Years ago, when I was on a trip to one of my favorite fabric stores--this one happened to be in Paris and I apologize to whomever came with me that day--I found this orange check fabric that I just loved. So, naturally, I bought 3 meters of it. And it happened to be about 3 meters wide. When you have a chunk of fabric so large, it's hard to cut into it. Luckily, this project didn't take too much of this precious commodity, but I think it was still a lovely use of it.I am really proud of myself for the valance. I measured a lot to make it. I measured the 1x2 that holds it up, I measured to install the 1x2, I measured around the velcro that I attached to the 1x2 to hold up the valance. I measured the fabric I cut; I measured the hems and the tucks that make the valance look tailored at the corners. And I measured all those things more than once.
This valance even has a box pleat. Look:
Turns out box pleats are REALLY easy to make. I almost even matched the fabric at the pleat. Close, but not exact. Maybe next time. Next time I'll even remember to hem all the fabric BEFORE making the pleat. It got a little ugly, and next go 'round I would just use my seam ripper to un-pleat, hem, then re-pleat. But it still looks okay.And with this close-up, you can definitely see the cording I put in along the top of the valance. Cording was also really easy on the valance.
After my success with the valance, I moved on to the pillow, which also is corded. I should have used The Google to learn more about making pillows with cording, because there is definitely only one presentable side to this pillow. And the cording is certainly not as tightly wrapped as I would have liked. But it looks okay enough, and a baby is just going to get bodily fluids all over it, which reminds me that I need to Scotchgard it pronto.
And since I'm on a roll here, I'll just show you that I was successful with making changing pad covers, too. I followed directions on aloadofcraft's blog to MAKE A PATTERN and it worked. You can see that the pad cover is contoured to the shape of the pad. Fancy, eh?
Okay, so that wraps up my crafting surge that will most likely come to a screeching halt in the next few days.
4 comments:
You amaze me! The plaid is completely perfectly matched at the pleat from what I can see. And piping? You are speaking foreign words to me. I understand "turn under quarter inch hem", but that's about it. Everything looks darling!! (And not in a "don't offend the pregnant lady" way).
Beautiful! Excellent work, Claire. I can't wait to hear how your sewing holds up to all sorts of bodily spills.
Looks great. I'm totally into box pleats, since I've been copying a skirt I love with a box pleat in front that makes it the best every day work skirt ever. (And when I say I've been doing anything, you should take it with a grain of salt. As in, I've done it in the last few years, and bet I'll do more in the next few years.) Anyway, I love your box pleat. I've always been nervious about piping, but yours looks awesome. Nice work, and hope it's holding up to some Thomas fluids.
Also, I *love* the room's color scheme!
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