Kaitlynn's Christmas Present

Three layers- fabric, batting, fabric

3 layers basted (pinned) togethe

 I found this great cradle at the thrift store for $4.50, so I bought it for Kaitlynn.  It had a few dings, I painted over those quickly, but I think I will but some colored paint and paint the whole cradle.  I also decided that I would make a mattress for the cradle, and following is the procedure I used to make it.  The finished mattress is 20x7 inches.

I sewed around the edges

I sewed in the middle too in zig-zag lines

Cutting the raw edges off

I still had extra fabric, so I made a little pillow. Edges are sewn together, leaving a hole for turning inside-out.

Turned inside-out, I use a chopstick to get those corners squared

I added a snap button for attaching it to the mattress

I used leftover batting to stuff the pillow

Opening sewn shut by machine

2 inch wide binding strips are cut, I cut 3 strips

Ends of binding strips are sewn together

How the binding strips look sewn together

Sewing the binding on, right side to right side. Fold beginning of strip down.

Fold strip up diagonally

Fold strip back down

Sewing the corner, sew to 1/4 inch of edge, backstitch.

 Sew strip from edge

After binding is sewn on, turn quilt over and fold down edges

Bobbin break!

I sewed the binding down with a zig-zag stitch

Trying the fit out.

 

I super glued snap halves in all four corners, I am going to use a more appropriate glue, not strong enough!

 

Adding a mate for the pillow's snap

I also added the snap mates for all four corners on the quilt, voila, handmade quilt and pillow.