to sew a cut down old sheet for pram/crib sheets?

[Bogeyface]

Because judging by the reaction I got today you would think I had said that I was planning on putting the baby to sleep in a cesspit!

The sheet in question is a gorgeous flannelette sheet, one of a pair, that my mum got given as a wedding present 41 years ago! It did some service over the years but not much and is still in as good nick now as it was then, the quality is much much better than anything similar you can buy now. But it is a funny size, too big for a single but not big enough for a double. So I have cut it down and am making 4 pram sheets and 2 cot sheets with it.

My friend asked me this morning about it (she is much impressed, being a total non-sewer herself!) as she was shocked at how much baby sheets are, and her other friend who was there was horrified. She said that there was no way she would put her baby in anything second hand but certainly not something "that old". My lovely friend then said that she should see my pram which is a vintage Silver Cross, circa the same era and that was fine apparantly because it is vintage, whereas the sheets are just old!

I feel a bit......crappy about it though. Which I know is stupid but I am feeling so sensitive atm (for other reasons totally unconnected) and now I am looking at my hand sewn sheets and thinking that the baby deserves nice new things.

Is she BU to be so bitchy about my babys linen or should I splash out on new ones?

WOAH!!! She's bonkers.

I have posted on here about recycling stuff - not quite the same situation (well, not at ALL, actually...) but I think having that kind of ethos is excellent - and any parent who is going to make a fucking irritating picky distinction between 'vintage' and 'secondhand. FGFS!!!!!

You go. What an excellent idea. I would have done the same if I had had such sheets to hand.

YANBU at all.

YANBU. I love flannlette, which won't have been made with loads of chemicals like modern ones. I love candy striped sheets too. They remind me of my childhood. Lucky baby.

My gran made me sheets for DS cut down out of larger sheet, very nice, though cotton and was a little chilly for newborn when put down, but now used!

Ended up using fitted sheet/grobag combo which was just a bit quicker than sheets, but continued to use sheets in the pram.

Deffo not unreasonable.

YANBU. I wish I had your energy but I think recycling old sheets is a great idea. They are often so thick there's plenty of life in them. Your friends are bonkers. (Mind you, I get similar looks for using the crib my mother was put in 77 years ago so maybe I'm the bonkers one.)