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Baby Crib/Cot Braided Bumper

by Auroris

Hi everyone!

Today I would like to share with you how to make Braided Bumper for Baby Bed, cute and trendy DIY nursery
decor. You can make it monochrome, or use any color you like.

Let's start!

Step 1: Supplies

Stretch Cotton velvet Fabric (3 colors)

Pillow stuffing (6pcs IKEA SLÅN Pillows)
Sewing machine
Needle & Thread
Pins & Safety Pins
Empty Paper Towel Roll or Cardboard
Scissors
Ruler

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Step 2: Cut Out

Fold the fabric in half (I took 150cm width). Measured 17cm and cut out.

2 pieces of each color 17cm x 150cm.

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Step 3: Sewing Tube

Take 2 strips of the same color, fix them with pins and sew toghether. You obtain 1 long strip 17cm x 300cm. Form
a sleave of fabric by folding strip in half the long way with the right side facing inside, and pin. Make sure that you
use a planty of pins as the fabric will be prone to slip.

If you took Velvet, it is impotrant to make sure you always have the nap going the same way.

Step 4: Turn the Tube

Turn fabric tube right side out using a safety pin. Hook a safety pin in one end, turn the head of the pin down inside
the fabric. Push the pin in, and then pull the fabric. Do this until the fabric tube is turned.

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Step 5: Start Stuffing
Insert Empty Paper Towel Roll inside tube and roll
the half of the fabric around (The half - because the
tube is long, and we will work in 2 steps).
Start stuffing:
Place o small amount of pillow stuffing inside and
push down with a long object (I use ruler). Keep doing
this until you have stuffed the whole fabric tube.
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Ensure the tube is stuffed evenly. Leave a few
centimetres at the end, then close with a safety pin to
avoid the stuffing escape.
Now insert the paper roll from another side and stuff
the remaining part. Repeat the same with remaining 2
tubes.
Step 6: Braiding

Join together 2 tubes with slip/ladder stitch. Now you
a ready to braiding. Start making a basic braid. For a
best results, the fabric seam should allways looks to
the back. After, hide and secure the ends of tubes to
the back of the braid using needle and thread.
The finished bumper has 2,75 m length, but it just a
little because it is so soft and fluffy!
That’s it! Now you have unique and personalized
nursery decor.

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I am trying to make this for a 42” in diameter round crib. About 3.35 M circumference. What
measurements do you suggest for fabric?
Hi,
I think you should sew a tube by 4m length, 3 of each one.
If your fabric is 1m width- buy 70cm and make one long tube from 4 parts by 1m.
If you take 1.5 width - 50 cm will be enough (cut in 3 parts by 1.5m and trim unnecessary part at

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final)
It's all about one tube of one color. If you make it monochrome multiple the size by 3.
Hope I helped you, good luck and share your result :)
Your instructions made it so much easier! Thanks

Soo lovely colours! Thank you for sharing :)

It looks great! Maybe I'll try it. Thanks!

I thought you weren't supposed to use these anymore because they can suffocate your baby? No?

Thanks for the warning. Good information to read and research for parents.

Found it: https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476%2807%2900363-0/fulltext

Summary: don't use crib bumpers

oh that's nice and safe...thanks for sharing!

A braided bumper is a super cute idea and it looks so soft!

Really fantastic!! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you!

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