Mommy’s Diary 21 – DIY Flag Ornament for Nursery

I’ve been wanting to decorate Kiko’s nursery better. Although I did not make a drastic change, I added some small decorating pieces to her room last weekend, and this flag ornament is one of them. It is very easy to make, and a great way to use left-over fabrics!

Materials needed:
– Cord
– 2-5 different fabrics of your choice
– Thread
– Quilt batting

1. Cut the cord in the length of your choice. Cut fabrics in a triangle shape. Mine is 4″ each side, and I cut out 10 of them since I wanted to hang 5 flags. Place two triangles of the same fabric with right side facing together, and sew one side of the triangle. Turn inside out and iron. Then sandwich the cord with the triangle pieces you just made. Sew the edge to secure the triangles on the cord. I used pipping foot to make it easier to sew this.

2. Cut the quilt batting in triangles that are slightly smaller than your fabric triangles. I stuffed this quilt batting between two fabrics to make the flags look puffier, but you can skip this process if you want a cleaner look.

3. Insert the quilt batting triangle piece between the fabric triangles. Then zigzag stitch around the two sides of the triangles.

4. You are done! Enjoy different combinations of scrap fabrics 🙂

Here are some photos of Kiko’s nursery – I bought the number baskets from Ikea and put them up on the wall. I organize the items I use very often there, like bibs, wash clothes and diapers. I decorated the wall with my favorite pinafore that was gifted from my co-worker.

On the left, I love this grandma rocking chair. Andy found this awesome chair at a local recycle shop for 1000 yen (8 bucks). We used to have this chair in our living room, but now it was moved to the nursery. I rock Kiko in this chair at night to put her to sleep.

My sister made the camisole Kiko is wearing 🙂 I think the fabric is so cute, with little ladies in Kimono all over the cream background. Kiko is doing well and continue to be chubby. She started to roll over, but once she is on her belly, she is stuck and can’t roll back on her own.. This is week 4 of her eating real food, this weeks menu is pumpkin soup. It’s more like a water down cooked squash since I don’t add any spices. Still nursing twice a day, but the rest of the day she is taking formula:)