The remodeling of my bedroom and upstairs hall is finished, except for painting, light fixtures, and other things that aren't necessary. We have walls and a beautiful wood floor and those are the important things. The construction started back in October and since then, my little babe's room (also upstairs) has been the dumping ground for construction supplies and the storage room for our mattress and dresser. For almost four months, we really only ventured upstairs into her room to get clothes and toys as needed, then retreated back down the plaster dust and dirt covered stairs into the "clean" part of the house.
I spent almost two days cleaning her room and getting it back into order. We converted her crib into a daybed and now it is perfect for lounging and reading books. (She has never slept in it.) I made a couple new pillow covers using the fabric leftover from her birthday quilt. The room is light and bright, but the bare wood floor is a bit chilly to sit on. I would love a wool rug for her room, but we can't afford that right now and I don't want to buy a rug that is made in China. I moved one small area rug from our office, but thought that she should have something more.
So I decided to make a rug. I had enough wool leftover from my stash of Goodwill sweaters to make her a small rug that is just big enough for her to sit and play on.
I am not one for details and measuring, so I just cut the wool into different sized rectangles and pieced them together until they formed a large rectangle. Even though it was felted, the wool was still pretty stretchy and cutting perfectly straight edges was tough. I pinned them all together, which really was the hardest part of the whole project. Then I sewed two pieces together at a time by hand. That took me about three days. Then I found some tan organic upholstery fabric in my stash and cut that to size adding about an inch and a half so that I could fold the fabric edge over and then wrap it around the wool. I tried sewing the edging with the sewing machine, but it wasn't working and I was too impatient to figure out why. So I sewed it by hand, which I was able to do in one night while the little babe was in bed. Oh, and I did actually take the time to iron both the wool and the fabric before sewing them together.
It was a fun and easy project, I feel good about the materials used, and it did not cost anything. It is wonky (I love that word!) and imperfect, but it is soft and fun to touch (important things for a toddler). Plus, the colors are perfect for my pink loving little babe.
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