Tuck your elastic in and sew the opening closed. After your elastic is threaded all the way through, overlap your elastic 1 inch and sew the ends together. Step 8: Thread your elastic through with a safety pin. Make sure to leave a 2 inch opening to sew the ends of your elastic together. Sew around the edge with a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Step 7: To make your elastic casing, fold the entire edge of the cover under 5/8 inch. If you don’t have a serger, use a zigzag stitch. Make sure you fold over all four corner seam allowances the same direction when you serge to make it easier to thread your elastic through. Step 6: After your four corners are sewn together, serge all the way around the raw edge of the cover. Step 5: Repeat with the other three cut out corners. Serge the seam allowances to prevent them from raveling. In the corners where you cut out the squares, bring the raw edges together, and sew with a 3/8 inch seam allowance. Step 3: With your fabric still folded, cut a 5.5 inch square out of the corner with raw edges along both sides. Step 2: Fold your fabric in half lengthwise and then in half along the width, so your fabric is folded into one fourth its size. Step 1: Cut out your fabric: 44.75 inches by 28 inches (Make sure if you have a design on your fabric that needs to be going a specific direction that you think about that when you cut.)

If your changing pad is slightly (1/2 inch) larger or smaller, these directions will work all the same. This tutorial is for a changing pad that measures 33 inches by 16.5 inches by 4.25 inches. This changing pad tutorial will take less than two hours to make because we all know we don’t usually have much more than two hours to create anyways! Plus, if you’re even the slightest experienced at sewing, it might even take just an hour!įind you some great fabrics and get started with the steps below! Knit fabrics and regular quilting weight cotton fabrics work the best. With changing pad covers, you can make 2 or 3 out of different fabrics, which is great because you know they’re going to get dirty, and you’ll be glad to have a few extras. It was always so hard for me to decide on just one theme in my nurseries, so I would usually just pick a color scheme and go from there.

They’re such a great way to create options in a nursery. Welcome back to Telafante, an amazing seamstress sharing easy tutorials! We are in love with her simple changing pad cover tutorial, it’s perfect timing too since my own baby girl goes messes hers up weekly, silly babe! Take it away, Lydia: Who doesn’t love a cute nursery! Changing pads are one of those things that pretty much all mothers use, so if you don’t have babies yourself, you can make one for a pregnant friend.

Baby change mat cover