- Lapel of pillowcases should be done at least 25 cm long: only in this case the pillow will not get out of it all the time.
- Never save on the length, nor on the width of the sheets: you can even add another 20 cm to the width of the former sheets, and plunge the length of the mattress.
- Cooking a new duvet cover, also increase its width of 6-7 centimeters, since even the highest quality coast of natural cotton after the first washing will certainly give shrinkage.
After the new set, you will see if you need to sew a duvet cover.
How to sew double bedding?
The optimal width of the tissue for a double kit is 220 cm, since it will save you from the need to build up the width of the duvette and sheets with the help of docking seams. It will not only save your time and strength, but also makes the cost of new linen lower than in the store (although not too much).
The layout for the double set looks like this: you will need 7.45 m tissues with a width of 220 cm: from this amount, a duvet cover will be released, sheet and three pillowcases 70/70 sizes or four pillowcases with a length of the sides 50/70. With such a layout you will not have trimming and there will be a spare set of pillowcase.
To clearly imagine the cut of the whole set, take a sheet of paper into the cell and draw it to the scheme. You will have rectangles with the parties:
1. 365 x 220 cm (duvet cover)
2. 205 x 220 cm (sheet)
3. 175 x 220 cm.
This rectangle needs to be divided into three or four identical parts (depending on whether you need some pillowcases).
How much is it worth sewing bed linen?
It all depends on the sizes of your bedding and the quality of the fabric you choose for your kit. The cost of a high-quality calinee width of 135 cm - about 90 rubles per meter, a hazard width of 150 cm stands a little more than 120 rubles, and the price of a 220 cm meter of the Boszy is 100 rubles.
We multiply the cost of one meter of fabric on the Method resulting from the object of bedding, add to this amount the cost of threads and get a final figure.
The amount will be quite solid, but independent production of bed linen has a number of undoubted advantages:
- You can pick up the fabric necessary coloring and good quality for you.
- Bed linen made by your own hands will be sewn to the size of your bed, which eliminates a number of inconvenience, often experienced when using ready-made sets purchased in the store.
- Your bed linen set can have so many objects as necessary for you.
As a rule, sheets and pillowcases serve less than duvettes, so it can be sewed not alone, but two or three sheets and a couple of superfluous pillows. As a result, your bed will look aesthetically, and linen will wear out quite evenly.
The set of bed linen, stitched with her own hands, will probably differ in high quality, as you try to invest not only the skill, but also the effort, because you sew it for the closest people. You can sew a unique set of linen on your own sketch. How to sew bed linen beautifully? You can show a fantasy and combine the fabrics, decides the embroidery kit (the richelite embroidery is very elegant), measurements and satin ribbons.
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