It started with wanting to make another quilt, one for my youngest son. I wanted to up-cycle materials, and wanted to make something boyish but not babyish, something that would last. I went looking at the thrift store and came home with bags of 100% cotton mens’ shirts. Lots of variety of pattern and shades, but all blues and whites and some greens. A bunch of simple 9-patches later….
And then some wool batting and a cream queen-sized flannel sheet that didn’t fit any bed we still owned….
And there was a quilt! It’s really soft and warm and cozy.
And somehow, once he had his own quilt, then he needed his own bed too. We built the bed ourselves, using plans from Ana White as a starting point but sort of going off on our own and I painted it (and scuffed it). I like it better than the beds we bought for the older two.
