How to Make a Duvet Cover From Bedsheets
Use two flat bedsheets in any pattern you like to make this attractive, European-style duvet cover.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Buttons
- 2 Flat Bedsheets
- All-purpose Threads
- Duvets
- Fabric Chalks
- Ironing Boards
- Irons
- Sewing Machine
- Sewing Needles
- Straight Pins
- Scissors
- Yardsticks
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Put two sheets on top of each other, with the right sides touching.
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Use straight pins to pin your sheets together on three sides (both long sides and one of the short sides). Place the pins about 3 inches apart and 1 inch in from the edge. Leave the sheets unpinned along the long sides about 6 inches from the unpinned short side.
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Sew the sheets together along the same three sides where you placed the pins, about 2 inches in from the edges. Do not sew the 6 inches left unpinned on each long side. Be very careful to avoid hitting the pins with the sewing machine needle.
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Sew along the sides again so that the seams will be double-stitched and extra-strong.
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Turn the sheets so that the unsewn short edge is facing you. Trim 5 inches from the bottom sheet (the one you plan to have face down on the bed) so that only 1 inch is left unsewn along the two long sides.
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Fold the unsewn inch under and hem it so that the raw edges will be hidden.
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Turn the sheets right-side out. Fold the top sheet over the bottom sheet as if you are sealing an envelope, and iron the folded seam so that the sheets lie flat together. Mark buttonholes on the top sheet about 6 inches apart.
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Sew the buttonholes. If you have never sewn buttonholes before, it's best to practice on a piece of scrap fabric first. If your sewing machine has an automatic buttonholer, great. If not, you will be sewing long, very thin rectangles. The buttonholes should be slightly shorter than the circumference of your buttons to ensure a tight fit.
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Sew the buttons onto the bottom sheet, matching them up with the buttonholes.
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Turn the duvet cover inside out, and sew up the folded flaps on each side.
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Turn the finished duvet cover right-side out again.
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Put a duvet or comforter into the cover, button it up, put it on your bed, and take a well-deserved nap.
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Comments
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Margaret E Martin
Dec 19, 2010
I'd like to better understand this "diamond shaped hole in the middle of the front panel"... Anybody? -
Sep 27, 2006
If you don't want to use buttons or Velcro, etc., just turn the longer sheet (after cutting the one shorter sheet to the length of your duvet) back on itself before sewing the two sheets together. Turn right-side out, and you have an envelope closing, much like the one on a pillow sham. There will be a border of the longer sheets color when the short-sheet side is facing up on the bed, if using two different colored sheets.
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Jul 29, 2006
No need for buttons or Velcro. When sewing the long side edges at the bottom of what will be the open end, turn up on bottom edge of one panel about 5 inches and sew along side seams. Then when you turn it right side out, you will have a little lip to tuck the duvet into and seal it up. Works great!
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Mar 31, 2006
You can safety pin the inside of the other end of the duvet to the comforter so it doesn't bunch up at one end.
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Mar 31, 2006
You can safety pin the inside of the other end of the duvet to the comforter so it doesn't bunch up at one end.
