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• Oct. 26, 2007 - "I Think I Can, I Think I Can, Choo-Choo" Quilt

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Here is the third quilt I ever made, well fifth if I count 2 small hand stitched and quilted pieces from high school summer phase homemaking.  =)  DS has grown up adoring trains.  I looked in vain for the perfect train pattern to quilt.  Finally, I made my own design.  This is machine appliqued and quilted so it can take lots of loving and washing!

Close up...

I got my inspiration from the walls I had painted a few years earlier. It's very simply painted, not professional by any means.  But fun and whimsical for a child. We had been to Colorado and rode lots of trains which were the inspiration point for the room.  That is the snow covered Pikes Peak behind the bulletin board.

I sewed a simple valence over his window...

In each corner on each side of his bed I painted tunnels.  Going in...

Coming out...

I painted trains on his pillow case and sheets.  I found an iron on template and painted that.  You can see the border of the pillow here.  I painted the purple mountain majesties over his bed...

His choo choo knick knack and tropy wall.  The railroad sign is a growth chart...

DH built the shelf in the photo above.  He made an engine coming out and caboose going in.  Here's the engine coming out...

And here's the caboose going in...

Goodbye! Chug-chug-chug-chug, chug-chug-chug...whoo-whoo!

 

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• Oct. 26, 2007 - Train

Posted by Anonymous
Mom2fur of Sortafrugal.blogspot.com here. That train quilt is awesome, as is the whole bedroom!
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• Oct. 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kellieann
OK....are you really Martha Stewart?! Absolutely amazing!
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• Oct. 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by BChsMamaof3
That is so cute! I'm still trying to decide what we are going to do in my sons room. He's 8 and whatever we decide on I want to be able to last for a while *grin*
Blessings,
Rosina
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• Oct. 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
How wonderful!!! Thank you for sharing your son's room. I am feeling inspired to dig out the pictures of B's room when he was a baby and share them. It was never completed because we moved, but I loved what was done. So much so I dreamed I made H pull the sheet rock down and move it with us!
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• Oct. 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by MorningLight
What a wonderful quilt and room. Good work for a happy childhood.
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• Oct. 26, 2007 - How absolutely darling...

Posted by proverbsmomof3
and very clever. Your son must adore his room. You are extremely talented and gifted. I love all the attention you put into making the room tell a story. Thanks so much for sharing.
Ginny
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• Oct. 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 4sweetums
I love the room and the quilt. What a wonderful talent you have.
Blessings,
4sweetums
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• Oct. 27, 2007 - WOW!

Posted by NCLighthouseKeeper
Your son's room is wonderful! I am such a slacker in this area! My kids have been after me to do their rooms...and my own is in desperate need of some decorating attention. I do have the ability ~ just not so much the motivation... thanks for the bit of inspiration!!
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Beth
www.nclighthousekeeper.blogspot.com
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• Oct. 27, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
What a cute room!! I'm sure your ds loves it! So do I understand correctly that you made this quilt YESTERDAY???? In ONE day???? How did you do that?? You're amazing! You've got me thinking about Sew Crafty Fridays. I'd have to find another time to prepare for my co-op classes than Thursday night, because Friday afternoons are usually naptime for me!

Pam
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• Oct. 27, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Lori
Wow! That is AMAZING! What a blessed little guy to be so loved on!

Warmly,
Lori
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