two quilts done

it feels like everyone i know is having a baby. i am in a serious quilt jam. i finished two quilts recently though. one for baby ava (who is nine weeks old tomorrow) and one for baby jack, who is almost three weeks old.




but in the meantime, my other friend ari became a mom yesterday! i am so excited for her and little joseph.

also i have been super inspired by these. i want to make a series of small quilts for calvin's room. he doesn't have anything above his crib on the wall because i have been super paranoid about anything heavy that could fall on him, so a small lightweight quilt might be just perfect.

i went to the brooklyn flea last sunday with a friend. it was super posh and mostly had new stuff and very cool (expensive) vintage stuff. calvin got a super chic jacket for next winter and i got to meet lotta jansdotter so it was worth the trip.

this next week is spring break for elementary so i have the week off of teaching but i still have class at TC. i have big lofty plans for all of the days. you have to think big, right?

*new* chair

i went to the local flea market last weekend and found this little chair for calvin. friends of mine have a similar little red one and i always thought it was so cute. this one was pretty dirty as you can see but it was only $15. here are some pictures from before i finished cleaning it:

(in this picture i had already cleaned the seat)

pretty nasty, huh? i saw some potential though and the colors matched our living room perfectly. so i scrubbed it with baking powder and voila! it came totally clean.

the tag on the bottom says that it adheres to the safety standards of 1937, so i think it is pretty old. now (maybe) 70 years later it looks almost brand new and ready for calvin to enjoy!