Boy oh Boy did I need the whole weekend on this one!!!
This weekends challenge was to make the liner/bumper for baby girl's bassinet. I decided to start with this sewing project because I knew it would be super difficult and I was saving the best for last!
The reason it was difficult was three fold:
* the bassinet is rounded (oval)
* the bottom of the bassinet is smaller than the top of the bassinet
* the fabric was thick and I don't have the best sewing machine for thick fabrics
I started by measuring and re-measuring. I got all the measurements and cut out my fabric. My fabric includes...brown and cream gingham and a quilted padded liner to give the bassinet some padding and give the gingham some substance. (this is why the fabric was thick) My first meltdown was 30 min into sewing! My bobbin on my machine was not cooperating and I totally had to cry about it...haha...this hopefully is due the extra hormones while being preggo...haha After crying about it for at least 30 minutes (totally ridiculous..haha) I got my sewing machine going and was off!! It took the rest of the afternoon but I got it all sewed together! The ruffle looks fabulous and the sides and bottom look just as I want them to...time to go test it out in the bassinet!!!
IT DOES NOT FIT!!!! WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well...we had company coming over for dinner in about an hour and I had no time to fix it because my house was an absolute disaster. I of course was heartbroken and in an immediate bad mood...I got the house as clean as it was gonna get, started dinner and my company was here...bad timing for a bad mood huh...sorry Nick, Sheri, Madison and Tucker...:( They endured my bad mood and I tried to be good but all I could think about was that silly bassinet and how in the world I was gonna fix it.
The next morning I investigated the situation and tried to come up with a plan. The problem is...the bottom is bigger than the top when it should be the other way around...how this happened I do not know. All my measurements were right, I thought I sewed it together right, and I had been testing is out after each finished stitch. What oh what was I gonna do...there was way to much fabric at the bottom and the top didn't even touch the sides. I decided that I would rip it apart and start over...but no more work on it today. Somehow even after enduring my horrible mood the night before...Sheri still wanted to hang out with me...wow, what a friend! But what she wanted to do with me was to for sure put me in a great mood!!! We went to REGISTER!!! We decided to start at Target! We had a good time...after what felt like 12 hours we decided one store was enough for one day!
I got home and was in a good mood and decided not to ruin it by working on the bassinet anymore.
On Sunday afternoon, I decided to try one more thing before giving up and waiting till my mom came into town to fix it! The plan was to add a triangle piece of fabric on one side of the curved bassinet, small point at the bottom and large piece at the top, and to add darts at the bottom of the other curve. I worked at it all afternoon...not even a nap!
It worked!!!! YAY!!!!!!
And I must say it looks pretty good...considering the mess that it looks like..haha That night I added some ribbon to tie on the basket handles and called it quits. Here are some pictures of the "finished product" I added quotation marks because Keith still needs to paint it...it will be a creamy white!
Remember: I am not a professional...so do not...I repeat...do not...look to closely!!
