Comments on: She’s Crafty!

By: HereWeGoAJen

HereWeGoAJen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:20:12 +0000

I decided to make my own too and used this tutorial as a starting place. For mine, I used snaps instead of ties, for an “invisible” look and I used an old beach towel instead of quilt batting. You can see pictures of it here, if you are interested. http://jenniferelaineg.blogspot.com/2010/01/elizabeths-bedroom.html

And I made a closet rod extender to match, if anyone is interested in that. http://jenniferelaineg.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-make-closet-rod-extender.html

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:53:08 +0000

Thanks for the reminder!

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:23:50 +0000

I forgot to mention in comment #40 that all new fabrics contain chemicals. I noticed that there are some new sewers in these comments. If you did not prewash your fabrics, you should give your finished project a machine wash using a very gentle or hand-wash cycle with lukewarm water. All quilts should be washed gently. Since we are dealing with long and narrow covers, it might be best to put them into a large pillowcase and use safety pins to close. Doing this will avoid a lot of pulling on these covers and the ties by the agitator. Hope this helps.

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:53:07 +0000

That’s a great idea on the ties! Thank you so much for sharing. Good luck!

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:56:33 +0000

I became a grandmother a month ago to an adorable grandson. I was going to figure out a way to cover those railings when I came across your site. Being a long-time experienced quilter with lots of supplies, instead of buying the quilted fabric, I will make my own with the batting that I have. Just put the batting and one piece of fabric together (wrong side of fabric facing batting) and stitch some straight lines maybe one to two inches apart.

To make the ties easier, take long strips of fabric (maybe l 1/2 inches wide); bring each long raw edge of the strip to the center and press each time. Then fold the long strip in half bringing two folded edges together, press again. Bring strip to the machine and sew the two folded edges together. Cut to desired length and finish by turning one end (the other will be in the binding)over twice about 1/4 to 1/2 inch each time. Stitch the turned end down by machine. This will make a nice tie with little trouble. Since I haven’t made the set yet, I cannot give you instructions with exact measurements, but it should be easy to figure out. Make a sample tie if in doubt, then go from there.

I am looking forward to making these very nice covers once I take the crib measurements. Thanks for the instructions.

By: rebekah

rebekah — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:05:00 +0000

just made this. east peesy instructions. looks great! my girlfriends are jelous

By: Jacklyn

Jacklyn — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:39:09 +0000

This was SO easy! Thanks to your directions and a 10 month old willing to keep herself content for an hour, my crib is now safe from my little termite

By: Jennifer Stevenson

Jennifer Stevenson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:06:11 +0000

Great work by you, I personally work a lot of sewing machine and really appreciate the way you presented it, keep it up.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:29:53 +0000

I made one today, it is awesome. Thank you so much. This was a huge help. I didn’t have the guts to tackle this until I read how you did it. Great Job, thanks again.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:44:27 +0000

Priscilla, I am so glad you mentioned that your mom-in-law is using the old bed skirt! What a fabulous idea and way to save money. We do not use ours anymore either. Actually, we do not even use our bumpers that came with the set so I could always go that route. Thanks.