A promised quilt and finished room for my baby boy

a) Baby quilt (finished the day before his first birthday)  - check!

b) Decorated room - check!

c) Baby book - long ways to go

Two out of three feels pretty good.  Here are some pictures of the finished room & quilt and links to inspiration & sources...

a) Baby quilt

Inspiration came from two sources: the super cute and beautifully illustrated children's book Hopper and Wilson by Maria Van Lieshout, and this quilt I randomly found on Flickr.  Obviously my quilting is not as good as hers.  I only wish I had that much ability/patience with free motion quilting.  I made some free motion cloud like shapes near the white blocks in the sky and then the rest I finished with my walking foot.  I wanted the quilt to coordinate with his room which has a boat theme and combined these ideas piece together (what hopefully looks like) a paper boat floating across the horizon. The quilt is made entirely from Dan's old shirts, with the exception of the newsprint boat fabric & polka dot binding/backing.  It is a little hard to tell by the pictures but the blocks across the top & bottom of the quilt are the shirt pockets.  I have a feeling that once he is a little bigger these will be filled with little green army guys and the like.  Every time he goes to sleep, AJ pulls his quilt into bed with him to snuggle.  That makes a mama happy!

b) Decorated Room

We decided that the boat theme would make a great theme for his room, we tend to go with themes relevant to the day they were born and since he was born the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend we thought that boats/fish, etc. would be appropriate.  It is kind of sad, isn't it, that his room wasn't finished until just after his first birthday?  I guess with our kids we opted to do the crown moulding, paint, & blinds before they were born, and then the details are filled in during the first year.  It goes by pretty quickly anyway and it's nice now that all the baby "stuff" (that takes up space and is hard to coordinate) is no longer needed!  Yahoo!

Hand painted waves, A/J letters purchased at BabiesRUs

Stuffed animal "net," purchased on Etsy

Hand crocheted blanket from Grandma Ilene

See his fishing hat (that he hates to wear)?

Boat toy box purchased on Etsy

Super proud of this organized closet!

Old boat oars found in dad's things, White bookshelf from Potterybarn Kids

White frame from Target, Fish Decals purchased on Etsy