How To Make Bumper Pads For Crib

I'm so happy to finally share my first sewing projection for our time to come baby with y'all! I'm non planning to decorate a room into a nursery.

First, because nosotros simply have a 3 bedrooms firm and second considering I did decorate, pigment, made blinds for my two first children…and they prefer to sleep together! My son doesn't intendance about sleeping into a girly pink room (you tin can run into some pics Here if you like too).

I still wanted to do something special for the baby. And, as a crafter, it ways Brand something!
A new crib bedding was the perfect project.

Too sewing them, I also made the peacock feather pattern! Which makes the bumper and the blanket even more than special and personal! I was able to create this unique crib bedding thank you to Contrado!

Those guys are amazing! They can print whatsoever design on (near) any kind of textile, so if you are looking to create your own fabric pattern, I will definitely recommend them.

The pattern and the colors were exactly what I was expecting and the commitment was fast (which is quite exceptional considering I alive in Mexico and commitment services use to be quite chancy).

I love that my baby volition have a unique crib bedding, sewn, and designed past her mom!

I was lucky enough to find a matching polka dots fabric for the inside of the bumper. I likewise get some white fleece fabric to make a cute blanket. Besides fabric you will need ribbon, matching thread, and wadding.

The beginning thing you need to do is taking the crib within the dimensions. Our is 120 cm x threescore cm (47 in. ten 24 in.) To brand the bumper I used two g of textile (2 yards).

You need to cutting 4 rectangles in the outside material. All rectangles will accept the same high of 33cm /thirteen inches. The beginning 2 rectangles must have the length of the crib + ane i/2 inch or 4cm. The other two rectangles must accept the width of the crib + one one/ii in. or 4cm.

I hope it's not to misfile, I requite you an example:

Metric system:
My crib dimensions are 120cm x 60 cm.
So I will take 2 big fabric rectangles of 124 x 33 cm and two pocket-sized rectangles of 64 ten 33 cm. And then you have to cut 4 identical rectangles in the within fabric. So yous will end up with 4 long rectangles and iv brusque rectangles (2 in each fabric).

The states system:
My crib dimensions are 47in X 24in.
And then
I will have two big fabric rectangles of 48 ane/2 in. x xiii in. and 2 small
rectangles of 25 1/2 in. x xiii in. Then you accept to cut 4 identical rectangles
in the inside fabric. And then you will end upwardly with 4 long rectangles and four
short rectangles (2 in each material).

Place two small rectangles on top of each other, right side inwards. Pivot the edges together. Cut 4 pieces of ribbon of approximately twoscore cm / 15 in. Put one on each corner betwixt each fabric layer and pin.

Sew together the edges on 3 sides, leave one of the small-scale side open. Repeat to make a second small bumper.

You can repeat the verbal same procedure to sew the long bumper. Yous will just add together 2 extra ribbons in the center. Cut ii ribbon pieces of fourscore cm / 30 in. Fold them in the eye and identify them betwixt the fabric layers in the middle of the rectangles.

Those ribbons will permit you to attach the bumper to the crib and prevent information technology from bending.

Plough your fabric rectangles right side out. Cut wadding cream at the same dimension as the rectangles and fill them with the foam.

Fold the edges through the inside, pin and sew together. In one case your four rectangles are filled with cream and closed, you can adhere them on the crib making pretty knots with the ribbons.

Let'due south start the baby blanket. I choose to make a big one, you tin reduce the size if y'all want it for a newborn. Cut a foursquare of 1m ten 1m (one ft x 1 ft) in the fabric and one in the fleece.

Place the fabrics on top of each other, right side inward. Pin the edges and stitch them together, leaving an unsewn gap of 20 cm / ten in.

Turn the right side out, pin the opening and make a few hand stitches to close information technology.

Brand an extra seam on all the blanket perimeter, at more or less 1cm (1/2 in.) from the edges. And washed, your pretty and very soft blanket id set up for baby!