our little birds: Kids Room Progress

Monday, January 31, 2011

Kids Room Progress

We are making steady progress getting ready for 2 kids! We moved the crib up from the basement on Saturday so Greyson has plenty of time to get used to it being there. Then today I made a matching set of skirts, one for the crib and one for the twin bed. This is something I've wanted to do for awhile. Actually I wanted to make a crib skirt like this for Greyson, but he arrived before I could make it and then it just wasn't a priority.

I've had the fabric and an idea of what I wanted, but when it came down to it I just wasn't sure how to translate my idea to reality. Mainly because I have VERY limited sewing times these days. Then I saw this - great instructions on a NO-SEW crib skirt. So today when Greyson was napping I turned his old curtains (which were bed sheets before they were curtains) into a crib skirt and a bed skirt! It was easy and looks better than I had hoped!

My no-sew crib skirt for baby girl. Yes, I can sew, but NO I didn't want to!

I'm so glad that I bought gender neutral bedding for Greyson, I love it so much I'm happy to be using it again!

I cut out the trees from a blanket then ironed them on. The skirt itself used to be curtains that hung in Greyson's old room and before that they were bedsheets!

Years ago when I found the bedding set on clearance at Pottery Barn there was an extra crib blanket. So I snatched up two of them planning to turn one into a throw pillow or two. That never happened, but today I cut out some of the trees and using iron on adhesive I attached them to the crib skirt.

And a matching bed-skirt for Greyson's bed. No, we don't use a comforter (or top sheet) for him. He hates sleeping with blankets on.

Greyson's bed with new bed skirt. Since his bed is against a wall and has a headboard and foot board I just made 1 panel and velcroed it to the box springs. You can also see the surviving blanket from the set.