How much fabric for custom made?

Bricole514

We are also considering having our bedding made. I was wondering how much fabric people needed. We are looking to have a bumper, bed skirt and maybe a blanket. Any estimates would help? I am definitely not the sewing queen in my family. TIA!! 

mrs.wildman

For my bedskirt I used 3 yards for the "legs" of the skirt and 2 yards of plain muslin for the deck (the part between the crib and mattress) - any plain sheet would suffice for this too.

The bumper will be about 5 yards total (I'm using 2 different fabrics - one on the inside and one outside). 

Not sure on the blanket as this depends on the size that you want - I'm planning on making a quilt using all of the scraps from the skirt and bumper fabrics.

MrsHT

Skirt was 5 yards (extra incase we thought we wanted more of a ruffled look) 3 yards of each of the bumper fabrics.  1-1/2 yards for the bumper ties and 4 packages of the pre-made piping that you can purchase at Jo-anns.  Our blanket was made with the left over skirt fabric and is about 36" x 40", with the white minky dot on the inside and the pre-packaged satin binding.  Also since there was left over bumper fabric she will be making us a custom teething guard for the crib.  Good luck and cannot wait to see pictures