So Much For Super Cheap...

Remember how I said I found a crib set at Wal-Mart that was super cheap?? Stupid Wal-Mart raised the price on it by $15. Now is that a lot of money? No. But, I just finished sewing my very first rag quilt, (using a tutorial here) and it turned out exceptionally well. So much so that my quilting superstar grandma raved over it, and told me not to stop sewing because I have a gift. (She really does love me! :P)
Don't get me wrong. I don't think I'm a superstar by any means. But it did give me the confidence to tackle the crib set myself. I ordered the bumper pad filler things from the Wal-Mart website for $20 and have several JoAnn's coupons put aside for a big fabric purchase this weekend. The rag quilt I made is going to be the comforter for the crib, so that's already done. And I used fabric scraps left over from that to make a mobile this weekend. I found a tutorial for fabric pinwheels here, and fashioned them into a mobile by buying a large embroidery ring, and some ribbon and hot glue. And let me just explain to you just how much of a crafty virgin I am. I had to read the directions on the hot glue gun package. Not because I needed to refresh my memory but because I have NEVER used a hot glue gun before. Ever. Using my $4 hot glue gun scared me more than using my sewing machine. But I got over it, and the results ended up fantastic! I finished off my weekend of crafting by taking a semi-broken Ikea end table we used to have in our living room, and spray painting it read. And ok, if I'm being totally honest, my husband fixed it up and spray painted it. I really just had the idea while eating a bologna sandwich and he had it finished up before I could rinse my dish... Ok well maybe not that fast, but he got on it because his very large-and-in-charge pregnant wife scares him.
So the color theme of the nursery is black, white and red, with gray on the walls. Another project my husband tackled this weekend. And he really can't complain, because the room is the size of a closet and the whole thing took him MAYBE 2 hours, including trim and what not. We are still working on the dresser. That thing is becoming the elephant in the room. We don't want to look at it, we don't want to talk about it, we just want it done. I just wish little fairies would come in and take care of it for us while we were sleeping or something. Or that my husband would just do it. That would be acceptable too.
Here's the picture of my rag quilt:

And my fabric pinwheel mobile:

And my Red table:

More to come as it gets done!