Quilts?? Oh, my!

So, I've been wanting to do "Shabby Chic" for the girls room...which sounds great, but shabby chic seems to be expensive chic, lol.

A lot of the store-bought crib bedding sets are expensive. They mostly range from $100-$200...which is not toooo bad for one, but double that for me. Also, most of them are very kiddy looking... I want something cute, but not 100% pink. So, I started looking on Etsy, and I found what I want....only it's REALY expensive.

 

 See how pretty it is?? I love the owl theme, but like that it's not overwhelming.

So....I had decided to look online about making a quilt.... then I got a phone call from my husband which went like this:

Harold - "What are you doing babe"
Me- "Watching a video about how to make a baby quilt"
Harold- "...(silence)...That's interesting"
Me- (Thinking he thinks I'm nuts) "Well all of the ones I like are so expensive so I thought maybe I could learn. I could get a sewing machine and figure this out in a few months I think."
Harold- "I'll bust out a quilt. I will do it by hand. I don't need a sewing machine."

LMAO. I love that my husband was so confident. Later that night he continued to tell me how he would hand sew them together, because in middle school he learned to sew. After watching the videos...I thought it looked easy enough in the first parts...but once it got to actually "quilting a pattern" and then sewing on a border...I felt very overwhelmed. Not sure what I will do now. There are a few other color schemes I like too....maybe I'll do a mix & match on bedding, etc.