Follow-Up: Kristen's Homemade Nursery Bedding

Remember Kristen's Good Question about coordinating fabrics for her Apples & Pears pattern? Well, she recently wrote to us with an update on her project (and to let us know that Annabelle has arrived!). Check out the pics...

Kristen made the crib skirt, bumper, quilt, and throw pillows for Annie's nursery.

The quilt will fit a toddler bed so they are saving it for later. Great job, Kristen!

See Kristen's original question here.

(Re-edited from a post originally published 10.17.07)

Comments (15)

This looks great!
I am about to start sewing bedding for our own baby and am wondering if Kristen ended up using the Simplicity 9315 sewing pattern recommended when she posed her original question. Any advice is much appreciated!

posted by egriffny on October 17th 2007 at 7:39am
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Hi egriffny-

I actually didn't use a pattern. What I did was use the standard crib measurements and basically make a pattern from there. I will try to put up a post on my husband's blog tonight with more details, including measurement and stuff. For now, you can checkout more pics on our flickr page. www.flickr.com/kirbylou

-Kristen

posted by kirbylou on October 17th 2007 at 8:11am
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Gorgeous!

posted by akbuilt on October 17th 2007 at 8:46am
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This is so pretty. But, please do not put your baby to sleep in a crib with bumper pads, stuffed animals or blankets. Most SIDS deaths are actually suffocations.

posted by chairgal on October 17th 2007 at 8:53am
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Thank you Kristen!
Again - beautiful nursery!

-Erin (egriffny)

posted by egriffny on October 17th 2007 at 8:54am
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chairgal--

annie doesn't actually sleep in her crib right now, but thanks for the advice! when she does start sleeping in it, we will definitely not be using any blankets or throw pillows.

-k

posted by kirbylou on October 17th 2007 at 9:44am
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Love it! And congrats on the baby.

posted by avimom on October 17th 2007 at 10:13am
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i love that print. so yummy!

posted by nicolej on October 17th 2007 at 1:12pm
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Looks great! I love that apple-and-pear fabric, too. I used it recently (in a different color) for a dress for my almost 3 year old. You can see it here: http://pennycarnival.typepad.com/penny_carnival/2008/05/homemade-love.html
Congratulations on the arrival of the bambina.

posted by pennycarnival on May 14th 2008 at 9:31am
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This is simply gorgeous! You did an awesome job.

posted by AKB2003 on May 14th 2008 at 9:31am
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Yes, great job. What beautiful heirlooms these will be, too.

posted by avimom on May 14th 2008 at 10:15am
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Is that the Ikea Gulliver crib? I bought a crib skirt for ours and it seemed like it wouldn't work (couldn't get it between the bottom platform and the crib sides). Maybe I was doing something wrong!

posted by kb1977 on May 14th 2008 at 11:15am
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We use the Gulliver and had no problem making a crib skirt to fit. There is a small gap that allows the crib skirt.

posted by JudiAU on May 14th 2008 at 3:32pm
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Before you use those bumpers, please read the following 2 articles in order to ensure that you will be making an informed choice.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070918165353.htm

http://www.multiplebirthsfamilies.com/articles/post_q12.html

posted by mschatelaine on May 15th 2008 at 9:51am
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Wow,

That is a great job of color coordination. If I can just get someone to decorate my woodlands apartments I would be so happy.

posted by Apartment High Rise on October 7th 2008 at 2:28pm
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