Handmade quilts

When Sofi was born a few years back, our friend J made the newcomer two baby quilts. She used a lot of time in designing the pattern and choosing fabrics. Different pieces of fabric each had a story: an old favourite dress, something found from grandmother's attic, shirt ruined by a coffee stain and so on.

And when Eino arrived, J went back to her sawing machine. This time inspiration came from an old piece of Unikko fabric by Marimekko Minna's aunt had given J when she visited Finland 10 years ago.

It feels very special to receive such thoughtful gifts. All four quilts are sawn with care, and one can easily see a lot of thought and time went into making them. Thank you J, once more - you really nailed it!

So...we have not done very much in neither of the children's rooms, yet. Which is the reason why the quilts were not photographed in their designated rooms. Sofi's room needs a fresh coat of paint (especially after she used the back wall as a drawing board because "the wall needed a picture").

A piece of abstract art on the wall

Also, Sofi's chairs need to be painted as well. These great little chairs were made by Minna's father years ago when Minna was a child, and have been just changing colors a few times during the years. Now they will turn red, at least for a while. They work fantastically with a small round table, which was a flee market found by Pekka.

Artist at work

So this summer, when Pekka takes care of the Final Frontier (a downstairs guest room), the children's rooms are a great project for Minna and Sofi. Fingers crossed by the end of the summer we have something "playful" to share!