Pink and Shades of Grey

Here's the latest nursery set!

This one was pretty fun to make... the colors weren't my usual palette, and I hardly ever use black, but I think it turned out really pretty :)

The customer really wanted a pink and grey fabric, but for some reason that color combo is hard to come by in the same print.

No worries, however, I solved the problem by dyeing some Dandelion in Stone pink!

It took a lot of trial runs, but I think it turned out just the perfect shade.

You can't really tell in the above picture, but the reversible bumper is the dyed pink/grey Dandelion fabric and some light pink Minky fabric with black bumper ties.

And for the quilt I used a bunch of different light pink and grey fabrics to get a really nice patchwork going.

I even dyed some of the baby pink Damask fabric (can't remember the designer...) different shades of grey.

And then I bound the whole quilt in black. I believe the new momma said it was like, "mascara on eyelashes", which I thought was very fitting :)

The back is pieced with some of the fabrics used throughout the set, and then I stitched on an embroidered label in the bottom corner.

I did my usual 1/4" quilting on either side of the seams... I think it's my favorite for patchwork quilts.

Even though the label itself is embroidered, I hand-stitched it on with some light pink floss to add a special little handmade touch...

Gotta love special touches :)

Oh, and to finish it all off, the crib skirt was a extra-full (read: extra girly) and pieced with Primrose in pink and Dandelion in stone with a thick black border on the bottom edge.

Originally, the black wasn't part of the nursery set at all, but when I started to put everything together as discussed, the set really looked like it was missing something.

When the mom-to-be told me the nursery furniture was black, I knew we had to make a little switcheroo and throw in the black accents.

Thankfully, even though final decisions had been made, she was willing to trust my suggestions and I think it really made a huge difference in the overall look of the set:

sweet but contemporary and very custom :)

Here's to Mommy Abby and Baby Ryann (who I think is due any day now!), I hope you love your nursery bedding.

"From small beginnings come great things..."

If anyone is interested in ordering their own custom nursery set, please email me at

willowbeanmama@gmail.com

and we'll get to work making your dream bedding!