Woodland nursery

A new project for a new year. A family baby is on the way, so this is a gift for the mother. I hope to continue with my other projects once this one is complete. I plan to present it at a planned baby shower at the beginning of March so I haven't got very long.

It's a girl, but I decided rather than design the usual 'pink' nursery, I wanted to do something different; A woodland themed nursery.

 This time I am going for 1:12th scale. I bought plain wood furniture ready to varnish myself (except for the cot as I could not find one within budget that fitted the style I wanted) 

I attempted to sand the cot by hand and using my new Dremel to get the hard to reach spots with one of the engraving tools. It was very difficult and I probably should have bought the more expensive plain wood cot as when varnishing, I didn't get a great finish. Once in place, the cot doesn't look too bad and has the 'aged' look, (Well that is what I am telling myself).

With papered walls and carpet

Making a miniature beanbag from a circle of fabric. I have used small beads to make the 'beans'. Then I sewed around the edge with running stitch, pulled in and added a ribbon 'handle'.

Finished mushroom beanbag

The next step will be to create a window with curtains and work on the cot bedding.