Aiyana's Room

So I have hinted at doing a bedroom set for Aiyana. I have finished the bedspread for her and am slowly moving on to the rest of the room. Above is my idea of a sketch. Remember I sew the fabric, I never said anything about being able to sketch well. So on this page you have the closes panels. Aiyana doesn't have closet doors because I am not crazy about doors on closets. My own quirk. I will use stripes of peach and yellow then a block of eyelet fabric with ribbon that I will weave through. Then I will do the casing (the thing the tension rod will go though) in white fabric with a green piping underneath. I know cute huh? The best part is my friend Melissa is going to embroider some really cool panel blocks. Those are the white areas bordered with green piping. She is going to do this really cute @ type flower with vines and leaves. After the closet panels we have the pillows that Melissa again will embroider on. The first is a dream pillow which will have both applique work and embroidery. Then I will "frame" it with a small strip of peach and a larger one of yellow. Add a little green piping and we are good. The pillow below that will be white cotton (bamboo if I can find/afford it) with Aiyana's name on it and flowers. Below that is another square pillow, but that one will have a sleeping fairy on it instead of the word dream. My fairy looks very strange, but I already said I couldn't draw...right? At the very bottom is an idea for the top sheet which will be (hopefully) white bamboo (great for people with allergies) with the words Dream, Imagine, Believe, Wish, Hope, Love in some order or another on the opening with green piping just below it.

This is my second sketch. The one furthest to the left is my window coverings. At the top is the valance which is the same as the closet panels. The curtains will be peach fabric, and the tie back will be embroidered like the panels in the closet. (so they will be detachable and in use only when the curtains are open.) Then you have the sign that will go on her door. It will be a very pretty appliqued and embroidered fairy with flowers and vines and stuff with "Aiyana's Room" to the bottom left of the fairy. I think I will hang it with green ribbon. However this is a sketch so things are subject to change. Below that is the pillow sham which will be out of the ribboned eyelet with a peach ruffle. Then the pillow that she will sleep on. This will be (hopefully) white bamboo (great for people with allergies) with the words Dream, Imagine, Believe, Wish, Hope, Love in some order or another on the opening with green piping just below it.

These are my fabrics. You should know that I have had these fabrics FOREVER and am now just getting around to doing something with them. This is a close up of the white eyelet (I don't know if it is actually eyelet, but that is what I am calling it so....) with the peach ribbon threaded through.

Close up of the eyelet with the yellow threaded through.

This is the same shot just panned out a bit.

Same thing just a little darker.

The yellow fabric. I will be using both a yellow cotton (not pictured) and this poly shantung yellow fabric. I know I seem to be obsessed with this kind of fabric.

This is the peach cotton fabric. I also have some peach "casa collection" fabric that will be used, but is not pictured. I guess I should have taken pictures of all the fabrics. Oh well there is always tomorrow. Anyway that explains the projects. Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.