. . . sugar and spice and everything nice . . .

. . . it really was fun to sew 

for a baby girl again . . .

. . . our granddaughters will soon 

be nine and ten years old . . .

. . . since then ~ we've had 

five little grandsons . . .

. . . so ~ we're excited 

for another pink baby . . .

. . . these ruffles are what kept me busy

 for a big chunk of last week . . .

. . . inspired by

this adorable ombre aqua crib skirt 

i spotted on pinterest . . .

. . . jessalyn selected three coral prints

 from the vintage modern fabric line

 by bonnie and camille . . .

{sadly these photos don't do the colors of this darling fabric justice ~

 yesterday's quilt photos are more accurate colorwise}

. . . we tried to mimic 

the light, medium, and dark tones

of the inspiration crib skirt . . .

. . . although you can't tell 

from these photos 

{hastily snapped in the dark of night on the family room floor}

i actually did make ruffles 

for all four sides of the crib . . .

. . . the skirt is folded in half crosswise

 in this photo . . .

. . . i also lined all the ruffles 

{this thing weighs a ton}

and finished the back 

so no raw edges are exposed . . . 

. . . hopefully it won't have to be

 washed too often . . .

{fingers crossed!}

. . . but if it does, 

there shouldn't be any fraying . . .

. . . i also made six 

of these bumper pads . . .

. . . here's one side . . .

. . . and here's the other . . .

. . . i made jessalyn promise 

to send me some photos of the crib

 when she gets it all gussied up 

and the quilt hung on the wall . . .

{my intentions were to disassemble my crib, 

take it outside and have a little photo shoot ~

before drew and jessalyn went back to provo. 

sadly, when the last stitches weren't finished 

until nearly midnight before the shower, 

i had to let go of that dream}