DoloresG

Does anyone know anything about making your own crib bedding? I was having a hard time finding one that I liked so I figured why not amke my own. What I want to know is approx. how much would it cost, how difficult it will be & if I could find material & patterns online. Thanks yall

Tas

I imagine it would cost quite a lot to make your own. At least around me material is very expensive and to do the comfortor, sheets, and bumper alone would probably cost close to $40 just for materials. I've been looking for crib sheets myself and ebay has a lot of crib sets some of which have very low starting prices. Even with shipping you could get a whole set for cheaper than the store if you have the time to wait for what you want. If you do search on ebay make sure you change the display order to cheapest displayed first.

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mcpixy

To get nice baby bedding is upwards of $80.00 anyways

Have you tried looking at all the online stores for crib bedding? I've found some cute things myself.

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2....O_SSUB_CAT=999
http://www.dreamtimebaby.com/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...860116-7096902
http://www.babyuniverse.com/secpage....secid=12&lang=

DoloresG

I have been looking for some time and there has been ones that I like but don't like. I think it would be easier if I was having a girl. I have looked at all these websites & used them as ideas. The only ones that I like are like $350 & up. I'm not currently working & even if I were it's an awful lot on $$$$. Thank yall so much for your posts. I almost have my mind made up.

Smile00

I had the same trouble. But here's my secret. Don't be afraid of Yard Sales, Salvation Army, or Clothing Centers. They have baby bedding for really inexpensive and sometimes they're new and better than the ones in the stores that are being sold for alot of money.

I would get baby clothes and anything else I could find there too. Saves a lot of money plus you will have more clothes for baby to wear. And if they get stains on it you don't need to worry because they didn't cost that much to begin with.

And if you are a bit iffy about second hand stuff just think about these things:

- half the time they're new or barely used especially infant clothing because they grow out them so quickly.

- once they're washed they're clean. If you are really concerned just throw some antibacterial dish soap in the wash to make sure there are no germs. But the dryer would kill the germs anyhow.

- with the money you save you can buy other things for your baby like baby wash, wash cloths, DIAPERS (hint - disposables are very expensive and if you aren't worried about changing a reusable and washing them (walmart has diaper hampers that you can line with a plastic bag and then just throw the diapers in the wash with some clorox bleach and detergent), bottles, etc.

- Also, Here's a link to a recipe for my own homemade heavy duty detergent and it is safe enough for baby clothing. A lot less expensive than using commercial brands.

http://forceangel.tripod.com/angelwhispers/

It is powder but you can just add water to it and mix and put in used laundry bottles if you like liquid detergent better.

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judyvegas

Hi, I just made a crib set (my second in two years) for my daughters new little girl, All togeather it cost me about $150.00 after buying a bedspread she wanted for a quilt and pillow and satin to make the bumper pads and dust ruffle, sheets, but was it worth it, you bet, a comparable one would be over $300.00, the only thing that was real hard is on the patterns you have to measure everything and cut it out from the material on the crib pads and sheets and baby comforter, dust ruffle, and they had a wrong measurement on the McCalls pattern for the crib bumper pads, I went on the internet to get all of the measurements and actually you can get some easy patterns too
here is some I bookmarked....
http://craftandfabriclinks.com/babyb...babyquilt.html
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...erns+for+baby+
Here is a site for cheaper bedding sets that are cute, remember they only use some of the stuff for a short time.....
http://store.yahoo.com/dreamtimebaby/zoomzoomzoom.html
I hope some of this helps, if you need some measurements, I will look for you just PM me and I will see if can help, good luck and Guess What #5 is coming in November, I love to sew for them it might be a full time part time job for me!
Judy

mcpixy

This site has a lot of cool tips, tricks, and patterns for baby stuff

http://www.borntolove.com/index.html

The thing is, sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for on there so I'm not sure if they'd have any patterns. Even if they don't have it, there's a lot of helpful articles on homemade baby products, etc.