Baby Elizabeth's room

I spent the morning at John and Nina's home. They were both at work and I was there while the 2 Sears washing machine repairmen worked over their washer.
While the repairmen worked, I was also working, doing some alterations to the dust ruffle for the crib.


The Crib - bedding is from Pottery Barns Kids, furniture is from a local store called Wiggles and Giggles and was a gift from John's mom and stepdad.

the dust ruffle has several pretty rows of ribbon, trim and rick rack. But the bar along the bottom of the bed hid all the trim. So I added some white fabric where those bars are and then hemmed the whole thing so now, the trim shows!

The dresser - the name letters were made by their friend Emily

Nina saw a similar piece of art to this one at PBKids but she made a knock- off, much cheaper and cuter!

Really, really cute, huh? Now we just have to wait until June when the baby arrives.

another project and an announcement

I don't think I have told you all that we will have a granddaughter in June!
This picture is our daughter Nina, taking a picture in their baby's nursery. Nina and John are expecting Elizabeth, their first baby in just a few months.
I think the nursery is about ready, I am going over there later to wait for a repairman and will take some more pictures of the nursery to show.
Yes, the walls are blue and the baby is a girl - John is a football coach and did not want things too girly - he may be in for some surprises down the road - but he is a good guy and I am sure he will be a great dad, even if Elizabeth is as girly a girl as her momma.




I found this old maternity top pattern at a thrift store for a dime and made Nina one top from it from a cute black and white print. Sorry, no picture though.
She liked it and picked out 4 more pieces of fabric from the sewing room.

I finished them up today and think they turned out pretty good. Nina is on the tall side so I added a couple of inches to length of all of them.