Sew Done!

If you know me at all, I am always ready for a bargain. I don't like to buy anything regularly priced and often don't. My mom has joked with me that if it is on sale cheap enough I'll buy anything! That said, I found a crib ruffle and valance set I really liked a while back. I had to get two sets b/c the window in the nursery is really long and one valance went about 1/2 way across. The sets were a whole $3.95 each at Ross. I decided I was going to make a crib quilt with the material from the second crib ruffle. So I cut it all out and have been working on making a quilt for quite some time now. I stopped working on it for several months b/c there was no contrast in it and I couldn't find any material in my stash that was the same texture. However, I was shopping Wal-Mart's dollar fabric section and came across some orange fabric that was the same material as what the set was made out of and bought it. I was pretty excited b/c the colors work together very well and I was lucky to find that good of a match of material. Plus, I love orange. I wasn't exactly sure how to do everything, but my grandma would sew w/me as a child, so I just used what she taught me! I finished it today and was pretty happy how it turned out (being the first quilt I have ever made). Also, when I was home for Christmas I came across the bumper that matches the set. It was at one of our used clothing shops. I was excited b/c if I had intened on making the bumpter once I was done with the quilt and was NOT looking forward to that! It was practically new and my mom bought it for me (thanks again!). So now we are set! If we recieve our referral for a boy we have a blue puppy theme and if it's a girl the pink and orange flower theme!