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<\/p>\nI’m going to show you how to make a Duvet Cover from two flat bed sheets that you may already have languishing in your linen cupboard.<\/p>\n
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Not only will it save you a ton of money, quilt covers can be quite expensive, especially in larger sizes. But you will be able to make unique bedding to suit your own personal style.<\/p>\n
It’s Spring here in Australia, and whilst I was photographing the spray painted lamp<\/a> project a couple of weeks ago, I realized it was time to brighten up the bedroom with a new duvet cover.<\/p>\n I have a king size bed which is great (yes, I’m very lucky), but it can be hard to find bed linen to fit which doesn’t cost a fortune.<\/p>\n Even if I had the budget to spend on my favorite designer linen, many don’t go up to king size anyway. It’s not complicated to make a duvet cover, the difficulty comes in dealing with the masses of fabric involved.<\/p>\n I’ve outlined the basic way to make a duvet cover in any size, and a handy link to help you out with your measurements.<\/p>\n If you’ve ever wondered how to make a duvet cover for any sized quilt or comforter, read on.<\/strong><\/p>\n This guide to bedding sizes<\/a> is really handy, and as you can see, you can use a flat sheet from the bed size down to the cover you’d like to make. So double bed sheets make queen size covers and queen sheets make king size covers.<\/p>\n It was a little hard to find two queen sized vintage sheets (most are doubles), so I used a vintage sheet for the top, and a plain (newer) queen sized sheet, from my linen press, for the bottom.<\/p>\n Before you cut anything, measure your duvet to check the size matches with the standard measurements. Then measure again.<\/strong> (I actually miscalculated by 10cm and then had to re sew a panel to an edge Doh!)<\/p>\n Measure and cut:<\/strong><\/p>\n Top = desired measurement + 1cm (1\/2″) seam allowance on each side + 17cm (7″) for fold over. 1. Bottom panel, fold bottom over twice where indicated on dotted line in diagram them hem.<\/p>\n 2. Pin around edges with right sides facing each other, then stitch as per diagram.<\/p>\n 3. Turn inside out, and mark place for 3 evenly spaced buttons\/button holes at opening.<\/p>\n Create button holes<\/a> on back side (bottom) of cover and sew buttons on front (top) of cover.<\/p>\n 4. Adding fringe is optional. I was lucky enough to find several meters of this double sided vintage trim which I sewed around the the sides and bottom edge of the duvet cover. Don’t add fringe to the part where your head goes.<\/p>\n I’ve purposely not included any measurements so you can adapt this project to any size quilt cover.<\/p>\n I made Emma’s toddler size duvet cover last year using exactly the same method.<\/p>\n You will just need to do a few easy calculations, and I suggest writing them down (my memory was not great on this one).<\/p>\n So how much money did I save making my own duvet cover? Lots!<\/p>\n Plus I now have an awesome one-of-a-kind duvet cover that adds just the right vintage style to my bedroom.<\/p>\n Now that you know how to make a duvet cover, I’d love to see some photos of your finished products. Tag me on Instagram<\/a> with #MyPoppetMAKES<\/a> to show off your hard work!<\/p>\n YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:<\/strong><\/p>\n I’m going to show you how to make a Duvet Cover from two flat bed sheets that you may already have languishing in your linen cupboard. Not only will it save you a ton of money, quilt covers can be quite expensive, especially in larger sizes. But you will be able to make unique bedding to suit your own personal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[81,225],"tags":[8,16,14],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n
\nSo, as usual, I thought I’d make my own from some queen size flat sheets left over from my old queen size bed.<\/p>\nYou will need:<\/h2>\n
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How to make a Duvet Cover:<\/h2>\n
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\nBottom = desired measurement + 1cm (1\/2″) seam allowance on each side + 10cm (4″) for bottom hem<\/p>\n![\"How](\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/duvet-hem-1.jpg\")
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