Going all old fashioned

Youngest child has a 'custom' bed and it's a weird size so getting a mattress is a no go. She's been using a makeshift one of egg crate foam and several sleeping bags. It worked but.......

So, for fun, I decided to make a straw tick mattress. I took a couple of old fitted twin sheets and cut off the elastic on the corners. Then I sewed them together, leaving a hole to stuff it with. I had no idea how big to make this thing as I know the straw filling would shorten things a bit and I didn't know how thick to make it, so that's what I went with. I'm most definitely not a seamstress, but even I could pull this off.

Got it sewed together, took it outside and stuffed it (it took a small bale) and then carted it inside to sew up the stuffing hole. If we actually like it, I'll put a zipper in later. Then we put it on the bed. It fit perfectly, just like I actually knew what I was doing. I put one of the sleeping bags on top of it to help with the noise issue, it is a bit rustley.

I did have to add a board on part of the bed since the mattress kept wanting to migrate out of there, but overall it worked great and so far Youngest child is quite thrilled with it and Oldest child is lobbying for one of her own now.


Here you can see where I cut of the elastic on the corners.

 Here it is all sewn together. And, yes, that's a dog under there.

 

All stuffed with straw and ready to sew shut.

 The little one just had to try it out!

 Working on sewing shut.

Here it is on the bed and ready to use. You can see the board that I had to put up to keep the thing on.

 And here she is, enjoying the finished product.