Fitted Crib/Toddler bed sheets

Fitted Crib/Toddler Bed sheets

Have you ever noticed how expensive crib sheets are? Depending on where you purchase them they are quite pricey! Then if someone makes you a beautiful baby quilt or toddler bed quilt, you have to try and match a store bought crib sheet to the quilt, & usually end up with a huge variety of choices, white, pink, or blue!  So now you'll be able to make crib sheets from fabric you can purchase, to match any blanket or quilt. So lets get started y'all!

Items Needed:

70x45 inches of fabric (two yards, cut off a standard 45 inch bolt

4 feet of thin elastic, 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch

Thread

Pins

Scissors

Rotary Tool

Cutting Mat

Measuring tape

Strait Ruller

Sorry these two pictures are upside down. My blog sometimes uploads them funky and I can't turn them once they are in there. 

First measure out your elastic and cut it to four, twelve inch pieces. 

now this next step you can cut each corner one at a time or you can fold the fabric corners up and cut all four corners at one time, which ever works better for you! So now you need to cut a nine inch square off of each corner of the fabric, 

This is how each corner will look when you've cut the nine inch square. Now that you have cut your square off of each corner, essentially each corner has no corner, each has now two corners, so match up those two corners and this is where we'll sew. 

Okay now you've got your two corners lined up where you cut out your nine inch square, sew this together. 

Okay y'all this is what your corner looks like sewn together. 

Fold your first piece of elastic in half and find the center. Place the center of the elastic on the seam of the corner of what you have sewn. 

Now you'll pin the middle of the elastic on the seam you have just sewn. Then measure twelve inches away from that and pin the edge of the elastic, you'll do this on the other side as well. So you'll have a bunch of fabric between your two pins. 

Now when you go to sew your elastic, use a zig zag stitch and you will have to stretch the elastic out so it lines up with the material, if you don't then you won't have a stretchy corner to go over the edge of the mattress.  

When you let the slack back in the corner you'll see how it will pull back together, now that the elastic is sewn to the fabric.

Now you can be done at that point or you can give your sheet a more finished look, this is what I chose to do, because I give my sheets as gifts with baby quilts. In order to do that you'll need to edge the sheet. All the way around you'll need to fold over a quarter or half inch of the sheet and sew it together. When you get to the corners you'll need someone to hold the elastic parts open so you can fold over the fabric and pin the edging. Which is what the picture shows you below. When you sew it again to give it the edge you'll need to again stretch out the elastic. When you've sewn all the way around the sheet, remove your pins and you're done! 

This is one of my sheets on my cousins baby crib, I also made the skirting and the quilt. I don' have a picture of the camo sheet because I don't actually own a crib sorry! It's a baby gift. 

I hope this tutorial makes sense, and you make some super cute crib/toddler bed sheets!!!!