Skirting The Issue

This weekend, I finished one of my to-do-before-mcNugget projects - getting him or her a crib skirt. And by getting I mean making, though it was only out of necessity and boredom.

The bedding set we registered for at Target has been out of stock for ages, and it doesn't look like they'll get it back any time soon. The problem is, that was the only set we liked! We're really not into the whole nursery/baby-print thing, with Noah's arc and wide-eyed jungle animals. But, it may end up being a blessing because the room already had stripes in the new rug and polka dots on the glider, so another pattern (regardless that it has adorable mod hippos on it) may have fuddled up the room... well, that's what I'll tell myself since it doesn't look like we'll get it. And to tie in my un-funny pun of a title, I'm just working around the issue of not having the set that I wanted by making one that I do. :)

So anyway, I spent Saturday sewing away on a crib skirt that matched our glider. The hardest part was figuring out how to put pleats in each side, but after reading some instructions I found online, I figured it out quite quick. Below are the results, which, btw, look better in person. My cell phone camera isn't so hot when there's not a ton of natural lighting in the room!

The center panel (white), hidden by the mattress, is actually from an old sheet that I was going to send to Goodwill. How's that for being green?! Also, I accidentally got a heap of extra fabric - so I may end up making a bumper and blanket for when mcNugget is over the one-year mark.