Shalini's Sewing Space

Aanya Announcement Aanya Tahiliani was born on 5/21/2010 at 9:33PM. She weighed 5 lb 12oz and 18.5 inches long at birth. Mom and baby had a long hard labor that ended in safe arrival of Aanya by c-section. Both are at home and resting now.

Nursery update Getting close now. Just 2 more weeks and we get to meet the little one. Meanwhile, I've been busy planning and making the nursery for quite a few weeks now. I love the way it all came together. Still waiting on the name letters that are custom order from Etsy seller. I just could not wait for them so I'll just share the pics without them :) The letters will go on the wall behind the crib. I made this bedding from Michael Miller fabric. Bumpers closeup - soft cotton chenille on the inside Glider - I made the pillow out of super soft minky fabric and also a matching blanket. Daddy added the chair rail. Last but not the least - Outfit for baby made by mommy TV armoire converted to baby closet   Also made these dresses Flannel Blankets Some other unfinished projects are still in the making. Booties & hat, more blankets and dresses, car seat cover, etc. Much to do. Hopefully I'll manage another post before the baby comes :-)

Nursery Work in progress pictures My little one's retreat to be! It is a work in progress. I made the crib skirt and bumpers (still need to finish the bumpers sides). I am making the curtains now. Also, the bookcase will have a cushy seat over it to convert it into a window seat. I've ordered wooden letters to match the bedding from Etsy.com. Can't wait for them to arrive so I can hang them. Also have some butterfly decals that I need to put up. DH needs to hang the paper lanterns. Dang, I was thinking I am almost done with the nursery LOL I just could not wait to show it off. Loving the colors in here - so different from the rest of the house. Crib Bedding I made Bumpers Wardrobe (used to be our TV armoire) And a current picture :)

Guest room prints Digi, I have missed you!!! I did these prints today for our Guest bedroom. The size is 16x12 and the frames they'll go in are 20x16. I print at Costco as the bigger prints are way cheaper than anywhere else. They'll be ready tomorrow. Can't wait! &copy Michelle Coleman, Medith Fenwick and Nancy Rowe Jaitz I also printed this years Christmas cards. I had started a baby book for Mehul that just got printed. He is now reading so it should still be useful :)

Recap Ok you readers :-) I guess I should fess up what has been keeping me busy - My sisters family visited us in September. This visit had been postponed because of me going to India for a month for work in June. So before she visited, we completely re-did the guest bedroom. This kept us busy through out August. I am really quite happy with the way this room has been done. Exactly what I wanted. There will be pictures, I promise. They visited in mid-september and stayed till mid-october. We took them to Disney!! They have a 7yr old DD and it was just perfect. We were there for 6 days and had a great time. Went to Sea World, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. The weather was good for the most part, the lines were short. It was a great time to visit. The only thing was I couldn't ride but still made the most of it. We also took them to visit Niagara Falls and New York city. Both long trips but they really enjoyed it. After she went back we slowly got in...

Back!! I will be shocked if anyone still comes to check this blog. I will try to blog regularly again. I have some news that I can't share here yet but it is the news that is keeping me busy :-) Since the closet transformation, we've undertaken building my craft room (Finally!). Hopefully it will be in decent enough shape to take pictures of soon. I just finished re-doing all the images for this blog. Way too tiring of a job. I'll be back.

Master closet - Transformed DH started working on this when I was in India. We had discussed doing something with the closet and I had done sketches and started a design in IKEA design builder to come up with ideas last year. Nothing concrete because we wanted to explore all the options. He did the research while I was gone and started building it. Prior to this, we just had a single rail running all the way through with a wire rack to keep clothes. I don't think I have a picture of that but it's pretty standard in builder houses in our area. It is DONE!! My dream closet is done. This is the best possible shot from the outside. The right wall is completely mine, the back wall is his but there is some of my stuff there, the left wall is 50/50. Right wall My work tops and bottoms on the right. The main dresser has my indian dresses, night suits, workout clothes, t-shirts, jeans, etc. The thin side unit has undies, socks. More work tops on the left bottom, kurtas etc. on the top. ...