for charlotte’s birthday i made her a new quilt.  the one she was using, i made for norah a couple years ago.  it was so small, though.  i just mis-measured when i made it, and it was kind of silly.  so last month i started this one, with a goal of finishing it for her birthday.  i failed.  i was trying to finish up the binding the night before her birthday, and ran out of fabric.  so i bought more the next day and finished it the day after her birthday.  somehow i don’t think she’ll hold it against me. 

while it’s perfectly imperfect, i am happy with it.  it was a learning process, and i definitely won’t be quilting again any time soon!  but it is cute, soft, and warm.  so it works for me!

we have 6 more months here in colorado (cry with me!).  charlotte just moved from our bed into her own.  our house only has three bedrooms (we only had two kids and a baby when we moved in), and even with the older girls having bunk beds, there just isn’t room to put charlotte in their room.   so we set her up in a corner in our room for the time being.  once we move, the two little girls will likely share, and each of the big kids will get their own rooms.  our room isn’t too big, but it fits us all just fine for now.

i stole the embroidery hoop idea from pinterest.  i like that it’s easily changeable and if she knocks it down, she won’t get hurt.  i traced her hands on the back of the fabric on the hoop at the top of her bed, and embroidered it.  her pillow was made last year for her first birthday by amy at nana company.  i used some of the same fabrics in the pillow for her quilt and the hoops on the wall.  the crocheted blanket was made by my grandma for norah, but it’s a good size to keep for extra warmth in the little bed here since it’s right next to the window.

i just had to use this fishy from heath ross’ fish in bags in one of the teeny tiny hoops. 

the birdie bank is from pbk.  i think i got it for her birthday last year?  the frame has a pic of the little girls at the zoo from last week (in the post before this one).  the doll is trixie by blabla.  i made the dress for her birthday last year.  that fabric is also in the quilt, and on the wall.

one of the hoops went missing during the project.  it has the japanese nesting doll fabric i used on the quilt boarder.  it will go under/between the last two circles once i find/replace it!   it’s one of the teeny tiny ones like the fish in bags.  the blanket under her bed is THIS one from pbk.  i usually use it for me if she wakes up upset and i pat her back to sleep. lol!