Handmade Bassinet Sheets

Here is a photo of my family's heirloom bassinet, the baby holder that gets passed around each time one of us has a baby. I don't know the exact aunt (or uncle) it was first used for, but I know it's been in the family a long time. The last time we used it for Lukka, he quickly grew out of it (hey, he was 10 lbs at 2 weeks!), but this time around, I had to make some new sheets for it.

So I got out my sewing machine, a few scraps (mostly boys' fabric, whoops, she won't notice!), and of course, that chocolately reward for my hardwork waiting in the corner. I sewed 4 "sheets" that are basically just big bags or pillowcases. Two are cotton, two are flannel, and only one is very girly.

Here's a picture of the 'girly' one--it's hard to see, but it is white fabric with very tiny lavendar printed flowers on it. From here it almost looks like polka dots!

This is my favorite, and I never seem to run out of this fabric! These were super easy, and each took about 20 minutes (including cutting, pinning, to finish) and can be used over any standard size pillow; the remnant is folded underneath the pad.

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