Shower Gift: Quilt #2

My sister got married this summer and for her bridal shower I made this quilt and had everyone that came help tie it!

 Things I learned from this project:
1. Don't use a skinny girl's old jeans for making a denim quilt (unless it's a small one).  This took me FOREVER because some of the jeans were so skinny and not wide. Go to a thrift store and buy some BIG MAMMA jeans! 
2. Don't leave the pockets on where you are going to be sewing.  Around the edge and at some of the seams I had the layers of the quilt plus a pocket to sew through and my machine would not go through all of it.  It made things frustrating.
Other than that this was really fun to do and nice to have everyone help with at the shower.

Finally Finished

The summer was a CRAZY one with a new job and a new baby but I am finally settled in our new place and ready to share the story of the crib.  There were also a few other projects that got done this summer that I will share. 
So I really cut it down to the wire with the crib.  We finished it the last week before we had the baby! And I can not say that I finished it by myself.  I was sick of sanding and so my husband finished sanding and painting but I did do most of the priming and painting. We used both spray primer and paint which made that process go WAY FASTER than doing it with a brush! Here is the finally finished project: