I've been looking high and low for weeks for the perfect fabric(s) from which to construct the bedskirt and valance for Pea's room--and last night I found them! I'm delighted with them! Here's the new fabrics on the comforter.

(The color's a little off on this second one, but I wanted you to see the details and dots!)


The bedskirt is a "pleated-look" style, so in the middle of each side and at the corners, the main body fabric (the solid chocolate brown) will split away to reveal the underlay (the pink with dots). And I found this beautiful ribbon which will run horizontally through the brown all the way round. The valance will be the same idea--brown/ribbon with a "peek" of the pink in the center. All for just over $16 (I still have to buy the hanger thingy for the valance).


My mom will help me with the construction while she's here. I could probably do it myself, but I thought it would be fun for us to have a project. When she visited for Punk's impending birth three years ago, she helped me with sheers and valances for the living room. In fact, I had just gotten everything cut out when I went into labor, so Mom finished everything up for me while I was spending every day for the next week in the hospital with Punky! I sure hope she doesn't wind up finishing this project by herself!