Okay because I am cheap. We all know this now. I was not paying $12 a mini sheet. I found this super cute fabric on clearance at Walmart for 2.47 a yard and got four yards. This is so cute and soooo soft it is a light weight flannel. I don't know what I was thinking when I did the math.. Because each sheet takes 1 1/3 yard. The mattress is 24 x 38 across the top and 2 inches deep so you need a good 5 inches on each sides. Yeah, I can't find my measuring tape.. SO, I improvised.
I do a hidden seam on the corner. It makes them stronger. So you measure out 4.75 inches and make a line.
Sew down the line.
Trim the fabric about 1/4 inch from the seam then flip it inside out and pin. Sew 1/4 inch along the edge.
Sewn.
Turned right side out this is what you will see.
Now I know that you are suppose to break out the seam allowance gauge. To do the seam for the elastic but I am not going to do that or iron the edge down. Come on these are going to be sheets for a crib. So I roll, pin and sew. Leave about 2 inches open to thread the elastic through then close that up.
What the inside finished corner looks like. Sew all the corners going the same directions i.e push that little flap to the left or right all the way around. Makes weaving the elastic so much easier.
Material needed is enough material for the sheet. (It takes about 1.3 yards per sheet for the mini's) And about 1.5 yards of elastic per sheet. (well that is for a mini sheet) I am going to make some crib sheets I'll let you know what that takes. What I learned is that I should have given an inch each direction for an allowance. Not just the 24 x 38 that is too tight for the mattress. It works but is pulls the mattress in. Remember this is a small 2 inch mattress. I should have cut 35 x 49 instead of 34 x 48. But they work. I am going to make more I will post that and how they fit.
Happy Sewing.
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