So Edward is away again and the weather is vile, both of which are not all that conducive to happiness and productivity. However, luckily I currently have a very exciting distraction to help prevent a full scale meltdown into un-reserved wallowing-in-self-pity....I'm pregnant! We are expecting a tiny arrival in March, which is just soo exciting! It also means a lot of lovely sewing projects, which is just the thing to keep me busy whilst Edward is away.
While we were in London over New Year's I made a pilgrimage down to Goldhawk Road (near Shepherd's Bush) and bought a few bits of fabric for baby-related projects. (Actually I got slightly carried away and bought quite a few bits, but all at very bargain-y prices so obviously well worth it!) Goldhawk Road is Fabric heaven - a whole road full of fabric shops, all stuffed with very reasonably priced and gorgeous fabrics - if you suffer from fabric addiction it's worth setting a spending limit before you go!
My very first project was to make a lining for the moses basket.
I bought a gorgeous piece of white cotton with a teeny tiny leafy print on it.
I did some very bodgy measuring, made all the bodgier by the fact that I was very slightly short on fabric...oops.
The inside of the basket was lined with the leafy fabric, a layer of wadding and some plain white cotton lawn.
I quilted the base, left the sides as they were, then added an extra strip of fabric without wadding gathered with elastic, to hook over the top of the basket.
Tadaa! Oh it's so sweet!
Can't believe it's going to have a real baby in it...yikes!
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