How to sew a canopy on a crib with your own hands

When a child appears in a family, parents try to give him the best, to ensure maximum comfort, a cozy atmosphere. One of the useful textile accessories of the baby’s room is a canopy on a cot. It is purchased in the store, complete with other items for sleep or sew their own hands.

Canopy function

A canopy over a cot or a cradle will not only decorate the interior, but also make the child more comfortable in it. Under the canopy, it is more difficult to penetrate the bright light, insects, cold, and the newborn will feel protected, since external stimuli are minimized. Older children also will not give up such a likeness of the "house", hiding from prying eyes, especially if it is decorated in accordance with their wishes.


Advantages, disadvantages of a four-poster bed

The main advantages of a canopy:

  • gives comfort to the child - before the birth, the baby "lived" in the limited space of the mother's body, therefore, in a space protected from all sides, it can sleep peacefully for many hours a day;
  • dense canopy protects from sunlight, the light of indoor lamps, which contributes to the rapid sleep;
  • In the summertime, the space is replete with insects - mosquitoes, flies, and repellents can not be constantly used. A fabric tent made of transparent fabric prevents parasites from reaching the child;
  • the canopy originally complements many interior styles - Provence, Romanticism, Classics and others;
  • younger students and preschoolers will be happy to play in an improvised hut;
  • protection from drafts and cold canopy will also provide.

Canopy downsides:

  • a lot of dust accumulates on the canopy, which is dangerous for allergy sufferers;
  • through the very dense textiles penetrates very little air;
  • When draping is incorrectly performed, a small child can become entangled in the fabric and get injured.

To make the canopy safe, he and all the textiles in the room are washed at least once a week.

Mounting methods

The canopy is attached to special holders that are round, oblong, U-shaped. The design is mounted on the wall at the head, in the center above the crib, along the perimeter. When attaching the first option, which covers only the headboard, a holder in the shape of the letter “P” is used, which is fastened with screws, put on the canopy. Placement in the middle is made on an oval or circular base, resembling a hoop — the bed is partially or completely covered. For hanging around the perimeter, the racks are fastened over the corners of the crib - on it itself or to the ceiling. Curtains simply piled on top, forming a "roof."

A child older than six or seven years is already able to clearly explain which canopy is like, therefore his opinion should be taken into account.


The choice of fabric

The most suitable types of fabric for canopy sewing:

  • fatin;
  • thin flax;
  • chiffon;
  • silk;
  • chintz;
  • cotton.

The fabric is chosen durable, wear-resistant - textiles in the nursery is erased very often. Capron, organza is rarely used, as it is almost entirely synthetic. In cold rooms, where there are often drafts, ivy, velvet, tapestry, and knitwear are allowed.

The smoother textiles are chosen for sewing, the less dust accumulates on it, which means that it can be washed less often.

Style, color

The canopies will best fit into such interior styles as:

  • classic;
  • modern;
  • baroque;
  • boho;
  • Oriental;
  • Mediterranean;
  • romantic;
  • antique;
  • Gothic.

The fabric coloring should promote a quiet sleep, be combined with bedding color, other indoor textiles. Most often the canopy is performed in pastel colors, powdery colors. Sometimes the color of the canopy is matched to the appropriate walls or made contrasting, accent.

Gender of the child also matters - girls are most often sewn canopies of pink, peach, purple fabric, and boys are made of blue, gray, blue. Universal idea - white, it gives the room an incredible elegance. Two-color variants are also permissible:

  • red with white and pink;
  • brilliant green;
  • sky blue with violet;
  • apricot with periwinkle;
  • bronze with light green;
  • aquamarine with beige;
  • mulberry with flower white;
  • pistachio with slate blue;
  • amaranth rosewood with spruce;
  • turquoise with lilac;
  • pale chestnut with chamois;
  • zinnwaldite with sunny yellow;
  • fuchsia with dusty blue.

If desired, the canopy is made rainbow, multicolored, then the rest of the interior decoration should match.

How to sew yourself - step by step master class

Independent tailoring of the cape, located above the child’s bed, allows you to save money, show your creative abilities. The design, the decor of the canopy above the cradle, the bed of the preschooler, the bed of the teenager will be different, the necessary amount of textile material will also be different.

For the same bed, it is desirable to have two canopies - summer mesh, saving from insects, winter - protecting from the cold.

What is needed for sewing

For the manufacture of the canopy will need:

  • sewing machine;
  • the cloth;
  • scissors;
  • thread to tone textiles;
  • sewing needles;
  • drawing paper;
  • pencil;
  • ruler;
  • decorations;
  • band for clinging;
  • hook to hang from the ceiling;
  • hoop or piece of hard wire;
  • screwdriver;
  • drill to drill the hook hole.


Patterns Examples

If the shape of the canopy differs from the rectangular, the pattern is drawn with a ruler, piece, pencil. Drawing paint on a piece of wallpaper, any other material. The easiest way is to make an object from a quadrilateral or round piece of fabric gathered at the top. First, you need to process the edges of the material - tuck, sweep or decorate with lace, oblique inlay. The top edge climbs so as to have a wide drawstring into which the hoops are being passed. The latter are decorated with a ribbon, and a loop is made of it.

Another simple option is also made from a rectangular cut, but the two front corners are cut in a semicircle. To depict a smooth line, apply a variety of patterns, circle a round plate, a jar. The place of the junction of the two halves of the product is decorated with a large beautiful bow, the contours - with gathered lace.

The greatest labor costs will be when performing the "royal" model of the canopy. Prefabricated frame, it is best to make it out of chrome steel - for this material, the curtains will easily slide when closing-opening. The top of such a "palace" is closed or open. It is recommended to use a thin, translucent fabric, so as not to get the effect of "box".

Step by step work:

  • measured length, width of the bed, the height of the placement of the rails on which the suspension is made;
  • four identical rectangles are cut out of wide fabric - two large ones for the side parts, two smaller ones for the ends;
  • on the top of the details, drawstrings are stretched, put on the crossbar;
  • the side and bottom edges are folded or decorated with lace, the middle with accessories in the form of bows to match the fabric, colors of felt, animal figures, etc.

Another idea of ​​a canopy, worn on the frame, located around the perimeter of the bed, consists of four identical parts, placed at the corners. The curtains are moved apart in both directions, relative to the corners, in the semi-closed form, their middle with the help of hooks is attached to vertical supports.

How much fabric is needed - how to calculate the quantity

The size of the piece of textiles required to create a canopy depends on the dimensions of the bed, the cradle, the length of the cape itself:

  • very long - it reaches the surface of the floor, folds on the plane, it gets tangled in the wheels of the crib. The length of the cut here is two distances from the floor to the place of attachment plus 20-40%, depending on the dimensions of the bed;
  • medium - hangs down to the plane of the bed, covering it, sometimes it is performed in the form of a "cover" on the strings. The length here is measured in the same way, not to the floor, but to the middle of the bed height;
  • short - has a decorative purpose, representing a canopy, well passes light, air. Material on it will need very little.

The width of the piece of fabric for products, almost devoid of folds, corresponds to the length of the bed or exceeds it by no more than 30%. For more voluminous versions of the material is taken two to three times more.

The standard cut for the trellised baby bed is 150 by 250 cm or 200 by 300 cm.

Independent production of a canopy frame

The frame for the cloak is also done by hand. It is made from a thick but flexible wire, wooden, plastic hoop. A good idea is a freestanding forged stand with a ledge with a ring at the top. Some options are mounted directly on the bed with clamps, clamps, represent a stable tripod.

Often under the curtain erected a whole frame of wood or metal. Vertical parts perform the function of supports, horizontal ones are intended for hanging the fabric. The variant when the curtains "flow" directly from the ceiling looks original - for this, a plasterboard cornice is mounted into the gypsum-based ceiling construction, on which a canopy is hung.

Recommendations on how to choose a ready-made canopy

When choosing a finished product for a nursery, pay attention to the material of manufacture. It should be environmentally friendly, stably colored (not fade during washing), not fade in the sun. It is advisable to choose soft, pleasant to the touch fabric. When the bed is located near the window, the textiles are selected tight, in the depth of the room - more open, translucent.

For each age category, different recommendations on choice are given:

  • for a newborn - the curtain is made light, but not completely transparent, unless the room is located on the sunny side or there are often drafts in it. Then choose dense materials;
  • for Toddler, at this age the child is mobile, but the coordination of movements is still bad, and the desire to explore everything around can lead to the fact that the child simply gets confused in the curtain, especially when it is long or net. Because the curtains are made short, medium, from the very unmarked fabric;
  • three or seven years - the children are getting stronger, but not all of them understand that it is impossible to hang on the canopy - the curtain can break. Here it is important to secure the frame as firmly as possible, to fasten it correctly;
  • from eight years of age to adulthood - the child already feels almost an adult, he has hobbies that can be partially realized using a canopy. The maiden's bed will then become the house of a teenage Barbie, a cozy princess palace with all the attendant attributes, the boy will feel like a pirate sailing on a ship with sails, a caravan driver with curtained windows.

Decor options

Decorate the canopy in different ways. For very small ornaments, they should not have sharp, hard, easily detached parts that a baby is capable of injuring, choking.

What is suitable for decoration:

  • lush bows;
  • lace;
  • frill;
  • tapes;
  • applications;
  • photoprints;
  • colored cords;
  • textile stars, hearts, animal figures.

Such decor as wooden, plastic beads, textured stripes should be firmly secured so that the baby cannot tear it off.

Conclusion

Any adult wants to make the life of their children comfortable, safe for them. Some buy a standard set of furniture, other necessary attributes, others - do some of the items on their own. Tailoring a beautiful canopy for the nursery is not difficult, because any options for how to create it step by step, easy to find on the Internet, on sites for the design of curtains, other home draperies.

Watch the video: How to Make a No-Sew Crib Canopy (March 2024).

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