{"id":76,"date":"2009-08-10T23:22:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T06:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2017-05-05T03:13:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T07:13:31","slug":"harry-potter-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/harry-potter-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"HarryPotterquilt\"<\/a>

More details about the quilt are posted here. <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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When my daughter and son-in-law got the good news that they were to be first time parents, they requested a Harry Potter nursery.\u00c2\u00a0 I was at a loss. How was I to make this look soft enough for a baby and yet maintain the requested theme?\u00c2\u00a0 I like heirloom style and soft colors.\u00c2\u00a0 Harry Potter is neither.<\/p>\n

With all the visual fodder in the lengthy 7 book series, it was necessary to narrow the focus.<\/p>\n

Keeping in mind that Rebecca specifically requested bright colors, I went to the drawing board.\u00c2\u00a0 I like to start a nursery decoration plan with a quilt.\u00c2\u00a0 That establishes the color scheme and allows many spin offs and opportunities for accessories.<\/p>\n

After deciding on “fantastic creatures” I set to work, looking for designs that\u00c2\u00a0could be\u00c2\u00a0edited and customized to meet the description of critters from unicorns and fairies (the easy ones) to a thesteral, Pygmy Puff and snidget.<\/p>\n

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\"HarryPotterHedwig\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Can you Harry Potter fans identify the “fantastic creatures” shown in the quilt?\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe later I will list them.<\/p>\n

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\"Harry-Pottersnidget\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rebecca suggested the random\u00c2\u00a0angle pieced border, suggestive, she thought, of the Weasleys’ home.<\/p>\n

When the quilt was finished, I moved on to bumper pads.\u00c2\u00a0 That was a lot of fun and it’s a good thing! These bumper pads were a lot more work than I could justify for the single purpose of keeping our little darling from bumping his head or sliding between the crib rails.\u00c2\u00a0 For the 5-6 months that they are used, a lot of time was invested.<\/p>\n

Besides, weighing in at 9 lbs. 5 oz. Alastair was unlikely to\u00c2\u00a0slip through the rails.\u00c2\u00a0 So it’s a good thing that I enjoyed the process.<\/p>\n

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\"hogwarts\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The headboard pad shows the Hogwarts, the Whomping Willow and an ultrasuede walkway, free motion stippled to look like a stone path.<\/p>\n

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Forbidden Forest..who’s getting the Howler? Baby Alastair, The Howler?<\/p><\/div>\n

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One side of the crib featured the Hogwarts Express, chugging through the forest.<\/p>\n

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I forgot the engine was red. Oh well.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The train is from a great collection from Embroidery Library.\u00c2\u00a0 It includes all the cars, crossing gates,\u00c2\u00a0a water tower, the station and more.<\/p>\n

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\"caboose\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sorting through all my miniature designs, I selected those which might be found in the forest–deer, rabbits, butterflies, a bird’s\u00c2\u00a0nest–as well as a church and an angel.\u00c2\u00a0Several\u00c2\u00a0regular size designs like\u00c2\u00a0a unicorn and dragon\u00c2\u00a0were resized to fit into the scene.<\/p>\n

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\"Hogwarts-Express-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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When Rebecca and I came upon the forest fabric at Rainbow’s End Quilt Shop on Florida’s Gulf coast, we knew it was a great find.\u00c2\u00a0 This print was available in quilting cotton as well as flannel.\u00c2\u00a0 We bought both.<\/p>\n

The footboard shows Hagrid’s cabin, complete with his pink umbrella, the pumpkin patch and Fang.<\/p>\n

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\"Hagrids_Cabin\"<\/a>

Hagrid’s Cabin<\/p><\/div>\n

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These photos were all taken with the pads in the crib.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It was\u00c2\u00a0impossible to get a straight-on shot of the embroidery.<\/p>\n

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\"nursery<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"bed\"<\/a>

The queen sized bed is reserved for visiting grandparents. After this photo was taken, the pad on the cedar chest was recovered with forest fabric.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As I told Rebecca when we began designing the nursery, it’s all for the parents.\u00c2\u00a0 They need something to make them smile when baby awakes for a feeding once or more every night.\u00c2\u00a0 This nursery makes Rebecca and Harvey grin. And that makes this\u00c2\u00a0Nana happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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