Things You'll Need:
- Pad of paper
- Pencil
- Tape measure
- Fabric - (1 twin flat sheet typically yields 5 ¼ yards of fabric, 1 full flat sheet yields 6 ½ yards)
- Sewing machine
- Needle and thread
- Straight pins
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Step 1
Remove the mattress from the bed.
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Step 2
Measure the length of your box springs with your tape measure, then double it. Write this measurement on your paper. This is the length measurement. Double the measurement because there are two sides of the box springs. For example, the bed length is 75 inches long. There are two bed sides which equals 150 inches. Three hundred inches, or 25 feet--nearly 9 yards--of fabric is required.
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Step 3
Measure the width of your box springs with your tape measure. Write it down, then double this measurement and write this measurement on the paper. This is the width measurement.
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Step 4
Measure the "drop" of your box springs. This is the height from the floor to the top edge of your box springs. If your box springs or bed is on risers, measure all the way to the floor. You will want to conceal the risers. Add 2 inches to this measurement. Write this measurement on the paper. This is the drop measurement.
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Step 5
Cut one rectangle to the measurements of the top of your box springs ( the actual length by width of the box springs). This is the bed skirt liner that goes under the mattress.
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Step 6
Cut two rectangles to the measurements of the drop measurement width by the length measurement (sides of bed skirt ruffle).
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Step 7
Cut one rectangle to the measurement of the drop side (end of bed skirt ruffle). This will be the shorter rectangle.
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Step 8
Sew the three rectangles together at the short ends using a 1-inch seam allowance. You will have a continuous length of fabric.
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Step 9
Hem this length of fabric using a 1-inch seam allowance. If you desire any lace, such as eyelet, sew on to the hem now.
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Step 10
Hem the two ends so no raw edges are exposed. These ends will face your headboard at the top ends of your bed.
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Step 11
Machine or hand-gather the raw edge of the bed skirt ruffle to the actual measurements of your bed length by the width on both sides. This is time-consuming but necessary.
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Step 12
Zig-zag stitch your gathering to reinforce.
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Step 13
Place the large rectangle on top of the box springs.
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Step 14
Place the ruffle, right side of the fabric touching the right side of the rectangle, and pin the gathered edge to the edge of the rectangle following the three sides. Right now the ruffle looks inside-out. Your ruffle will be all over the top of the rectangle on top of the box springs while you're pinning. Don't worry. When you sew it and put it on the bed, the ruffle will then fall to the floor.
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Step 15
Sew the gathered edge to the rectangle.
