The kit contained parts for the foamcore box, the frame, and little kits for all sorts of quilting accessories. We were to provide our own wallpaper, floorcovering, and fabric for the exterior of the box.
The wallpapers are scrapbooking papers. The border is from a sample I found on the Internet. (I copied and pasted the images to make borders to print.) The floor is scrapbooking paper, which I cut into squares and glued to a piece of cardstock. I then sprayed it many times with Deft varnish to give it a glossy sheen.
The last item I placed in the box was a calendar showing the month of May 2004, since this is the month when I started and completed the roombox. I scanned a full-scale kitten calendar to create it.
The quilts on the walls are ones I designed on the computer. The patterns were adapted from ones found in a quilting book called The Cat's Meow. I printed them on fabric, and quilted them to give them some dimension.
The top shelf holds books from my own library, which I scanned and printed. The plant was made from a workshop kit.
The bottom shelf of the hutch holds a bag of batting, which I made.
The sewing machine was given to me by my sister. I made the rotary cutter and ruler, the cutting mat, and the spools of thread. I also used fabric from my own stash for the piles of fabric and the fabric being cut into pieces.
On the end of the work table are shelves to hold part of the quilter's stash. Her fat quarters are organized by color, as indicated on the labels of the storage boxes. She has opened the box of green fabrics, and has it lying on the floor. New fabric, which she has not filed yet, is stacked neatly on the shelf.
In the back is a quilt on a quilt display stand. The stand was made by Stan, and I had won it as a doorprize at an earlier workshop. The quilt is made from some fabric I purchased. I added batting, backing, and quilted around the designs in the printed blocks.
The parts for the quilt on the hoop were part of the workshop. We were given various quilt-themed fabrics, and I chose the one with schoolhouse blocks for the quilt in progress.
The chair is a Chrysnbon kit, which was provided in the workshop kit. I chose to paint mine barn red to coordinate with the wallpaper. On the seat are some scissors, provided in the workshop. I made the tomato pincushion before the workshop, although a kit for one was provided in the workshop. (My pincushion has the strawberry part too.)
With the cat-themed wallpaper border, and cat-themed wall quilts, the roombox needed a cat. The kitty, ready to inspect the progress of the quilter, is one I purchased at the NAME National convention in 2002. It was made by Sue Veeder.
