Yep, and that was INTENTIONAL. We play it old school, yo. And we loved it.
Anyways, because of this, and because we have always been moving and college students renting places, I never have actually made Sariahs nursery/room "cute" or "girly". Thanks to Pinterest I have LOTS of ideas, but limitations occur such as not owning your own place, money, moving, yadda-yadda.
Finally, I committed to doing something.
Fabric hoops. My inspiration was from here.
I have been collecting hoops since Idaho- for over a year. But, these embroidery hoops are kind of expensive, so I would only check thrift stores.
I found 3/$4 here in Lincoln, and this week I finally went to the store and got some fabric. I was getting sick of Sariahs "blah" room, and wanted something more girly and fun in there.
It isn't quite how I had planned on it turning out, but I am quite happy with it! And I am much more excited to do more real crafting now.
Picking out the fabric was hard. In my head I was gonna go more with older prints in rose and teal colors, but when I saw these 3- it seemed too perfect. |
I really didn't follow any directions- and it is pretty easy to see what to do. And, the supplies are super simple! |
First off, you just separate the rings and laid the fabric on it |
Attach the top ring, and tighten- but make sure to remove any fabric bunches along the way. |
Then trim the excess fabric around the ring. |
And you are done! |
Sariah's room before (The flower is a lamp from Ikea) |
After! |
I know it really doesn't look like much in the picture, but it really does make her room seem much more bedroom like and happy. I hope to find smaller hoops and add to it. But It is so easy, I can do it anytime.
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Ah! Love it! You have totally stolen my idea! Well, not EXACTLY, but (not only do we want to wait to find out gender when we have a baby but) I want to do plushy fabric circles! Just some plywood, batting, fabric, and staples. Same basic idea :) AND I didn't even see my idea on pinterest. TOTALLY ORIGINAL. I'm so proud. :)
ReplyDeleteGood job, Mary!
ReplyDeleteCuuuuute! It's the simple things :)
ReplyDeleteThis is really a simple and effective ideas. I saw someone do this same project with crochet.
ReplyDeleteI am following you now and would love for you to follow along.
Jillian
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