My Old Wicker Crib

This was mums project really but I wanted to feature it on the blog because
it's so lovely and a perfect example of how new babies don't necessarily mean
spending a fortune on brand new furnishings! There's plenty of second hand
baby stuff going. This old wicker crib was mine when I was a baby.
Mum dug it out of the attic and freshened it up for my new arrival by
making this bumper out of pretty floral fabric.

She cut the paper to make the template for the bumper fabric,

using tape to position it in place within the basket as a guide.

She lay the fabric out on a flat surface and drew around the
template pieces, leaving a margin of about 1" all around for the hem.
She then cut another 2 for the backing (you can choose a plain fabric
for this as it won't be seen) and 2 pieces of wadding to go in the centre
(make these exactly the template size). She pinned the fabric inside
out and sewed the fabric pieces together with a hem, inserting ribbon
for ties as she went (how many is up to you) The wadding was inserted
before sewing up the ends.

She secured it to the sides of the crib using the ribbons and a few
stitches :)