Crib Skirt and Curtains

The finished product!

Ribbon embelishment on the curtains/crib skirt (to add a little khaki color).

The fabric.

Supplies: 2 Heavy material curtains 80x84" in red on clearance from Walmart ($15). One tube of liquid stitch ($3). Iron. Velcro tabs ($2.49). Leftover brown ribbon (free from Kim).

A few weeks ago Kim and I went to the fabric store looking for something to use to make the curtains and the crib skirt. After realizing that fabric is really expensive, and not falling absolutely in love with anything, I went back to my original plan of using plain red fabric for the main pieces I needed for the nursery. Kim in passing mentioned to me to look at curtains, because sometimes you can find them cheaper than it would be to buy the fabric raw. Super bonus: The edges are already hemmed! After finding the curtains in the clearance section, Kim and I set out to put everything together. I did the crib skirt with ABSOLUTELY NO SEWING!!! I measured, cut, glued down the raw side with liquid stitch, then velcroed the tops to the sides of the bed. The ribbon was applied to the bottoms with liquid stitch too. The curtains did require some sewing, and thankfully Kim stepped up and did that for me while I was working on the crib skirt. (You might notice that they were originally tab tob panels - I don't like tabs so we took them off). A few hours later we were finished! Minimal cost. Minimal supplies. Great friendship. Beautiful nursery.