I am an avid thrift store visitor =] and in my last trip I found some really cool stuff for me and for the nursery too. I scored this super cool wood 7 inch tall tricycle for 0.25 cents, and even tho I did not like the heart shaped wheel, I took it home for a little restoration.

I used one of my favorite toys, my Dremel tool kit to shape the wheel and smooth all the corners (it was actually not working because the wheels were oval and not round) then I just spray painted and re-assembled.

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This post actually started as a tutorial of all of the bedding elements I sewed for little Peanut’s nursery, but just like the wheel there is no need for a reinvention in crib bedding tutorial world. After a quick Google search, I found pretty much every helpful information I was planning on sharing on my tutorials.

So instead of giving you tutorials for our nursery’s bedding, I decided to make a compilation with the best tutorials I found on the web (I wish I would have search for this before making all of my projects, it would have saved lots of time and measuring) At the bottom of each category I’m sharing little bits of what I did =] but all of my pictures will come in another post.

1. Fitted crib sheet by Sew for Home
2. Crib and toddler bed sheet by Dana from Made via Luvinthemommyhood
3. Crib sheet by Jaime from Prudent Baby
4. Crib sheet part 2 by Jacinda from Prudent Baby
5. Minky crib sheet by Heidi from Honey bear lane
6. Crib sheet using a serger by Jacinda from Prudent Baby

In my case I made 3 crib sheets and 2 bassinet sheets (for the basinet I did the same but with different measurements) The closest tutorial to the way I did it is number 2, but since I don’t have an overlock machine I did a French seam to finish the sides.

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A few weeks a go I finally finish one of the projects I dragged the most, why did it take me so long to tackle? I was hoping I could so it the “easy way” and ask someone for a projector so I could just print and trace my logo in my office wall.

After weeks trying to see who had one, I decided not to wait, just do it the old way. The way I used to make murals while in high school =] I know some of you might be very familiar with this, but who knows maybe someone here does not know how to escalate the old fashion way.

Basically it’s about grid and proportions. You will need pins, chalk, yarn, measuring tape, pencil, a ruler and your graphic printed on a paper.

First you will need to make an outline of the shape you want to transfer, measure with a ruler and divide in small squares (I usually use 1″ squares) then measure your wall and figure where you want your graphic, divide the wall width in the same quantity of squares you have in the paper, use pins to mark all the lines.

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Today’s roundup of tutorial theme is baby shoes! I haven’t had the chance to make any yet, mostly because I rather wait to see if I’ll be making baby boy or baby girl shoes. And on the wait I’ve found some awesome free tutorials that I wanted to share with all of you! So let’s thank this great ladies for making this cool tutorials and patterns =]

1- Little Man shoes by Shauna at Shwin and shwin
2- Mila Baby shoe by Laura at Fleeting thing
3- Kimono shoes by Aimee at My home spun threads
4- Modern Baby Bootie by Carrie at Tao of craft

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
ps. I only have 5 1/2 more weeks to go! Eeep =]
XOXO

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I worked on a few prints for the nursery and I thought it would be good to not just show you the prints I made, but also to share them in different colors so that other nurseries/rooms can feel the love too =]

For this print I used the free font Flamenco created by fellow Chilean Designers of Latinotype for the Google Font Directory and I edited the “Loved” part based on the font Peoni Pro by Emily Conners – YUP, the same ones I used for the Sleeping baby banner I just loved how they look together!

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