Please give your opinion on my craft idea

[FlyMeToDunoon]

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I thought as a small scale craft venture, of making moses basket liners. I got a second hand moses basket with no liner and as far as I know you cannot buy replacement liners so I made my own.
Opinions please if you would be so kind as to:
No hood-I didn't like a hood with my babies, it would be a lot of faff to make them but would that put others off?

The fact they tie on-some friends have expressed worries over strangulation but I think the ties are short enough and also on the outside.

Cost- about £45 posted.

Any other comments.

I am not touting for business. This is my only prototype. If past experience is anything to go by I may put all my materials back in the loft for a couple of years.

TIA

Fly, I noticed your gorgeous quilting!

I too have 'project' moses baskets in my loft. One of the handles has frayed out and I'm 'going to make a beautiful set with handles to match' one day!

one project moses basket is enough atm!
Thanks

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It looks gorgeous. And I don't want to put a downer on it, but: I wonder if some people might avoid them because of safety (is it airflow) concerns about bumpers.

Yes agree £45 is too expensive.
So would need to lower costs.

Overheating did occur to me.

Think it's too complicated.

It looks beautiful.

WRT to teh ties I think that there is a certain length that they are allowed to be to meeting safety requirements. You could easily look it up.

About the overheating thing - all moses baskets have liners so I don't think this is an issue. I think that moses baskets are shallow enough. Maybe the padding may affect it though? I can't see how? I like the fact that it looks as though it is padded.

The only thing that did strike me is that most basket liners fold over the top. Is this because it is the easiest way to make them? Or is it because of safety? It would worry me (slightly) that if the ties came undone the liner could collapse into teh basket and be a suffocation risk? How rigid is the fabric? How many ties are you using? It is NOT a showstopper. Just something to investigate.

Thank you for your comments.
There are 7 ties on that one. Could be more.
I found that the original liner that came with one of my moses baskets used to be pulled inwards. So folding over does not mean it wont happen.
The quilting makes the liner quite rigid so even if it fell inwards it would not drape closely to a baby's mouth and nose. I do realise that anything over their faces is not safe though.

A lot of modern moses baskets don't have hoods now anyway.
I think they are gorgeous. If there is a way to sptreamline it is it possible you could maybe have price options?
Will the be made to order? I was just thinking that maybe someone who doesn't want the £45 spend but wants to recover for a different sex might not be so fussed about the quilting some baskets don;t have it on the lining that comes with it. SOme people might be happy to spend the extra for the bit of luxury of the lovely quilting. You are opening yourself up a bit for a broader market possibly.

I just wanted to add that that is the loveliest moses basket liner I have ever seen! It's so pretty, love the fabric and well made. I personally wouldn't be able to afford £45 but I am totally skint, other people who have more money might gladly pay that though. Or, it might be more likely people would buy them as presents if they're unique?

I would consider buying on myself if it was mroe like £25-£35.

Great idea

Thank you very much.

My Dc's basket had a plain white padded liner and the cotton drape that went under the mattress and over the basket sides. I found that particular padded bit a pain as it wasn't rigid enough tbh, but yours looks perfect! and I certainly wouldn't want to drape a thin cotton liner over the top of that!

I wonder if you could make one with sort of separate panels coming up from the base with ties that could therefore be adjusted to fit different sizes? so a smaller one would have the panels overlapping quite a bit and a larger one wouldn't.

Are there any safety considerations with having quilted liners (ie. heat or air circulation?)? They're beautiful and I'd want one for the next baby, to replace the nasty nylon velour liner that came with our Mothercare basket!

As others have said, you can buy a complete basic basket and liner, mattress etc for under £40 these days, so if you're targetting people who are getting a cheap second hand basket and want a nice new liner, I think they're less likely to pay that for a liner when they could just pay the same and get a whole new basket.

But if you targetted people who will spend a lot more on their PFB , and added a bespoke element maybe (choose the material/edging/maybe a monogram?) you could appeal to a wealthier group, perhaps. Look at the ads at the back of Country Living - lots of crafty businesses aimed at rich-people-with-first-baby, but I've never seen anyone making liners!

Thanks MamaHobgoblin.
The liner pictured is a long strip and the ends could overlap or butt up against each other.
I think without a hood the cost could be reduced to £25.
But with a hood I think maybe £30-35.

I have decided to try this idea out eventually. It seems that most people are positive about it.

Good for you! and good luck!

this is a good idea - I tried to buy one and found I couldn't