5 Handmade Textile Decoration Ideas For Children’s Bedrooms

5 Handmade Textile Decoration Ideas For Children’s Bedrooms

Handmade textiles are such a great way to make a child’s bedroom feel cosy and fun. They add texture and a tactile element, plus the personalisation possibilities are endless.

We recently moved and it’s helped me take stock of the growing amount of me-made textile pieces we have around our home, so I thought I’d do a little series to document some of them.

My son’s room is the closest to being finished right now, so that’s where we’ll start! 

The added bonus for all of these projects? They’re made using up scraps and fabric that I already had! 

 

Personalised Child's Name Banner

I speed sewed this banner the night before my son’s first birthday, as shown by the fraying letters and sketchy blanket stitch!

Now every year I embroider a symbol of the year and his age. I love how it will tell a little story of his life over time and I also think it’s just a cute, personal way to add some handmade textiles to his room.

All the fabrics came from my stash and the embroidered symbols were done using threads I've had for almost 15 years! The spots on the B are from some of my grandpa's old pjs, so it feels nice to have a little element from him in the room. 

The banner was even more roughly made until recently when I neatened up the edges, but I love it either way. Who knows how it will end up looking as years go on and which symbols will come to stand for his different ages. 

These could also be a fun way to represent a single year I think - one with lots of symbols for the 1st year, or the 10th! 

  

Kids' Patchwork Quilt

I made this baby/toddler sized patchwork quilt when I was pregnant with my son. It’s actually the first quilt I ever made. It’s all completely hand-pieced – not a sewing machine in sight for this one! I don't have anything against machine piecing - I do it all the time for my other quilts - but here I was looking for a slow project that I could sit in bed with in the mornings and evenings. My partner was away working and I was feeling the pregnancy fatigue, so it felt like a lovely mindful way to do some making and resting at the same time. 

All the fabric came from other projects and some of the pieces are super tiny, but I really wanted to use every last scrap. I didn't even use "proper" batting this time - the middle consists of an old dressing gown and some t-shirts all layered together! The back is whole cloth using a piece of old bed sheet that I naturally dyed using avocado skins and pits. This approach is a perfect example of how I like to work and how I've continued to make moving forward from this very first quilt. 

All my current quilts for sale can be found in my shop, or you can get in touch for a commission. Check out my gallery from some inspo!

 

Reading Pouf

The ultimate scrap buster! This pouf is packed full of not only old sewing scraps, but all manner of other textiles that weren't good enough to be donated anywhere. Odd socks, stained baby clothes, holey t-shirts and who know what else ended up in there! I absolutely love a pouf for this reason alone, plus they're a fun and practical addition to any kid's room. My son perches on his to read books, but it would also be useful for parents who sit next to their little ones while they fall asleep. Bax still wants me in the bed with him for now but one day I might graduate to the pouf!

 

Quilted Wall Hanging 

This wall hanging was originally meant to be a play mat when Bax was tiny but it took me so long to finish it (1.5 years...) that it's ended up as a wall hanging. Which tbh I think I prefer anyway. I like that the leopard in on full display!

It's fully hand sewn using only stash/upcycled fabrics and thread, apart from some of the white quilting thread. The sun and leopard's chest are onion and avocado dyed sheets. The batting is 3 layers of an old blanket to make it nice and squishy for playing on, even though it hasn't ended up being used that way!

 

Handmade Cuddly Toy Octopus

This octopus was a present for Bax's 2nd birthday after he became obsessed with them for a while. It was the only thing he asked us to draw for months!

I used a free pattern I found on Pinterest and managed to use only stash materials. So satisfying! Then I stuffed it with tiny scraps from quilt projects and a bit of proper stuffing I already had. The neck could probably still do with some more as he does flop a bit but let's say it adds character!




So there we have it, 5 handmade textile decorations for children's bedrooms that I think have made my son's room extra special and personal. If you'd like to commission your own quilt, wall hanging, name banner or pouf then I'd love to hear from you. 

I also made a little video series about all of these makes on my Instagram, so check them out if you want to see everything more in situ and give me a follow if you like what you see!
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