DIY doll bed mattress

Over Memorial Day weekend, my husband and father-in-law made me an American Girl doll bed using the plans available at http://ana-white.com/2010/11/doll-farmhouse-bed. It sat in our garage at home for a while because our weather this summer was not conducive to painting. The bed finally got painted and it is beautiful. Please note that my bed is a little different than the plans show because my woodworkers used beadboard paneling instead of the slats of wood shown in the plan. Here is the…

I think that my favorite room to decorate is a bedroom. My guest room is the Lady Bug room with an iron bed, vintage garden hats on the wall, and a lady bug patchwork quilt that I made some time ago--the only quilt that I will ever make. The room is red and white and I love it. I enjoy preparing it for company, washing the sheets with Clorox to get them bright and white, adding Downy Lavender and Vanilla fabric softener to make them sweet and soft, then ironing the pillow cases with lots of…

These DIY doll beds are made from plastic bins, decorated to look like beds but leaving lots of room to store a growing collection of doll clothing.

Make a miniature mattress for your dollhouse or room box.

"MAKE DO DOLLS": Tutorial-How To Make A Tufted Doll Bed Mattress With Piping

Make bedding for your little one's doll cradle with these simple to follow directions.

Make a simple and easy dollhouse mattress or bedding. No sewing involved, and you only need three things! Includes material sources for your convenience :)

I saw this bed on-line at a full-size furniture site and thought it would be a good candidate for card stock. For this tutorial I am making a twin size. You can adjust the size for whatever you need, the instructions would be the same. I hope to have a picture of it painted by the end of this blog, I am waiting for the glue to dry. We are going to make the mattress and box spring first. I was lucky when I found this fabric, I shop Goodwill for fabrics I can use. I saw this shirt and thought…

I'm not reinventing the wheel here or anything but I thought you guys would be interested to see the method I used to make three mattress covers in an hour and a half. Let's get right into it... What you need: foam cut to desired mattress size my piece is (20" X 10" X 2.25") 1 yd of fabric sewing machine (of course) thread (haha) So the idea here is essentially the same as an envelope pillow case. You need to cut out three pieces. The top piece- 22.5" X 12.5" and two back pieces- 13" X 12.5"…

Aletha & Miss Jane are looking forward to snuggling down for a good nights sleep in their new bed. It's a comfy spot for reading too. ...