When I googled I saw a few different tutorials on making a crib rail guard. One used buttons (no good for Sammi the shark at all, choking hazard!) and one was similar to this idea.
Except Sammi has a patchwork theme in her room and I had some chunks of an old quilt I bought at the flea market that I thought were the perfect size for this.
Here is the piece I started with. Now, I feel compelled to say this (feel free to ignore me), but PLEASE DO NOT CUT UP GRANDMA'S QUILTS FOR THIS!
Someone had already ruined a quilt to make some kind of curtains (?) and the prints were so sweet I bought them anyway. (Generally I will NOT buy "repurposed quilt crafts*" as it only encourages people to cut up perfectly good quilts.)
Then I hemmed them so they were narrow and double thick.
My girlfriend mentioned that she saw something about a safe length for ties for babies that wouldn't be a strangulation hazard. She thought it was 4 inches. I could have googled that, but 4 inches is pretty short, so I felt pretty safe about it. (Any shorter and I wouldn't be able to tie them.) So, 4 inches pieces of bias tape it is.
Cut up 7 pairs for each side of the crib.
Sew them. I sewed over the ties 3 or 4 times. I do NOT want the shark to eat them.
Tie them on and voila! A cover for the edges that weren't manufactured with that plastic teething guard.
Sammi thought it was amusing.
I think it's pretty cute. But time will tell if she just shoves it aside to chew on that corner.
She did give it a chew to try it out already.
(They do make a sticky one you can buy to put it over it, but I am pretty sure it wouldn't last a week since it has to cover the very fat rounded corner of this crib.)
*This is obviously my own personal pet peeve. I don't think one hole makes a quilt a cutter. Or worn edges (people slept next to that edge!). Sometimes a quilt truly is unsalvageable and I can get behind that repurposing. But in general I think everyone is just a little too scissor happy. :-)
Amen, sister! Other things not to destroy when they are perfectly or nearly perfectly good: tablecloths, aprons, Christmas ornaments, I'm probably going to stop here but I could go on for quite a while. Oh, and cute quilt guard to go with that extremely cute baby.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Love the safety of it too. And agree about the cutting of quilts.
ReplyDeleteI love it...Well done. Never have cut a quilt up. Always worry about cutting my linens. There must be at least severe damage to get me to cut. I really think you can hear the fabric scream if you listen carefully! Cheeks is gorgeous...smiles...Renee
ReplyDeleteI am with you on the cutting, for the most part. The results look great!
ReplyDeleteLittle Sweet Cheeks looks happy as can be. I totally agree about cutting up quilts - that makes me Crazy! Great job to protect the quilt!
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