This was written by An from StraightGrain for the Miss Matatabi Makers series.

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Picking a fabric for this month’s Miss Matatabi Makers project was easy: I had been looking forward to the release of Ellen Baker’s new collection (‘Charms‘) of Kokka for months. While everyone is raving over her super cute sheep fabric, I had my heart set on a different one: the scallops. The design reminded me a bit of a print by the Scandinavian home decor brand Ferm Living, which made deciding what to make also a piece of cake: something for the home.

I saw these little mattresses a few weeks ago, and decided to try and make something similar. I bought three of the cheapest Ikea baby mattresses, ten meters of piping, three hidden zippers, and a few meters of gorgeous fabrics.

I like how they turned out. And of course, the mattress in Ellen Baker’s fabric is my favorite. Next up was adding some cushions. Here, I mixed some left-overs from my stash with a few Miss Matatabi fabrics. My favorite is this cushion in Kokka’s Muddy Works canvas. Frances added it to my order because she thought it would look well together with the other fabrics. Frances is brilliant. (haha An, Kokka is brilliant 😉 – F )

Next to it is a pillow in another Kokka fabric: Jubilee Printed Matter Line.

If you’d like to know how to make a mattress cover, keep an eye on my blog in the next couple of weeks for the tutorial.

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Thank you so much An! Connect with An on her blog, instagram, facebook, and pinterest.