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“M” is for Mattress

December 6, 2010

A quick tutorial on how I made the mattress for the doll crib.
I started with a piece of foam mattress topper (much more economical than upholstery foam from the craft store).
And quickly realized that two pieces would snuggle into each other to make it thicker:
I cut out the size to fit into my crib and used spray adhesive to sandwich them together:
I had a small leftover piece I wanted to use for ‘bumpers’:
Cut in half to make two bumpers:
Again used spray adhesive and some binder clips to make into a roll (at which point I found this piping insulation on the shelf which would have been much easier to use):
Now I wrapped the mattress with quilt batting for more softness using spray adhesive:
Same deal with bumpers, wrap in batting:
Everything wrapped and clipped to dry:
Next I choose a striped fabric and cut a piece big enough to fit, then I mitered the corners and trimmed the excess (do this all with the fabric inside out):
close up of mitered corner
Then I pinned the side seams, again wrong side out:
Sides stitched but left about 2 inches open and center seam open to slip foam piece in:
close up of edge
Then I handstitched everything closed:
For the bumpers I simply made a tube with finished edges to run a ribbon through:
And there you have it:

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  1. Ellie says

    December 8, 2010 at 2:50 AM

    Adorable! You're talented!

    Reply
  2. Kandice Howard says

    November 2, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    I featured this at Sinful Sewing & Sweets as part of my 30 Sew-Made Holiday Ideas. Check it out at http://sinfulsweetsandsewing.blogspot.com/2012/11/day-2-doll-accesorries.html
    Thanks for the cute idea,
    Kandice

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