How to Make Baby Bumper Pads

Bumper pads for cribs, bassinets and cradles are expensive purchases that can be avoided by sewing your own. Making baby bumper pads allows you the freedom to choose your favorite print or solid cotton fabric for easy washing and drying. Crib bumper pad instructions can be adjusted for cradles and bassinets by measuring your furniture and adjusting the width and length of the fabric rectangles according to the measurement of the bed's four sides. Make baby bumper pads with moderate sewing machine skills in about an hour.

Instructions

1

Place one fabric rectangle with the wrong side of the fabric facing up. Put the batting rectangle on top of the fabric. Pin. Sew the batting to the rectangle using a -inch seam allowance and straight stitch along the four rectangle sides. Remove pins.

2

Turn the rectangle/batting over so the right side of the fabric is facing up. Put the other fabric rectangle on top with the right sides of the fabric touching. Pin the right edge, top edge and left edge. Sew using a 1-inch seam allowance and straight stitch along the pinned right, top and left edge. Remove pins.

3

Pull the fabric over the batting so the bumper pad is right-side out. Poke the inside corners with your finger to make a crisp corner.

4

Fold the raw edges of the bottom bumper pad edge inside 1 inch. Pin. Sew using a -inch seam allowance and straight stitch to close the bumper pads. Remove pins.

5

Thread a needle and tie a knot at the end of the thread. Fold a satin ribbon in half. Sew the fold of the ribbon to the top right corner of the bumper pad. Repeat for the bottom right corner.

6

Measure 7 inches to the left of the first ribbon on the top edge of the bumper pads. Sew another satin ribbon on the fold. Repeat every 7 inches. Repeat for the bottom edge of the bumper pads.

7

Place the bumper pads into the crib and tie the satin ribbons around the rungs of the crib tightly.