Only the best will do for you...

For our last two babies Aunt Missy and Uncle Mark have given them blankies made with minkee.  Minkee is super soft micro fiber.  It is a relative newcomer to the yard goods scene.  It wasn't around much in any quantity until early in this century.  The babies enjoy their blankies so that they go down to sleep quite willingly.   As a rule they are not allowed to be taken out of their beds and are something to which they look forward.  My thought was that if a blankie is nice a minkee sheet on which to lay would be otherworldly.  Here is how I made a minkee sheet to match the pillow case I made for Christmas. 

1.For a sheet that will fit a mattress designed for a crib or toddler bed cut a 51''x27'' piece of minkee.        

2.Next from a coordinating cotton fabric(because it is more cost effective than minkee) cut 2 pieces 51''x7'' and 2 pieces 27''x7''

3.Finish one edge of each piece of coordinating fabric.  I usually just serge the edge, but you could do a narrow hem.  

4.Sew the cotton and minkee right sides together.  5.In the upper and lower right of the accompanying photo you can see what appears to be square notches.  Sew these edges together right sides together.  The lower right one has been done in this photo.

5.Cut 4 pieces of 3/8'' elastic 14'' long.

6.Pin the enter of the elastic strip to the corner seam.

7. Stretch the elastic as far as you can both ways and pin.

8. Serge or zig-zag elastic to edge of fabric and you are done. (It is a good idea to give the elastic a little stretch before you pin it in place.  Let's just call this climatization.)

Here is what the finished product looks like.  This is obviously not the pink and purple princess sheet shown here.  I have been waiting to write this post when I had a photo of the finished product.  Unfortunately when I have time to post the princess is usually napping on the sheet and I know better than to wake a napping princess!  Shown here is Merritt's sheet and quilt I made him for his first birthday last month.  I loved the turtles and colors so much I made him coordinating bibs.  He is a copious drooler and we go through a lot of bibs, but that is a post for another day...