my first attempt making bedding set..

it's been a while since i post something, it's just a quick post about my latest sewing project, bedding set for noelle...

now that she's 2 yr, i think it's time for her to brace herself to sleep on her bed. she, until now, thinks that my bedroom is her bedroom while her actual bedroom is her play room. i can't blame her tho, we used to co sleeping since she was newborn, and eventhough i put her to sleep on her bed, somehow she managed to get back to my bed (sleep walking in total darkness).. i have no idea how to train her to sleep on her bed, bed time or nap time.. i reckon she loves to sleep in minimal light (like in my bedroom, while in her bedroom she can sunbathe morning-afternoon), and she loves our soft and fluffy mattres with good support. so, we bought her the same mattress in king single size, and since she sleep like a tornado and prone to fall out of the bed, bed frame is out of question until later.

all looking good in her room, but, one thing for sure, we dont have proper bedding set for her. it's all those plain cotton jersey sheets and pillowcases, or those flowery or leafy sheets or whatever i can grab from our linen cupboard, and they are in queen bed sizing because they are supposed for the guest room bed.

so, i had this idea to make her own bedding set, with appropriate prints of course. in this post, i finished a blue sheet/orange/white farm animal prints.

i got the farm animal prints from nearby thrift store, $2, it was a toddler bed sheets, and wont fit noelle's king single size mattress (110x210cm). the blue fabric was flat sheet that was on sale on Target, and the orange fabric was purchased at Spotlight on Saturday morning.

the rest was easy, sewing the sheets, then two pillowcases, and since i have some scraps from 3 fabrics, i managed to produce one small long pillowcase, and one throw pillowcase, looking cute all together.

the cute farm friends

the whole set, there's farm animal "border" because i was short of the fabric.

i need 294cm, but the flat sheet was only 275cm..

so i just cut the flat sheet by 2/3, and sew the farm animal fabric to give extra length.

and it worked! :)

i managed to make neat seam! important for sewing without serger..

hubby said the pillowcase look like storebought.. neat!

small long pillowcase with farm animal applique

throw pillow with square applique, just to make it coordinate with the sheets and other pillow

the new bed sheets matched the moon seat. and you can see, the fitted sheet is not so fitted because i was wrongly measured the mattres as 120x210cm, not 110x210cm..

my next project is another bed sheets for noelle, the fabric from IKEA range, fabler series mixed with another unused flat sheets. cant wait to start sewing again, see you soon!