Here's the thing about toddler beds. Of course, they use a crib mattress. Which are always made out of plastic. Which means that the corners of fitted sheets keep slipping off. I cut down an old twin mattress pad -- but it wouldn't stay in place. So I decided to try sewing a couple of "bands", using some very stretchy swimsuit fabric...GENIUS!!
This picture is the underside of the mattress -- the bright orange/yellow/pink striped fabric is the lycra swimsuit fabric...
I serged two "bands" on the underside. MAGIC...the mattress pad is going to stay in place PERFECTLY...
Then I decided to use a similar tactic to make the sheet. Instead of sewing elastic around the edges, I made a giant pillowcase. I used dinosaur fabric for the TOP of the sheet -- and a double-stretchy tie-dyed t-shirt fabric for the bottom side. I squared the corners of one end -- and left the other end open...
The mattress slipped right into my giant sheet-case...
My piece of dinosaur fabric was not quite long enough -- so I fudged with a piece of yellow cotton at the top...
PERFECT!! I think crib sheetcases will be my new signature baby gift!! The key to a nice tight fit was using a stretchy fabric on the UNDERside.geesh...I crack myself up....
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