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.

Some Cakes

Here are some cakes I've worked on in the past.  Some by myself, but probably the most with help from my mother or sister-in-law.

 

Corn cake I made for my husband's customer appreciation dinner a couple years ago.

Soybean cake, again, for the dinner.

 This monster of a cake took me quite a bit of time to do.  It was for a field day back in August.  The cake was heavy!

 

Baby shower cake and cake pops (yum!) for a friend's baby shower.

And who doesn't love Charlie Brown!

 And what little girl doesn't love purses and all the things in them!

 Of all the things to notice in the movie Cars, he picks the train that literally has about 30 seconds in the whole movie!