Project Baby’s Room - Week Three (or so): Quilt and Paint Beginnings
I finally finished the bulk of the top of quilt I am working on for the baby’s room. I still need to put on the borders but I am quite liking how it looks so far. It’s incredibly simple and not terribly creative but the fabrics are all sweet and I can always aim to work on something a little more adventurous for when she moves into her big bed in a couple of years time. If this baby does, in fact, end up being a boy this quilt may be just a little too girly — but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Please admire this photo I took of the quilt from floor level. Mostly please admire the fact that I got down on the floor to take the photo and then managed to get back up again without calling for help! (it wasn’t pretty).
Something that isn’t going to be too girly is the colour of the bedroom walls. Big-P has been working on the baby’s room over a couple of weekends and it’s looking really lovely - we ended up opting for a Porter’s Paint in a low sheen acrylic (so not totally VOC free, but not too bad none the less) in a colour called Skywriter. P has painted three walls in the colour at 50% strength and there will be one wall which will be at 100% just to give it a bit of interest.
It’s very hard to get a good photo in that room, especially on a gloomy day, but this is a close approximation anyway. It’s nice to look back on some of those inspiration photos I posted a while back and see that we found a colour we liked and were able to pretty much match it (looking at the first blue pic with the bright orange chair). I think ours has a little more red in it, which keeps it warm in a room with not a lot of light.
Next steps: Finish the quilt and painting (including trim and door), fix window frame, whip up some curtains to cover the ugly window frame, continue to sort huge amounts of clothes into various boxes for storage and move in furniture.
Responses
19th April 2006 at 2:04 pm
The quilt is looking so beautiful, what a lovely job you’ve done. 
19th April 2006 at 2:28 pm
You chose such great fabrics for that quilt. I am inspired to spend some time quilting as soon as I can.
19th April 2006 at 2:28 pm
oh, the quilt is so, so, SO cute! i love how you’ve cropped the patterns in interesting ways, might just have inspired me to give patterns more attention.
19th April 2006 at 2:30 pm
Claire, your quilt is just lovely, and so are the colors you’re putting on the walls. I think you have a great eye for color and design… and your lucky child is going to have a special room. 
19th April 2006 at 2:45 pm
that quilt is just beautiful!
19th April 2006 at 3:07 pm
Your quilt looks awesome!! I am inspired!! Now I feel the urge to make a quilt for my baby. I am so excited for you . . . getting so close!
19th April 2006 at 3:13 pm
The quilt is beautiful and I can’t wait to see the whole room when it’s finished. It’s almost as good as getting an interior designer into your own house to watch someone else decorating
19th April 2006 at 5:40 pm
Love the quilt!! With such gorgeous fabric it is great to keep the pattern simple.
As for the walls….Divine!! I love really bright colours but am in love with certain light blues….that looks like one of them.
19th April 2006 at 7:44 pm
wow~the quilt is so cute! what a lucky child
19th April 2006 at 10:43 pm
I’m pretty sure the baby won’t care what colours the quilt is, so nor should you worry about it. In either case.
19th April 2006 at 10:46 pm
I LOVE YOUR QUILT!!! it makes me want to make something in lemonade colors.
19th April 2006 at 11:10 pm
The quilt is just darling! I can’t wait to see how the whole room comes together. I think it will be perfect!
19th April 2006 at 11:44 pm
I especially love how you used pictorial fabrics as well as patterned ones. Your little one will enjoy looking at the bright patterns and then when she’s older, the fun little playground scenes! I can’t get over how fabulous those colors look together! Wonderful!
19th April 2006 at 11:50 pm
The quilt is adorable! That blue is lovely! Are you going to pop an orange chair in there?
19th April 2006 at 11:50 pm
The quilt is adorable! That blue is lovely! Are you going to pop an orange chair in there?
20th April 2006 at 1:38 am
WOW! It’s a beautiful quilt. It’s wonderful that you haven’t found out the sex of your babe. Such a wonderful suprise at the end! Beautiful blue color too!
20th April 2006 at 2:04 am
So incredibly wonderful! Perfect in every way! I can’t wait to see the finished room!
20th April 2006 at 3:42 am
Wonderful quilt! I love the balloons and children playing on the fabric! Do you happen to know who made that fabric! Congrats on getting back up-I’m 5 months and starting to feel the slow down!
20th April 2006 at 3:56 am
You’re almost there!! Still no paint here but the bedding did arrive. And there’s furniture in there too. BTW GOOD job getting that floor picture. If it was me, I’d have debated getting back up again
20th April 2006 at 6:14 am
That quilt is beautiful! I love it! The fabric with the little children on the playground is adorable!
20th April 2006 at 6:49 am
What a beautiful quilt. And the wall colour is gorgeous. I can’t wait to see the finished room.
20th April 2006 at 6:55 am
Hello from London…I’ve been following your lovely blogs with great interest! I was wondering which colour paint you would go for - I’m glad you chose the blue. Your inspiration photos ‘inspired’ me to paint my baby’s room in pale blue (I’m due in Aug). I love your blogs x Jo
20th April 2006 at 7:40 am
Your quilt looks ace! I used the print of the kids in the playground to make a cute top for Grumbles - it’s one of my favourites!
20th April 2006 at 8:13 am
I don’t know which to comment on first. The gorgeous quilt (LOVE the pinks and oranges) or the pretty blue walls? So nice! This baby is so blessed already.
20th April 2006 at 11:08 am
what a great quilt! i love the simple design of the quilt. it works especially well with those great fabrics!
20th April 2006 at 5:42 pm
It’s all so lovely! So fun to see the room and its contents developing…
20th April 2006 at 6:09 pm
Claire, your quilt is lovely. I don’t have a baby, but I want to make one too!
I’ve been reading your blog for some time now, and you are quite a talent. I am inspired when I come here.
Good luck with your new baby!
Carly
20th April 2006 at 9:41 pm
I’m so in love with your cheery happy quilt, it is so so beautiful and way to go getting a great pic, I admire you for going to such great lengths or lows to achieve the right look!! All the best!!
20th April 2006 at 10:25 pm
The color of the room is so lovely. I just painted my office a turquoise color of blue.
The quilt is lovely. I wish I had more creativity like you, you inspire me to be better.
20th April 2006 at 10:58 pm
I love your quilt and the colors for the baby’s room. My husband and I are also trying to get pregnant, and I have already purchased the “baby quilt” fabric! I hope I have patience not to cut into it until I get pregnant, and then maybe try to wait til I know if we’ll have a boy or a girl.. (the fabrics are a deep pink print, a pale green print, and white on white… it’d be really convenient if I could have a girl.)
21st April 2006 at 2:33 am
Beautiful quilt so filled with love for the new little Looby!! (Very proud of you for getting up off the floor to snap the pic!!)
21st April 2006 at 6:29 am
The colour combo & prints in that quilt are wonderful! I just LOVE it!The room is really coming together - such a lovely paint colour!
21st April 2006 at 8:57 am
Hi,
I’m delurking to tell you your blog is gorgeous! I absolutely love your quilt. Good job getting up and down for the pic!
21st April 2006 at 9:07 am
You are amazingly brave with colour, I would never put orange with pink, nor would I put blue with orange. When you see it done it’s amazing, great job.
22nd April 2006 at 1:40 am
What a gorgeous quilt. You seem to get so much stuff made and done and all I see to do is sit around and talk about making stuff and the things I want to do. As ever you are an inspiration if only I could just get off my arse and do something creative.
Mia
22nd April 2006 at 4:22 am
Lovely color of blue. We just painted our whole house, to put it on the market. I chose a very neutral color, so I didn’t get “burn-out”. Love your site.
22nd April 2006 at 7:58 am
LOVE the quilt! The little patchwork ones are my absolute favorites!
23rd April 2006 at 9:08 am
The quilt looks so beautiful. I love the way it looks all pieced together. I made a similar quilt a month or so ago and am very happy with the result. It was a good-size project with huge rewards!
24th April 2006 at 11:54 pm
Claire, that quilt is so so gorgeous. I love the little balloons showing up here and there in the squares.
25th April 2006 at 4:47 pm
You and Big P are doing a great job. What a lucky baby having such an amazing bedroom.
And well done on getting down to the floor and back up again. I remember how hard that was very clearly!!!
19th April 2006 at 1:20 pm
that quilt is INCREDIBLE!