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- The lapel of the pillowcase should be made at least 25 cm long: only in this case the pillow will not crawl out of it all the time.
- Never save on the length or width of the sheet: you can even add another 20 cm to the width of the old sheet, and tuck the excess length under the mattress.
- When cutting a new duvet cover, also increase its width by 6-7 centimeters, since even the highest quality natural cotton calico will certainly shrink after the first wash.
After washing a new set, you will see if the duvet cover needs to be sewn in.
How to sew double bedding?
The optimal width of the fabric for a double set is 220 cm, since it will save you from having to increase the width of the duvet cover and sheet with the help of connecting seams. This will not only save you time and effort, but will also make the cost of new underwear cheaper than in the store (although not too much).
The layout for a double set is as follows: you will need 7.45 m of fabric with a width of 220 cm: this amount will make a duvet cover, a sheet and three pillowcases in size 70/70 or four pillowcases with a length of 50/70 sides. With this layout, you will not have scraps left and will have a spare set of pillowcases.
To visualize the cut of the entire set, take a sheet of paper in a box and draw its diagram. You will get rectangles with sides:
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 what size pillowcases you need).
How much does it cost to sew bed linen?
It all depends on the size of your bedding and the quality of the fabric you choose for your set. The cost of high-quality chintz 135 cm wide is about 90 rubles per meter, calico 150 cm wide costs a little more than 120 rubles, and the price of a meter of calico 220 cm wide exceeds 180 rubles.
We multiply the cost of one meter of fabric by the footage resulting from the measurement of bedding, add the cost of threads to this amount and get the final figure.
The amount will be quite solid, but the independent production of bed linen has a number of undoubted advantages:
- You can choose the fabric of the color you need and of good quality.
- Bed linen made by hand will be tailored to the size of your bed, which eliminates a number of inconveniences often experienced when using ready-made sets bought in a store.
- Your bedding set can have as many items as you need.
As a rule, sheets and pillowcases last less than duvet covers, so you can sew not one, but two or three sheets and a couple of extra pillowcases. As a result, your bed will look aesthetically pleasing, and the linen will wear out fairly evenly.
A do-it-yourself bed linen set will certainly be of high quality, because you will try to put not only skill, but also diligence into your work, because you sew it for your closest people. You can sew a unique set of linen according to your own sketch. How beautiful to sew bed linen? You can show your imagination and combine fabrics by decorating the set with embroidery (cutwork embroidery looks very elegant), hemstitches and satin ribbons.