Adjustable Crib Skirt

As I mentioned before, I wasn't sure how to work with a traditional crib skirt. They look beautiful set up, and I registered for (and received - sorry, gift giver! :) a red one to go with the Mario theme. At the last minute, I bought some red fabric with white dots in case I had time to do this.

http://www.viewalongtheway.com/2012/04/silliest-little-adjustable-crib-skirt-tutorial-on-the-web/

I thought that I could do that, even without a sewing machine. I have a sewing machine, but I thought her version would be easier. Then it didn't happen. Then my mom was here and I showed her the concept. Maybe I just told her the concept. I forget if I showed her the pictures and blog post. Point is, we never got around to making it.

But then I went into labor at 3:30am, tried to deal with it for an hour, and then got super grouchy and mean and left for the hospital at 5am or so. By then, my mother was awake and waiting for a grandkid. At some point (post epidural, when I was a functioning human again) I remember saying "I bet my mom is pacing, vacuuming the stairs since I said I wanted to do that, and making that crib skirt." (I was right on all 3 accounts.)

It came out really well! We have the spring type of foundation in the crib so she used red ribbon type things and then some fabric strips when that ran out. She just tied it to the springs and then when we dropped the crib I adjusted where it was tied. I think it looks nice in both versions. It hides the storage containers that live under the bed!

Higher mattress - before baby was using the room & it still looked all staged and pretty.

Current day lower mattress (Plus boxes of clothes because we're constantly in between sizes and our boxes are organized by size meaning we always have more than one out)