How to Customize Your Own Comforter
There are many ways to customize your own comforter. One option is to order a completely customized comforter designed and sewn to your exact specifications for the the material, colors, padding, and measurements. This is an excellent choice if your have a bed in a hard-to-find or unusual size, whether extra large, extra long, or an antique. It is also possible to take a comforter you already own or just bought and transform it into a fully customized comforter by addiing your own customization details at home. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Thread
- Buttons
- Patches
- Scissors
- Iron
- Measuring tape
- Material
- Sewing needle
- Pins
- Sewing machine
- Embroidery machine
- Lace
Instructions
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Order a comforter customized to your specifications. If you find that you need comforters longer, wider, or fuller than typical store brands, ordering one custom-made or sewing one will be the best way to get the perfect size. Know the exact length, width, thickness, color, and material you desire so you can order one online or make your own.
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Add a border across the top or along all four sides of your comforter to customize it. This can easily be hand-sewn with a back stitch or straight stitch or with a sewing machine. Borders can also be added using fusible webbing or a sewing adhesive for a no-sew quick option.
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Customize your comforter by adding large buttons as accents on the comforter. Buttons can be arranged in rows and columns that match or they can be randomly places using various sizes, shapes, and colors for a more creative edge.
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Add a thread pattern with a high-tech sewing machine or use an embroidery machine to add messages, favorite sayings, flowers, patterns, or other designs as a border or throughout the comforter. It is also fairly easy to hand-stitch small designs like flowers on a comfoter with the assistance of a simple hand-sewing pattern book -- even if you have never stitched before, the stitches to create flowers or sunbursts are very simple and easy to learn.
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Cut blocks of material or shapes like circles or hearts to create your own customized mosaic or pattern. These shapes can be affixed by sewing by hand or machine as well as using no-sew alternatives like fusible webbing, sewing adhesive, fabric glue, or iron-on adhesive.
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Tips & Warnings
Customized comforters make excellent gifts when you customize the comforter to the preferences of the gift recipient.
Customizing your own comforters in your home can be a great bonding activity with young children or even teens -- most people love having their bedding customized and will enjoy lending a hand to help make it happen.
