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Can anyone give me directions on how to make a fitted sheet for a baby mattress? I have a bassinet, so its one of those smaller thinner mattresses. I actually have 2 mattresses so I guess the sheet could fit them both together?
Help me please!
Thanks!
The way I did it was to measure the mattress, add a couple of inches to both width and length for the sides and seam allowance/casing and then cut a rectangle that size. I then cut squares out of each corner (small squares - just from sides and seam allowance/casing ).
Sew the corners - you'll be sewing two adjacent sides of the square together. Then make a narrow casing around the entire thing and insert 1/8 or 1/4" elastic.
HTH
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...ib_sheets.html
i used this one:
http://www.getcreativeshow.com/seminars/crib_sheets.htm
but i did prewash the fabric so it wouldn't shrink at all.
i found this one after the fact and liked those instructions too:
http://www.bundlesoflove.org/sheetpattern.htm
thanks to both of you! im off to work but will check these patterns out when I get home!
Caitlin
this is what i've always used & it comes out perfect. :)
http://www.homemakingcottage.com/sew/cribsheet.htm
also, she has a equation for other sizes -
i used that to make a fitted sheet for DH's rack on the ship (navy). :)Quote:
If you are sewing a sheet for a mattress of a different size, determine your yardage as follows:
length = mattress length + twice mattress depth + 8" width = mattress width + twice mattress depth + 8"
here's one of the crib sheets i made out of sandi henderson's fabric from that -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...04-12-0882.jpg
That sheet is SO cute! I ordered that fabric and waiting for it to come! Thanks so much for the link!