I'm Finished With My Labor of Love!

Lately, it feels like I've done all I can for Sydney--she's been very defiant lately, especially when out in public. But I realize I'm not anywhere near finished with her. Just the bedspread she's laying on.

It only took me 3 months to finish it, but as of late last night, I am done!

I started thinking it through just after Brian left. Took a couple weeks to pick out the fabric online, except the cherry blossoms print, which I bought in Japan. Nearly a month of research and online window shopping to figure out how I wanted the bedspread to look (and to abandon the quilt idea and opt for a duvet cover instead). Then another month, little by little, to figure out how to get it that way without a pattern (remember, I only bought a sewing machine a year ago.)

Then of course, I didn't find time to work on it every day. And when I did, it was between 8 and 10pm--time usually spent with Brian. It's been a small consolation while he's away to do something new I enjoy that happens to be productive and creative to fill the the time we usually spend together.

So, next, I need to make a pillow cover and valences and maybe buy/spruce up a bedskirt to finish the girls' room, hopefully before it's time to move again!

And yes, of course Miranda will be getting a matching bedspread, but she won't even be getting the big girl bed till she's potty trained (her incentive)...I'm hoping I have another three months, but I think I better get started just in case 1) she's a quick learner, or 2) Sydney kicks her out of their shared room, thereby eliminating the need for matching bedspreads...