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Nursery Bedding: Crib Skirt with Inverted Box Pleats

3:00 AM | by Christin@Pregnant with power tools

I made a crib skirt with inverted box pleats in a contrasting color!

As the second sewing project for the nursery, this was a little harder than the panel curtains I made.

I also only made a partial skirt – just for those parts of the crib that are seen.

Here’s a brief tutorial:

Inverted box pleats generally follow a 2:4 ratio. A 4” piece of fabric = 2” pleat.

measure and cut fabric panels (green fabric) and contrasting pleat inserts (brown fabric)

After folding the edges, I placed the fabric together face-to-face and sewed two seams along the edge.

repeat for each of the panels and inserts
sew a seam along the bottom
fold the pleats (like this) and iron flat

fold over top twice and sew along the top of the skirt, holding the pleat in place

added iron-on velcro in order to attach skirt to crib

Problems I had: I had to cut and hot glue the pleats at the corners of the crib to fit the crib’s design.

Otherwise, this was a totally do-able sewing project – even for a complete newbie like me!