In May Mr Jones and I were very excited to find out that we were having a baby. We were also very nervous and wanted to make sure that everything was OK before we started to buy things for her (yes, apparently it is a pink one!) so it wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that we started to think about the nursery.
Our first make was a rag rug rainbow for the wall.
I'm not sure where the idea came from but I could picture it quite clearly so I got some newspaper out and started to design the pattern, dusting off my flexi rule and set square. It isn't complicated it just took some thought as to the width of the bands and the size of it.
From this I marked the design onto some hessian and then started to collect bags of scraps. This involved sorting through all of our 'for the charity shop' bags of clothes and cutting up any of the bright clothing. It also means that for a few weeks Mr Jones was very scared about what would go missing from his wardrobe while he wasn't looking!
Mr Jones was the first to take the leap into the actual rag-rugging and then I largely took over from there.
Miraculously, I even remembered to take some progress shots so here they are along with the finished product:
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| The design drawn out onto hessian |
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| Mr Jones makes a start on the blue band |
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| Mr Jones in progress |
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| Blue section complete |
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| Nearly there... |
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| Close up of the top |
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| Close up of the bottom |
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| It's current position (it will eventually make it on to the wall) |
I'm really happy with it.
I'm sure there will be many more baby makes to follow in the next few months but for now I just want to say sorry for the big gap in posting and see you all again soon.
Love,
Mrs Jones
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