One of the projects Miriam and I worked on last week in Knoxville was clearing out the nursery to be, and picking out paint colors and fabric for a crib set. I did not think to get my own copies of the paint samples when we were at Lowe’s so I had to do it once we got home. I did remember to write down the color numbers though. Since we went shopping Miriam has met with the painter and there has been a slight alteration in the color scheme, same colors, different arrangement, it was too dark and too monochromatic to begin with, and I agree.
Here are the colors, or at least as close as I seem to be able to get them with my camera and Photoshop on my computer:
The blue on top will be the ceilings. The nursery is under the eaves and there is a lot of steeply sloping ceiling space. The light lime green will be the walls, which I think will be wonderful (although I did not consult with the painter). I think the parents are more anxious but they trust their painter. The other blue and the purple are accents and will be used on painted furniture and trim, as well as picked up in the fabric colors.
These are the fabrics for dust ruffle, bumpers and other crib paraphernalia, as well as for cushions for Miriam’s rocking chair. I hadn’t really planned on chair cushions, but truthfully I just didn’t think about it. Somehow when the subject came up I didn’t say anything about it and so here I am, making cushions as well. I got so flustered that I miscalculated the yardage, adding in the cushions but forgetting yardage for the bumpers, so Miriam had to go back to the store and get more of the green, which is on its way to me now. The colors do actually blend better than they do in these photos.
I AM looking forward to making this, but I will, admittedly, grumble. Home dec sewing does not thrill me — all those big rectangles. Shiver. Well apparently the thought of a cute little grand baby does strange things to my brain waves.
We also bought this fabric:
(not the purple). It is really a pre-quilted patchwork in blues and greens and purples and it just looks so cheerful and goes so well with our colors. This kind of quilting I can easily handle. The purple dotted fabric is from my stash; I am thinking of using it for the binding around the quilt — the only part of this quilt that I actually have to sew.