Pine Green Ticking Simple Crib Rail Cover & Tailored Skirt Set

Ticking is the oldest stripe in an American bedroom — it covered mattresses and grain sacks long before it went near a nursery, and that plainness is exactly why it works on a crib.

Fine pine green stripes run closely set down a natural cotton ground, and between them sits a narrower stripe in the natural color itself, which keeps the pattern from hardening into a two-tone. The rail cover is our Simple style: no cording, no ruffle, no trim anywhere — a clean flat panel folded over the top rail and held by tiny natural osnaburg ties that knot between the spindles and disappear. The skirt carries the same stripe below the mattress, cut flat with pleated centers on all four sides and a 20-inch drop. Neither piece is decorated, and that is the point: a stripe this quiet lets the crib itself be the pretty thing.

What's Included:

• (1) simple crib rail cover for the long crib rail — pine green ticking with tiny natural osnaburg ties, no cording or ruffle; optional custom monogram
• (1) four-sided tailored crib skirt in the matching pine green ticking — pleated center panels, 20-inch finished drop, fits a standard crib mattress

Details:

• 100% washed cotton — soft, breathable, machine washable
• Simple rail cover construction — a flat panel with no cording, ruffle or trim, tied with narrow natural osnaburg ties
• Tailored skirt construction — pleated center panels on all four sides, split corners, not gathered
• Covers one long crib rail; a second rail cover can be added — just ask in a special request under Add to Cart
• Any color can be changed; mini crib sizing and custom drops available — add a special request under Add to Cart
• Handmade to order in our Alabama studio

Good to Know:

• Ticking goes by several names — ticking stripe, mattress stripe, French ticking, grain sack stripe — all describing this pattern
• The Simple style is our plainest rail cover. Choose it when you want the fabric doing the work, or when the nursery already has pattern somewhere else
• Because ticking came off old mattress covers and feed sacks, it reads antique even brand new, which is why it sits easily in a room full of inherited furniture
• Deep green and natural is genuinely gender neutral. It suits a woodland or botanical nursery, a hunting or fishing room, a midcentury modern one, and it works for a boy, a girl, or a surprise
• It reads Christmas in December without a holly leaf or a snowflake anywhere on it, so nothing has to come off the crib in January
• Monogramming is done on the crib rail cover. The stitching shows cleanly in the natural stripe between the green

Coordinates With:

• The same ticking skirt with two cypress green bows — sashes tied to the front posts
• The ticking rail cover on its own
• The ticking crib skirt on its own
• Natural osnaburg large crib bow — the same natural as the ties, tied onto the front posts
• White farmhouse nursery curtains — plain white at the windows keeps the stripe the only pattern in the room
• White blackout nursery curtains — the same white with the blackout sewn inside, for naps
• Natural osnaburg fitted crib sheet — a warmer base than white, matched to the ground of the ticking
• Natural osnaburg farmhouse crib skirt — the plain gathered version, if you'd rather the stripe stop at the rail
• Pine green gingham set — the same deep green as a small check
• Green Crib Bedding — everything in the green family
• Christmas Crib Bedding — the rest of the holiday nursery

Fits: The crib rail cover rests over the top rail of the crib only. It does not go inside the crib and does not cover the crib sides, slats, or interior openings. Made for a standard crib; add a special request under Add to Cart for a mini crib or a different drop length.

Made to Order: Sewn when you order, in our Alabama studio.