Saturday, January 12, 2013

Bed head and skirt for me


Last December I made myself a bedhead.  Nothing too fancy - just a rectangle of timber recycled from an old desk we had, some foam, wadding and some fabric.  No photos to share but the process is the same as the one we made awhile ago for Sofie.

Last weekend I made a matching bed skirt.  To minimise seams, I bought enough length to cut each side in  one piece and a smaller piece for the end.  So one 2.2 metre length I cut 2 x 40cm x 220cm  and 1 x 40 x 160cm.  The fabric was cut lengthwise rather than crosswise - railroaded.  I cut the depth  deep enough so that it came up over the base to ensure no peeking of the base fabric.  After sewing the end to the sides I pinned the corner to shape before sewing the mitre in place.


I used some old unused upholstery fabric for the top end and also for the base cover to attach the skirt.  Pins worked ok but I found when I took it to the machine it didn't sit in place properly and I had to take it back to the bed.  More pins would work better but as I didn't have any more I used some hemming web and stuck parts of it together before sewing.  I simply sewing the skirt onto the base fabric.

I also made the the blue and cream floral quilt cover and matching Euro pillowcases.  Not sure if they are December 2012 or Jan 2013.  Either way, very recent.  I think the look is very boutique and Prinny certainly approves!

6 comments:

  1. Just love this colour combination for your room! Your interior decoration/making skills are fantastic...J

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  2. Beautifully done, looks very smart and professionally finished :)

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  3. Oh, lovely! Nice that Prinny approves. Thanks for pointing the way to this from your sewing / HKS blog.

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  4. Vicki. Good to see you back blogging. Where did you get the fabric for the quilt cover. It looks lovely

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  5. Thanks Anonymous, the fabric is a Warwick fabric that I got at Next fabrics in Camberwell for $15 a metre.

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  6. Really nice. I need to do that too. Mary

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