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They say you shouldn't focus on the due date, because only 2% of them (i.e., babies) will actually stick to that date. So I had to distract myself today, and what better way to do it than with some old-fashioned craftiness?
I woke up with the urge to decorate the crib. Our family crib has been standing beside our bed for weeks and weeks. I wasn't planning on using the 'hemel' (no clue what the English word is, let's say 'crib-curtains', you know what I mean...)(do like the Dutch word though, it means 'heaven') because I think they are a little tacky.
But hey, I had this urge, I needed something to do, and I had some cheap IKEA curtains laying around that we didn't need after all, and tons of scrap yarn. Here's the result of an afternoon's work.
After making the curtains the right size, I used some chuncky Zeeman-yarn to applique clouds and stars along the top edge. Stars because Martijn is a star-gazer, and clouds because that is what 'wollekje' means, 'little cloud'... I am only halfway, but I quite like the result, if I may say so myself. If I still like doing this after the other half is finished, I may make another band with animals on the lower part of the curtains. Butterflies and snails come to mind, maybe catterpillars as well. We'll see.















And since we are looking into our bedroom now anyway, remember the purple wall?
Here it is with the new curtains next to it:











And here are some cut-and-paste pics of our purple-and-lavender-blue boudoir in its full glory:












The only thing still missing are the artworks I wrote about earlier (still need to get frames), they will be put on the purple wall itself. And of course, you need to imagine the hideous grey bed-heighteners gone from the room, and the bed a little lower... Man, I know they are needed to prevent back-problems for the midwives and care-takers, but I have troubles climbing in and out of bed with my short legs and big belly...