Crib sheet pattern?

I made my sheets out of plain lawn (was on sale at the time) and added pretty
turn-overs of printed cotton, broderie lace and ribbon (carefully tacked down to
avoid catching tiny fingers). Oh, and matching pillowslips as well.

For DS, the lawn was white and the pillowslips were various colours of cotton
gingham. I was young, then, and embroidered nursery rhyme characters on the
sheets (took *ages*!) For DD, the lawn was ivory and the pillowslips were
various shades of mint green (she has red hair...).

A pretty addition to a nursery is a puff quilt made from a selection of printed
cottons to match your colour scheme. You can make one in a weekend and it's
surprisingly little effort for a rather spectacularly good-looking return. I
made one for a pram cover as well and people kept asking where I got it!

I don't know of any online instructions for puff quilts, but most quilting
magazines have them from time to time. I made mine on my overlocker (serger) and
it was *so* quick and easy!

HTH
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

aeromom wrote:

I don't know what lawn is. Is that a fabric? Excuse this dumb old Texas gal.
aeromom


Sorry aeromom!

Lawn is a fine, soft cotton fabric. From time to time, I can get it on sale
pretty cheaply and I use it for a variety of things (including baby bedding,
obviously). Another thing I use it for is lining the bodices of DD's summer
dresses: it's lightweight, but strong enough to support a skirt.

Anyway, HTH? ;-D

--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Anyone know of a freebie crib sheet pattern. Another grandchild on the way
and all the little expenses are adding up fast. Sewing our own sheets might
save a little money. Thanks.
aeromom

Crib sheet pattern?

(aeromom)
Anyone know of a freebie crib sheet pattern. Another grandchild on the
way and all the little expenses are adding up fast. Sewing our own
sheets might save a little money. Thanks.
aeromom
---
Sheet patterns are pretty basic, but I've noticed that even crib
mattresses come in differing thicknesses.
Here's the basics, works on any size sheet;
Fabric for any size sheet should be wide enough so that you don't
have to piece it.
Measure sheet length, from a 3 to 4 inch tuck-under the crib end, to
a 3 or 4 inch tuck under the opposite end. This is the cut length.
Measure side-to-side in the same way. This is the cut width. (Hems
take a tiny amount of this meas.)
Lay fabric out, cut a five inch square from each corner. Set square
aside. Bring cut edges of sheet together; serge or sew. You have just
made the pocket corners. If you don't have a serger, you can bind this
seam if you desire to strengthen it. Pay attention so they all point to
the wrong side of the fabric. (ahem, not that I've done this...).
You can finish the edges in many ways: sew elastic all the way
around, folding the raw edge under the elastic in the same step when you
apply the elastic; OR:
Hem the edges narrowly, then sew elastic just at each corner, about
12 inches of elastic each corner. More or less--it's not rocket science,
and works as well as elastic all around, plus it's cheaper.
OR: the old fashioned nice sheets had a casing which the elastic went
through. Unnecessarily fussy nowadays. OR:
The last method eliminates elastic altogether. I copied it from a
vintage crib sheet. After bringing the sheet edges together and sewing
them, you take the 5 inch cut-out corner piece, fold it across, on the
diagonal, making a triangle.
Sew the triangle into the bottom edge of the sewn corner, raw edges
of triangle to raw edges of sheet, folded edge to the inside. (Pin it in
to first to see how it works.)
The fabric triangle forms a neat corner which the mattress tucks
into.
Walla! You have sheets. And, BTW, fabric.com usually carries printed
100% cottons, which make great sheets.
Cea

"aeromom" wrote in message
...
Anyone know of a freebie crib sheet pattern. Another grandchild on the way
and all the little expenses are adding up fast. Sewing our own sheets
might
save a little money. Thanks.
aeromom



If the mattress is fairly thin (like for a bassinet) then you do not have to
cut and miter the corners. Just make a rectangle the size ot the crib top
PLUS the depth of all for sides and casing size (length = top length + 2
times the depth + an inch or two.... and width = top width + 2 times the
depth + an inch or two). Make a casing to go all around and install a bit
of elastic.

Here are some other instructions;
http://www.getcreativeshow.com/seminars/crib_sheets.htm ... there are lots
of other free instructions he
http://www.getcreativeshow.com/Craft...g_seminars.htm

and he http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/enthusiast.html

Thanks, for all the info.
aeromom
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Crib sheet pattern?

(aeromom)
Anyone know of a freebie crib sheet pattern. Another grandchild on the
way and all the little expenses are adding up fast. Sewing our own
sheets might save a little money. Thanks.
aeromom
---
Sheet patterns are pretty basic, but I've noticed that even crib
mattresses come in differing thicknesses.
Here's the basics, works on any size sheet;
Fabric for any size sheet should be wide enough so that you don't
have to piece it.
Measure sheet length, from a 3 to 4 inch tuck-under the crib end, to
a 3 or 4 inch tuck under the opposite end. This is the cut length.
Measure side-to-side in the same way. This is the cut width. (Hems
take a tiny amount of this meas.)
Lay fabric out, cut a five inch square from each corner. Set square
aside. Bring cut edges of sheet together; serge or sew. You have just
made the pocket corners. If you don't have a serger, you can bind this
seam if you desire to strengthen it. Pay attention so they all point to
the wrong side of the fabric. (ahem, not that I've done this...).
You can finish the edges in many ways: sew elastic all the way
around, folding the raw edge under the elastic in the same step when you
apply the elastic; OR:
Hem the edges narrowly, then sew elastic just at each corner, about
12 inches of elastic each corner. More or less--it's not rocket science,
and works as well as elastic all around, plus it's cheaper.
OR: the old fashioned nice sheets had a casing which the elastic went
through. Unnecessarily fussy nowadays. OR:
The last method eliminates elastic altogether. I copied it from a
vintage crib sheet. After bringing the sheet edges together and sewing
them, you take the 5 inch cut-out corner piece, fold it across, on the
diagonal, making a triangle.
Sew the triangle into the bottom edge of the sewn corner, raw edges
of triangle to raw edges of sheet, folded edge to the inside. (Pin it in
to first to see how it works.)
The fabric triangle forms a neat corner which the mattress tucks
into.
Walla! You have sheets. And, BTW, fabric.com usually carries printed
100% cottons, which make great sheets.
Cea

Thanks, those are good websites.
aeromom
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"aeromom" wrote in message
...
Anyone know of a freebie crib sheet pattern. Another grandchild on the
way
and all the little expenses are adding up fast. Sewing our own sheets
might
save a little money. Thanks.
aeromom



If the mattress is fairly thin (like for a bassinet) then you do not have
to
cut and miter the corners. Just make a rectangle the size ot the crib top
PLUS the depth of all for sides and casing size (length = top length + 2
times the depth + an inch or two.... and width = top width + 2 times the
depth + an inch or two). Make a casing to go all around and install a bit
of elastic.

Here are some other instructions;
http://www.getcreativeshow.com/seminars/crib_sheets.htm ... there are lots
of other free instructions he

http://www.getcreativeshow.com/Craft...g_seminars.htm

and he http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/enthusiast.html

I don't know what lawn is. Is that a fabric? Excuse this dumb old Texas gal.
aeromom

"Trish Brown" wrote in message
...
I made my sheets out of plain lawn (was on sale at the time) and added
pretty
turn-overs of printed cotton, broderie lace and ribbon (carefully tacked
down to
avoid catching tiny fingers). Oh, and matching pillowslips as well.

For DS, the lawn was white and the pillowslips were various colours of
cotton
gingham. I was young, then, and embroidered nursery rhyme characters on
the
sheets (took *ages*!) For DD, the lawn was ivory and the pillowslips were
various shades of mint green (she has red hair...).

A pretty addition to a nursery is a puff quilt made from a selection of
printed
cottons to match your colour scheme. You can make one in a weekend and
it's
surprisingly little effort for a rather spectacularly good-looking return.
I
made one for a pram cover as well and people kept asking where I got it!

I don't know of any online instructions for puff quilts, but most quilting
magazines have them from time to time. I made mine on my overlocker
(serger) and
it was *so* quick and easy!

HTH
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

"aeromom" wrote in message
...
I don't know what lawn is. Is that a fabric? Excuse this dumb old Texas
gal.
aeromom

It is described he
http://www.srfabrics.com/cottons/othercotton.htm

I used light flannel for bassinet crib sheets.

(actually I tend to use whatever I find on sale or on a remnant
table/shelf/box)

julia wrote:

Just to let you know, there's a warning from the CPSC to only use very
snug, fitted sheets for infant bedding. Here's the link:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5137.html
Good Housekeeping also occasionally runs tests on crib sheets, and I think
they have some recommendations as well (for crib sheets I think they went
with Wamsutta brand as the top pick for safety). Yes, a newborn isn't
rolling around, but when you put them down oh-so-gently after getting them
back to sleep you do move the sheet a bit and when it's 4am and you've done
this 6 times in the past 10 hours you don't want to have to worry if the
sheet was coming undone at one end (or try to tuck it back in with sleeping
baby on top). Those bassinette "mattresses" (I think they are actually just
called 'pads') are flimsy at best, so they are quite easy to move. I think
fitted bassinette sheets were less than $6 at Babies-R-Us, which was about
3 years ago, so maybe they went up a little, but I think that is still less
than what you'd pay for a king-sized pillowcase. Baby prices can be
completely insane, but you can find bargains in places like WalMart and
Target. Good luck with the new grandchild!
-j

Hmmm... that's interesting and a most important point!

Here in Oz, you can get 'tea tree bark' bassinette mattresses for babies. Both
my kids had tea tree mattresses, anyway. The idea is that if the baby gets
stuck, face down, s/he can still breathe through the mattress, which is soft,
fluffy and 'plumpable'. As another poster suggested, I made my 'sheets' like a
pillowcase for these mattresses. They're quite washable: you just chuck 'em in
the washing machine and hang them out on a sunny day!
--
Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

PS. I assume they're made not from Tea Tree (Leptospermum species), but from
Paperbark (Melaleuca sp), because the Melaleuca bark is extremely fibrous and
absorbent while Leptospermum is not. Melaleuca is often called 'Tea Tree'
erroneously.