Maple's Loft Bed with Steampunky Bedding

Part Three of this week's Mini Series. 

Tuesday we showed you the bedding - custom steampunk bedding from Quietude Quilts. Wednesday we showed you the bed (as it is so far, more detailing to be added). And today we show you both parts together.

First, the chair pad on the chair. 

We haven't finished painting the chair yet. We are currently experimenting with a combination of copper paint on the top scrollwork with crimson on the seat and bottom half of the chair. The 100% crimson chair kind of blends in a bit too much with the rest of the set, as you can see below. So we'll see how the new experiment goes. But that doesn't stop us from showing off these chair pad pics now. :-)

We have a lot of bedding pieces, so there are a lot of different ways you can configure them.

Mattress in place

Mattress and the bed sheet

Mattress, sheet, and quilt

With all 5 pillows. This arrangement allows the dolls to sit on the bed like a couch/day bed.

Then here are more arrangements of the pillows and the two quilts. Remember - the quilts are conveniently reversible. :-)

While we are completely in love with all of our ideas for detailing the loft bed set - like the cork boards, copper piping, and clockwork system (which we still have to complete) - the "soft furnishings" of the bedding set are really what will complete the look of the set once it is finished.

Thank you Quietude Quilts!

Any questions?

Feel free to ask!

Stay tuned for more updates on the Lab in the future.

Up next, maybe another post on Needa and Nichelle....

Or perhaps an Interview....

Or maybe some Shout-Outs....

Or the April Trends to Sew....

All these and more coming soon!

Reminder: Maple is currently running a Writing Contest. First Prize wins a $20 AG gift card!

Enter on or before April 22, 2012. That is this coming Sunday. :-)

Go here to learn more about the contest: http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2012/03/maples-first-writing-contest-begins.html

Quietude Quilts Custom Steampunk Bedding

Hola peeps!

Sorry for the lack of posts - busy weekend and Monday. We've been taking a lot of pics for the blog lately. We just haven't posted them yet. :-/

Today we reveal the Quietude Quilts Custom Steampunk Bedding that we ordered for Maple's Laboratory. We sent QQ all of the measurements of the items we wanted and they delivered! 

Thank You Quietude Quilts!!!

All of the fabrics are from Spoonflower. They offer custom print-on-demand fabrics. We used designs that were already available from their site. We found these particular fabrics by searching for steampunk, Victorian, gears, time, etc. When ordering you can control what kind of fabric the design is printed on, depending on your type of project. For this project we ordered the equivalent of the Kona cotton that they offer now.

The entire set is sized to go with McKenna's Loft Bed set. We are using the original purple mattress that came with the set with a mattress cover over it.

Mattress cover, slips on and off easily

Corner of mattress cover

Pillows, large and small

The pillows are specifically designed to make 

the loft bed into a sitting area/day bed

Special round pillow

Pillows with bed sheet

Bed sheet close-up

Chair pad

First quilt

Second quilt

Fabric comparisons

Everything is very well-made and detailed.

The set is exactly what we wanted - even though the custom order was very specific and involved lots of crazy fabrics. :-)

Next up we'll post about the painting progress on the loft bed itself, and then we'll show you the bedding on the bed.

So stay tuned for those upcoming posts!

p.s. If you have any questions, feel free to ask us!

Calling Kellee K.!

Hola -- Our first post of the day with more to come --- The winner of the Quietude Quilt set never answered her email, so unless we get something from her soon, we'll be announcing a new winner for that giveaway.

Kellee K. are you out there? If so - check your email today!

Here is the post announcing her as the winner: http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2011/12/quilt-set-winner-announced.html

Quilt Set Winner Announced!

Anyone else curious who won the Quietude Quilt Giveaway???

Zee winner is.......

(Drumroll)

Kellee K.!!!!

Thanks for entering Kellee!

We hope you are excited to win such an awesome prize!

And thanks for participating everyone else!

Stay tuned for more winning -- because of course the Nov/Dec Giveaways and the Doll(s) Giveaway will also end soon! Oooo, the suspense!

We will now email Kellee and she has a week to respond to us or we will have to pick a different winner. :-(

Again, thank you for participating in our giveaways everyone!!!

Stay tuned for more blogging fun soon!

Reminder! Enter the Quietude Quilt Giveaway Today!

Time is running out -- The winner of the Quietude Quilts Prize will be

 announced on Thursday, December 8th.

So enter asap peoples!!!

Go here:

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2011/11/quietude-quilt-giveaway.html

Remindery Youtube Video we made to remind y'alls. :-)

And in there we tell youse guys about the 15% off code we mentioned before in our original giveaway post. Also, FYI - their shop is closing down for a holiday break around Dec 10th. So be sure to order from them before that point if you want to get something from thems.

Kanani's Surfboard Quilt Set

Today we stick our tongue out at Photobucket because it is being very difficult to use. But hopefully we can still manage to post something.

We wanted to show you one of our own Quietude Quilts sets -- a quilt set with surfboards on it that we bought for Kanani that came with two pillows, just like the Christmas set we are giving away. We love these quilt sets -- they are made very well and out of wonderful, bold fabrics.

Haven't heard about our giveaway yet? Check this out: http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2011/11/quietude-quilt-giveaway.html

Kanani is posing beside her bed wearing a new outfit from Forever 18 Inches -- an outfit we have highlighted on our Facebook wall, but no one was buying. So we decided to get it ourselves. ;-)

We will do another post with more pics of Kanani in her new outfit. For now please enjoy these photos of our surfboard quilt set!

Slideshow!

Check out the Quietude Quilts Etsy Shop today for your 15% off!

Use coupon code QQANDDW15 when checking out!

Valid for everything except the beds.

Code expires Dec 7th!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/QuietudeQuilts

Quietude Quilt Giveaway!!!

Hola everyone! Here is our first giveaway of November/December 2011 -- we have more on the way!

This is a special giveaway brought to you by Quietude Quilts. The giveaway package includes a Christmas quilt and two pillows for your doll's bed - Yay for penguins! And Yay for penguins dressed as reindeers!

We ask that you "Like" Quietude Quilts on Facebook before you enter this giveaway so they know how successful (or unsuccessful, haha) this was for their marketing: www.facebook.com/QuietudeQuilts.

Also, Quietude Quilts was extra nice and is offering a 15% off coupon for all of our readers for the length of this giveaway. Just use coupon code QQANDDW15 when checking out on Etsy. That will work on everything in their shop except for the beds.

We will run this giveaway until Wednesday, December 7th. 

And we will announce the winner on Thursday, December 8th, 2011.

Now here are the important details: You must be 18 years old or older to enter this giveaway. If you are younger than that please have someone 18 years old or older, like a parent or guardian, enter herself/himself. One entry per person please, but you can have other family members enter as well.

To enter, please write your full name and your email address as a comment to this post. It will not be published and only Penny will be able to see it. A winner will be drawn out of a hat, i.e. randomly picked. Only entries with a full name and an email address will be put into the hat. If you win, Penny will email that address to notify you and ask for your shipping address.

Any questions?? Feel free to ask!

More pics for your perusal!

Reverse side of quilt is white...

Penguin pillowcase is removable...

Slideshow!

Photos of bed and quilt set with Maple for scale.... she is wearing a Cutie Pie and Me tee and pants set that will be included in our next clothing giveaways which will start soon. Oooo the suspense!!!!

Slideshow!

Enter this quilt giveaway today peoples! 

And be sure to check out the Quietude Quilts Etsy shop with the 15% off coupon listed above for your holiday shopping before December 7th!!!

Quietude Quilts One Day Sale!

Just a quick post to let you guys know about this if y'all didn't get the email notice or haven't read about this over on Doll Diaries....

Quietude Quilts One Day Sale!

Buy 2 Get 1 Free - Tuesday

"The perfect time to start your Christmas or holiday shopping.  This Tuesday, September 27, get a FREE quilt set of your choice with every 2 purchased!

Plan your daughter's new Christmas doll bedding or stash away quick sweet gifts for nieces, granddaughters, and birthday parties.

Photographers, stock up on bedding props for your newborn bed - for baby girls, baby boys, or gender neutral patchwork quilts.

The sale will run all day Tuesday, one day only!  Simply purchase your 3 chosen quilt and pillow sets and mention "Buy 2 Get 1" in "Notes to Seller" at checkout, and I will refund you the cost of your third quilt set within a few hours.  (Your free quilt set will be one of equal or lowest value.  You can save more than 30% off your order!  All quilts sets are available while supplies last only, so come early.)

See you on Tuesday!  Shop at www.QuietudeQuilts.etsy.com 

Join www.facebook.com/QuietudeQuilts for future new items and sales.

Thank you so much, friends, for your support of my and my husband's small business!  We'd love to see your photos of your Quietude Quilts and beds!

Kelsey and Jonathan

QuietudeQuilts.etsy.com
facebook.com/QuietudeQuilts"

Halloween Bedding by Quietude Quilts

Sup! Today we are showing you a Halloween-themed bedding set handcrafted by Etsy seller Quietude Quilts. The shop is currently on vacation this week (so I have horrible timing)-- but they will be back next week with a lot of new stuff in their shop.

The set came with the comforter/quilt and two pillows. We are showing it to you on Addy's bed with her mattress and her pillow underneath the two Halloween ones. We love the bold colors of this set and all the little Halloween icons featured on the main fabric.

We also bought a surf-themed set from this Etsy store in anticipation of Kanani, the rumored Girl of the Year 2011 who supposedly lives on Hawaii. So we'll show you that set with her, when we get her in January.... hopefully she is Hawaiian because that would be awesome.

So here is our intro pic of the set....

And here is our slideshow....

Bonus slideshow of some of the doll bedding sets that have been previously sold by Quietude Quilts (including a shot of the surf set).....

It would be cool if they made more holiday themed sets when the shop reopens-- like Hanukkah and Christmas... snow-themed.... candy canes.... We look forward to seeing what they have in store for us!!