My NHS Pregnancy Book states that the baby will need the following -
a crib, carrycot or moses basket (to start with)
mattress
at least 4 sheets
several light blankets
a cot, plus
mattress
at least 4 sheets
several light blankets (assuming that you also need cot size bedding not pram size!)
To date I have spent £24.96 on
Moses basket & mattress (Age Concern) £2.99
2 Lemon terry fitted sheets (Chiltern Mills sale!) £2
2 Lemon flanelette flat sheets (Chiltern Mills sales again!) £2
Mamas & Papas velour sleeping bag 0-6 mths (Age Concern) £2.99
Mamas & Papas white fitted terry sheet (Hospice Shop) 50p
White cotton flat cot sheet (Hospice Shop) 50p
2 Mamas & Papas velour sleeping bags 6-12 mths (Hospice shop) Gift
2 DreamPod cotton sleeping bags 0-6 mths (Hospice Shop) Gift
White cotton cellular cot blanket (Age Concern) £1.99
Cot (hospice shop) £5
Moses basket with wooden rocking stand (ebay) 99p
2m of 6oz wadding to make patchwork baby quilt £6
The £2.99 moses basket & mattress with new fitted sheet (£1), Mamas & Papas sleeping bag (£2.99) and home made liner and frill. When the baby doesn't need the basket for sleeping anymore, I'm going to remove the handles and mattress and utilise it as a toy basket!
A drawer full of carrycot bedding
Yeah! The finished moses basket in situ on the wooden stand.
The £5 cot is now up and functional, with newly made bedlinen and made-to-measure Cheeky Monkey bumper. The fleece blanket is one left over from Beth. Amelia also has two Mamas & Papas sleeping bags for 6-12 months, once she's in the cot.
I'm intending to use the offcuts of fabric to make a cot quilt and pillow for when the baby is 1 year old and has outgrown the sleeping bags. I will post pictures of those when I have finished sewing them, even though I won't be using them yet!
Handmade small pillow with applique pillow case.
Cheeky Monkey pillow case, patchwork quilt and cot bumper.
Instructions to make the Cheeky Monkey quilt can be found here