Our second daughter is in her third year of university. She chose a school that is about 8 hours away from home. We wanted her to live out her dream, but also feel at home. While decorating her room she asked me to make her a quilt. Since i have limited sewing knowledge I was hesitant. However, she fanned a flame inside of me, to keep trying and making more things.
On the quilt I hand embroidered the lyrics to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" since this is our family anthem. I penned them on the squares in my hand writing, and she will always have a piece of her mama no matter where she goes.
We created all the pillows, and most of the things in her room are items she bought at yard sales, or were donated. She loves the vintage feel to her space. While most of her friends have typical Ikea rooms, hers in unique and homely. The rug on the floor again was our creation from some fabric that she selected.
And one lonely piece of Ikea furniture to have a place to house her growing collection of books.
I also made this little garden bench into a couch for her room, we covered it with canvas purchased from the local bag maker.
And I printed from my bubble jet, a excerpt from Winnie the Pooh, and an Eiffel Tower because this girl is in love with all things French since she went to Europe in grade 11. The bench itself was in major need of a make over, it was so ugly, but I have to say it is now in its third year of school and still looks good lol.
As you can see from this picture we attempted to make the Anthropology duvet cover. And for the most part it was good, if you didn't look too closely at it. However, the sheets I used were not a good enough quality and one of her roommates ripped it to shreds, thus I have been commissioned to make a new one. It's in the works right now.
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