How to Make Your Own Mattress Cover or Topper

You may be wondering why anyone makes their own mattress topper, cover or pad. After all, they're relatively easy to buy. However, sewing your own bedding can be a useful endeavor in certain situations. For starters, you may have an unusually sized or custom-made mattress, and any cover or topper purchased in a store winds up sliding off. For sleepers who are sensitive to the chemicals that may be found in mattress pads and other bedding, tracking down an all-natural mattress cover or sewing one may be the best option to ensure the materials are acceptable. Of course, any parent who need a rubber sheet or reliable cover for a child's bed may need to sew one since children's mattresses are often in custom sizes.

Fitted Sheet + Mattress Pad

For a custom fit, Apartment Therapy (via Tipnut), recommends taking a fitted sheet already used on the bed and then sewing a pad on top of it. Of all the ways to create a custom-fitting mattress pad, this may be the most foolproof.

Memory Foam Mattress Pad

Cutting memory foam may be the easiest way to make a mattress pad, explains DoItYourself.com. Keep in mind that measuring is one of the most important steps of the process since cutting a piece of foam that's too short will mean you need to start again. 

Sew a Rubber Mattress Cover

For parents who are potty training their children, a mattress cover can be extremely helpful. In this video, Joquena, one of the bloggers from Modern Homemakers, explains how to measure a mattress and sew waterproof material to create the perfect fit.