Finished ruffled bed skirt

Ok, so here are the pics of the bed skirt.  I cut the strips of organza/crepon and what I finally did later was singe the edges with a candle to keep from fraying.  I had fray stop, but it became to messy and had to wait for it to dry.  I then sewed a straight stitch to use for the gathering, then sewed the ribbon on the other side.

Next, I pinned the first ruffle to the bed skirt I got from Walmart and started sewing.  I used white, but I think I would use a color next time.  The white kind of "glows" through the sheer fabric.

 

 I spaced the ruffles about 2 1/2 - 3 inches apart.  I would suggest lightly drawing lines where each ruffle needs to go to make sure you have them spaced correctly and straight.  I did this for the remaining ruffles.

Here it is finished.

My daughter's bedroom is still a work in progress.  Next task is the curtains and covering the cedar chest top.  The only bad thing was I started the dust ruffle before we moved the cedar chest up to her room.  Now that it is in front of her bed, I really didn't need a dust ruffle.  Oh well, still looks pretty!

 

You can see the white "glowing" through like I mentioned above.  This is why I would use a colored bed skirt if I did it again.  You don't notice as much in normal light, however.

Ruffled Girly Bed Skirt

I've been working for quite some time on a ruffled bed skirt for my 2 year old daughter's bed.  I combined ideas from Pottery Barn Kid's tulle bed skirt and seeing pretty ruffled bed skirts.  I wanted to pull in colors from her room that I had already used on the wall, so I knew I needed multi-colors in the skirt.  I ended up buying 5 different colors of organza and I believe crepon sheer (didn't have all the colors of organza) and ribbon to match to make the edges finished looking.  Once I get it complete, I will have to post some pictures of it. 

After this, I'll have to start on the curtains, but I've got a better idea on these to make them go quicker!

Has it been that long?

So, someone at work brought up that she has started a blog and that made me realize I started a blog sometime ago.  I thought it was maybe a month ago, but I see getting on here, it was back in October.  October?? Really, has it been that long since I started this? All I can say is good thing I only have 1 follower and I think she forgot about it, too. :)  Hopefully I'll get better at posting and updating this thing with all my projects I've been working on or would like to work on.