Re: I made a nice "duvet" cover
- From: "Bobbie Sews More" <baraper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:51:09 -0500
I saw a show on TV the other night about the tear drop trailers and I
thought they were so cute. We have a motor home (a lot bigger than you )
and I have made a few organizers for it. These could be hung from the walls
using sticky Velcro to hold some more of your things and have a pocket
large enough for a paperback book, or underwear, as I would think you need
to use every inch you can. On TV, someone used a bi-fold door outside the
trailer door to afford some privacy and placed a picnic table and kitchen in
that area. I thought it was cute.
Barbara in SC
"Maiara Bojan" <mbojan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a wee camping trailer (4x8 feet total, about the size of one of
those old 3/4 mattresses inside), so it's a bit hard to find bedding for
it - more than a twin, not quite a double. The trailer, being one of
those "teardrop" models, demands cuteness because everywhere we go
people want to see inside.
I have an old twin size comforter with lots of fiberfill, so that's a
start, it's light but nice and warm for fall/spring camping, much less
heavy than a sleeping bag, and it's not doing anything else useful
around the house. I have used a duvet on the marital bed and have for
years, so this was my attempt to make something useful and cute at the
same time for the trailer.
I figure a twin size flat sheet is about the right size for the
"bottom" of the duvet, and Walmart has econo-sheets for five bucks or
less, and found a pair of chocolate brown batik rayon sarongs elsewhere
for the top which, when stitched together along the non-fringed edge,
measures up just about precisely the same size as the sheet. I stitched
everything up this morning, stuffed the comforter inside, and installed
it in the trailer where it is now unbearably adorable, fringes and all.
A few weeks earlier I made a set of curtains for the trailer. There is a
door on either side made mostly of smoked glass which is private enough,
but we wanted curtains partly for cuteness, partly to block light, and
partly to have somewhere to store small things like glasses, keys,
watch, etc.
The curtains are in two layers (or lined, I suppose). The side facing
out is plain maroon broadcloth, the inside is a nice cotton with a sort
of abstract pattern that includes a bit of metallic printing, with
colors from pink through maroon and a hint of orange. They complement
but do not compete with the wild pink, orange, magenta, maroon,
lavendar, sky blue and brown paisley pillow shams I picked up at Target.
I cut the fabric for the curtains long enough to fold them up at the
bottom about six inches, and then stitch back up the sides to form
pockets, which were then subdivided with a row of stitching about every
six or eight inches. Result, curtains with storage!
While at Walmart I picked up a couple more twin flat sheets. I'll use
these to make bottom sheets for the queen waterbed - this size is almost
perfect for the bottom, no top sheet needed because of aforementioned
duvet. I use old bits of whatever to make big wide triangular pockets at
each corner to hold them on. I've been doing this for decades and may as
well keep on, as it's near impossible to find any waterbed sheet sets
any more, let alone bottom sheet only.
If I find some nicely patterned flat sheets double size, I might have a
go at making a duvet cover for the marital bed as well.
Anyone else with other useful, practical projects?
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