Fabric for Nursery Sewing Projects

Fitted Crib Sheets
Now that I’ve been convinced that making a fitted crib sheet should be a piece of cake, I’ve been sorting through a bunch of fabric options that I’ve found and liked online. I think I’ve decided on the olive/chartreuse color family and I really like the five patterns below. I don’t think I’m going to purchase pre-made crib sheets at all since it will be at least $10 cheaper to make my own AND I’ll get exactly the fabric/color that I want.

Fabric Window Valances
Here is the fabric that I’m considering for the window valances. The stripes will run horizontally along the width of the window and the image shown represents the approximate height of the valances according to the scale of 12″. I may do more like 14″, we’ll see.

Blanket
I am wanting to make an inexpensive and easy blanket that will be what our baby will use to play on the floor with, cuddle with, and maybe later sleep in his/her crib with.I want the front side to be in some sort of pattern and the back side to be a softy, comfy fabric called “Minky“. Here are a couple of fabric options I like. I think I want to go with the olive-y green option because it will show less dirt. Plus, it matches the crib sheets and green patches in the rug. This should be a super cheap project so I just can’t pass it up.

Homemade Quilt
I have always wanted to make a quilt and figured that I would eventually get around to it once I had my own child. Coincidentally, I am actually going to have quite a few 8 inch squares of fabric leftover from the crib sheet project so it only makes sense to turn those scraps into a quilt project. I don’t know how useful this will actually be since I’m making that soft baby blanket and since neither the blanket nor the quilt will actually be used for sleeping in the crib. It would still be a fun project to tackle. I might be a lunatic for putting this together, but here’s a little mockup of what a quilt might look like made from those 8 inch fabric scraps plus a few more selections of fabric. It’s kind of….wild, but for someone who’s a maniac for patterned fabric, it’s also kind of perfect.