Sunday, July 14, 2013

Fitted sheets for crib mattress

We received some fabric with cute baby patterns as gifts. So when we needed more than one fitted sheet for the crib mattress, I decided to use up all the fabric and sew fitted sheets myself instead of buying more. I followed this tutorial to get me started. It's one of the easiest sewing projects ever! I don't think I'll ever buy fitted sheets again!

The first one below is from a flat single bed sheet. The crib mattress we have is 28x52x5 inches. So I cut out a rectangle 46x70 inches and cut out 9 inch squares from the 4 corners and joined them together to get the boxed corners. Leaving just a 1/8 inch give in the hem for the 1/4 inch elastic, I threaded the elastic with a safety pin. 


This second one is from bits and pieces from a quilt project and the first fitted sheet. I joined the pieces to get a 46x70inch rectangle and then cut out 9 inch squares from the corners.


 This last one is my favorite. I absolutely love the fun print in the center. A close up of the print is below.


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