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Tuesday 11 December 2012

Baby Report (D-Date + 9, French D-Date + 1): nothing, but apparently we are in the right direction. So still time to finish off some of the nagging little tasks I had on my list, and use up some leftovers of the terry cloth I used for the hooded towel.

We decided not to buy a baby changing table. It is more a question of place than money, and also height. It is not easy to find one for a 6'2 man that will also be good for a 5'2 woman. Sounds silly but you have to think of those things now and not in the middle of the night. We bought a cheap, plastic-y and gross good value changing mat that fitted perfectly on top of the chest of drawers we have in Baby MiH's room - a good height for the both of us (as in a wee bit too high for me and a wee bit too low for Mr MiH). The chest of drawers needs to be updated but this is a totally different project for another day. As mentioned said changing mat needed to be covered, and with a sort of towel - vintage style. 


70s mirror from Mr MiH parents' attic and we need a picture of Baby MiH in one of the frames
I go through phases when it comes to buying lines of fabrics. And I went through a vintage phase. I needed some 70s vintage fabric in my stash. I found a shop on Etsy and bought some - very excited indeed. However when it came to doing something with it, I was not sure anymore. I have quite a modern approach and I could not deal with the pattern.. Except if the pattern was not the focus...  and was to become a large binding? 



It was indeed perfect for the changing mat towel. I was ready. I made a one-inch binding so you can see the dogs and some of the character, and a couple of wash cloths. There is no stopping me!


The mat

I doubled the thickness of the terry cloth so that Baby MiH could not feel the plastic underneath his little bottom. 

With some of the owl fabric I had left, I managed to make a couple of wash cloths to match the hooded towel and a very French wash cloth as well - we are all set for bath time now! 





The wash cloths are so easy to make, they are the perfect last minute gifts - of course you need some terry cloth though and that might take a wee while longer. 

If you have not done so, there is still half an hour left until the GIVEAWAY ends. Good luck to everyone who participated! I am so happy you liked the knitted baubles! Cannot wait to see them decorating one of my followers living room!

16 comments:

  1. Your baby has his own private spa! It is all looking so ready! Take care!

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  2. Still no baby? Not that I want to wish 3 more days on you, but my daughter's birthday is the 14th.... Just saying it's a pretty good day :-)

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  3. AW, these are great make. All you need now is an appearance from bump!

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  4. gorgeous! I'm giggling about the little prince being unnerved by the plastic under his bottom ;-)

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  5. You are on fire with all these gorgeous makes! Come on baby, out you come now!! ;-)

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  6. Love all of it. When we moved into our home our master bath had two counters. A low one with a place to sit in a chair, and a high one without a sitting spot. My husband, 5"4" took the low sink, I, at 5'8" took the high one. We are both very happy with our counter height! LOL.

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  7. Gorgeous - looks like you are all set!

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  8. Love all of it, it is gorgeous! Take care!

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  9. Georgeous, perfect for a little prince!

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  10. Baby MiH is enjoying belly time a bit much. :) Very nice towels. Its a joy to read your blog when you get in the groove of baby preparations!

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  11. so so cute! The mat cover is brilliant, those things are horrible and always cold!!
    I've been thinking about you a lot - hope all is well :)

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  12. So cute! You are really taking advantage of the "extra" time before the baby comes.

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  13. Love these updates! Hope you are still feeling well!

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  14. Baby will come when he is ready and it looks like you are ready for the arrival any time. How fabulous for him to come into this homemade world....

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  15. Baby is just waiting for a few more things to be done ;)!

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  16. Your baby's nursery is so awesome!

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