The Crib Skirt

When looking for crib bedding I looked EVERYWHERE! I could NOT find anything I was in love with. I wanted non-traditional baby. I wanted her room to be something that could easily change as she grew and accommodate a possible future brother if it needed to. So I didn’t want pink. But I eventually broke down and decided to do a little pink and figured I would have to make my own bedding. And with making my own bedding it would be the fraction of the cost so if the next baby was a boy no biggie. I wouldn’t feel guilty spending the money on making a new crib skirt.

I bought these crib bumpers at Babies R Us.

And then searched high and low for a crib sheet that wasn’t baby pink or baby blue. And of course IKEA came through for me with an avocado green fitted sheet. I couldn’t find them online and when I went to IKEA yesterday they didn’t have the green sheets anywhere so I am worried I wont be able to purchase them ever again! So glad I bought a 2 pack when I did!

Now this was my inspiration for the crib skirt:

But I wasn’t that determined to make that many ruffles and since I am kind of lazy I did a folded ruffle instead of a gather ruffle. But it was much, much, much cheaper making them than buying the above. I used the cheapest cotton at Joann's and of course used coupons to purchase it. For the tan part {or the part that goes under the mattress} I used an old sheet (FREE). I cut everything to size and serged all the edges. Again, I am lazy and wasn’t about to hem all those layers! The only thing I dislike is how easily this fabric wrinkles. Ironing it is pointless because the second I put it on the crib it wrinkles. So I need a steamer.

 

Don’t look too close. I have some finishing touches left to do! And it’s obviously not perfect. But for the price I am in love. I only did ruffles on 3 sides because no metter where I place the crib it will have to be up against the wall on one side.

 

And here it is all put together!

I still have the quilt left to bind and need to have the chandelier hung. But her bed is almost complete.

please also ignore the yucky carpet. I wanted so badly to put wood flooring down and nice chunky molding at the base and crown molding at the ceiling, but we are on a budget. So instead we have obsessively cleaned the carpets like 3 times!

I finished the curtains in the same pink fabric, but I HATE them! Now I just have to figure something else out. I am thinking it’s too much pink and I need to go with a cream curtain. :( I hate when things don’t work out the way I plan.