B's Toddler Room

I put the final pieces together on B's toddler room last weekend.  The challenge now is trying to keep it somewhat clean!

The fabric I used for the quilt, sheet and curtains are from Riley Blake's Wanna Be a Cowboy 2 collection.

My mom made the rocking horse quilt above his bed last October for his cowboy themed birthday party.  The floor cushion was fabric from Joann's and the pattern was from Living with Punks.

The curtains pattern is my own, the sheets I made using advice from a few blogs and the quilt pattern was Stacked Coins Quilt from Moda Bake Shop.  I added a few more coins at each end to make it a little longer.  The Rocking Horse quilt pattern I found online for free and my little sister edited the appliques to give them more definition.   My mom, sister and I worked on picking out the fabric and putting scraps together for the rocking horse quilt.

Project List Update

This past week I have been working on converting B's room to a toddler room.  We moved him into a toddler bed and I moved around his furinutre to hid some outlets better and give him more space to play.  In the craft area I have been concentrating on getting his bedding and curtains done.  The curtains fabric and quilt binding fabric should be here tomorrow.  This week I was able to get his quilt top made and the quilt basted.  I started marking some of the lines for machine quilting too.  I also completed his toddler bed sheet which is adorable.  I need to get more fabric to make a top sheet and also need to find a toddler pillow so that I can make a pillow case.  I am really hoping to get his quilt and curtains done by this weekend and put his room together but that might be pushing it.  My sewing time is really limited to 1-2 hours each day while he naps since I will be busy the next few nights.  I will put the pictures up all together when his room is complete.

I also went to my mom's house and used her design wall and laid out the Christmas quilt so once all the room stuff is done, I can work on sewing that top together.  While I was out my mom's house she also gave me a lesson in using her Serger sewing machine and is letting me "borrow" it for a while.  I say "borrow" because she isn't using it now so it could be mine for a while.  This will make some the projects on the list a little easier. 

Here is the project list:

Rank	Project	Status	How Many
1	Riley Blake Jelly Roll Quilt	50% Complete	1
2	Toddler Bed Sheets	COMPLETE	1
3	Toddler Room Curtains		1
4	Christmas Quilt	65% Complete	1
5	Floor Cushions		2
6	White Crochet Baby Blanket	25% Complete	1
7	White Newborn Knit Hat and Booties	50% Complete	2
8	Off White Baby Booties	25% Complete	1
9	Crayon Roll for Boys		2
10	Pink Eyelash Knit Scarf	Started	1
11	Car Mat Quilt		1
12	Animal Cloth Blocks		2
12	Cars Fabric Bin		1
13	Music Fabric Bin		1
14	Swiffer Wet Jet Reusable Pads	3 Complete	6
15	Hooty Hoot Owl Quilt		1
16	Medium Rice Therapy Hot/Cold Bags		3
17	Car Roll		2
18	Numbers Bean Bags		1
19	Crayon Roll for Girls		2
20	Pink Knit Baby Blanket		1
21	Girl Animal Print Rag Quilt		1
22	Baseball Knit Hat and Booties		2
23	Football Knit Hat and Booties		2
26	Trains Fabric Bin		1
27	T-Shirt Bag		1
28	Kitchen Aid Cover		1
29	Sewing Machine Cover		1
30	Lovey Tag Blankets		2
31	Mini Apron and Oven Mitts Set		1
32	Small Rice Therapy Hot/Cold Bags		3
33	T-shirt Yoga Pants		2
34	Alphabet Bean Bags		1
35	Red Knit Prayer Shawl		1

Reversible Toddler Bucket Hat

We have been having some actual decent and nice weather here in Texas and have been going outside a lot to play.  I made my son a reversible toddler bucket hat following a tutorial from Sew Much Ado.  The hat is designed for a 2T/3T sized toddler.  My first attempt was burnt orange and khaki.

My son has a bigger head and the hat fit but was a little on the snug side so last night I went and made him a large hat.  I took my previous pattern and printed it out at 115% perfect to make it bigger.  I was able to use some nice scrap fabric from my mom and did a blue and yellow plaid on one side and a navy on the other.  This time the hat is on the bigger side but he will grow into it and in Texas he could wear it almost year round.

If I make him another hat for this summer, I will probably print the pattern at 105% or maybe 110% so that it will fit him better.  However, I am having trouble getting him to keep at hat on his head so I might hold off making another this summer and wait till next year.