Nana is Sewing

Hey, I think we finally got Nana interested in sewing again.

Each of us has a long list of items we want made.

Nana wanted to start with projects she already had started or planned.  

Today, she made a pink mattress and pillow for my twin sister, Kaylee.  Pink is her favorite color.  She has pink and white flannel with butterflies picked out for her fitted sheets.  They probably won't be done real soon.

Until she gets our sheets and comforters made we will sleep on top of these mattresses in our sleeping bags.  Nana made the sleeping bags too.






She also made a green mattress and pillow for me.  I don't have sheet fabric picked out yet.


  She makes the mattresses to be 1 inch thick. .  But, I think they are thicker than that when she gets the stuffing into them.  They're really soft and you sink down into them.  They help keep you warm.  



When she makes a mattress she measures the area it is to fit into.  Then she makes a pattern by using those measurements and adding 1 1/2 inches to the side and end.  Example: a mattress to be 12 x 20 inches would be cut out 13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches.  That gives 1 inch for height and 1/4 inch for a seam allowance.

She sews all 4 sides leaving a space open at one end for turning the mattress right side out and for stuffing.

Before she turns the mattress right side out she sets the thickness by folding the side and end seams together at each corner and stitching across them where there is 1/2 inch on each side of the seams. This gives them more definition at the corners.
 

I think Nana has three more mattresses to make for our family.  Then, she will make mattresses for any cousins that want them.

It's a good thing Nana likes to sew.