Sunday, February 5, 2012

Gabba land Room!


If you did not know this already about me, I am a very ambitious person, sometimes a little too ambitious. However, if I want something done I WILL get it done no matter how long it takes! This has been a work in progress for a good 2 months now but I am finally done!! I am so excited that it turned out pretty much how I in- visioned Samantha's room would look!

Each land took me about 48 hours... obviously over time. If you are not familiar with Yo Gabba Gabba it is a great show on Nickelodeon Sam has loved since she was 4 months old! My mom told me about the show and so I gave it a shot. My first impression was... this is weird. But, she has learned so much from the show! They put together great learning songs and boy does she know them! For her first birthday we took her to see Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE since they came to town!

She loved it so much that I decided to put together a quilt which you see the finished product below!

This was quite the project seeing how there are no patterns out there for Yo Gabba Gabba anything! After looking online for ideas, I realized I had to just come up with a good design... and this is what I came up with! Each character had to be cut, glued, and sewed around before attaching it to the rest of the quilt squares. Needless to say, this was not an easy task for someone who was not only making everything up but also not a great seamstress lol. After a good year, I finally finished the top! Then, my mom took it to a quilting shop and top stitched it, and did the backing and finishing touches! I'm really happy with how it turned out!

I know she will grow out of this show when she turns like 4, but hey that's fine with me! That just means new project! Maybe the next theme will be princess! That would be fun!

26 months and counting!