, Jarred started asking questions. Well, the questions he was asking were hard to answer! He asked things like, "how much is the fabric", "how much do you need", "you do know how much you need, right?", etc.  While I didn't know exact amounts of material needed, I needed a couple of minutes to calculate out what I thought I needed. (With the HL being nearly 30 miles away on little bitty two-lane roads, I didn't want to miscalculate and have to drive back over for some oversight on my part!)

Jarred roamed the HL and found the model airplane aisle. Good, he was occupied while I took the time to add up what all I'd need. After about 5 minutes, I came up with my figures and shared them with Jarred. All I can say is that it was a very good thing the fabric was 30% off, otherwise, I'm positive we wouldn't have purchased it! I told him I would need 5 yards of each fabric. We get to the cutting table and Jarred throws into the mix, "make it 6, we don't want to be short". LOL, he's too much! I just adore him!

So, now that I have the fabric home and laundered, I have to iron it out so I can start working on my projects! YAY!  I don't have any photos of the fabric just yet, but I will post some once I have everything ironed and some good lighting!

Lindsey