Easy Duvet Cover

We do not use top sheets at our house as they are tedious and instead we use duvet covers, most of which are made out of sheeting. So we wash our covers often, not only because of the fact that there is no sheet between us and the duvet, but because we have a dog who sheds black hairs all over them, and a kid who bleeds a lot. You can buy fitted sheets without the top sheets, of course, but more often than not I find sets of them and end up with unused top sheets.

So I devised a brilliant plan to use the top sheets as the underside of duvet covers and using my copious amounts of fabric to make tops for them. I used an old duvet cover as my template and laid it out over my top sheet on the floor. I used it as a guide to cut off the extra length and width. (I used tailors chalk and a ruler to mark evenly where to cut once I measured the difference in size between the two).

When I cut out the top fabric I used the same length as the (now) cut top sheet plus two inches for a hem at the top where I would be putting button holes. It took two lengths of fabric, one for the center, and one cut in half (lengthwise) for the sides, serged together to make up the width of my queen size comforter. I had to make sure I had the pattern going all in the same direction since it's directional.

After I made my hem at the top I serged the top and bottom together (right sides facing) and then turned it right sides out and pressed it. Next I put five button holes across the top and sewed on some buttons. It was very easy and now I have a bright cheerful duvet cover. The fabric is a Martha Negli fabric covered in a dahlia pattern that I got 40% off.

I didn't end up making bread but at least I got one duvet cover done. I may tackle a second one today. It sure feels good to get something done that's been on my mind for months now. I get tired of things hanging out in my head all the time.

Now that I have such a bright cheerful duvet cover on the bed in the guest bedroom I notice that the walls are a dreary white...