How To Sew A Duvet Cover With Contrast Edge Trim

Final night time, I crossed an enormous venture off of my “to do” checklist for the bed room. I completed stitching the cover cowl for the mattress. So now, all the bedding is formally completed, and my lovely chicken cloth has a a lot larger presence within the room.

I began with my face cloth — the chicken cloth. I lower two lengths of material to 100″ for my queen-sized cover cowl. I lower them for much longer than I wanted for the completed size, however I needed to permit loads of additional as a result of I needed to match the patterns once I sewed these collectively, and also you all the time lose a bit of material when matching patterns. One piece remained complete. On the second piece, I needed to lower it in half lengthwise.

After which I positioned the entire piece face up on my work desk…

After which I pinned one of many half items to every facet, ensuring to match the patterns. (Tiger had no real interest in letting me work. He needed consideration, so he made this a bit more difficult for me. 😀 )

I received’t go into element about learn how to match patterns as a result of there are numerous movies on YouTube displaying the method of matching patterns. As soon as I had them pinned collectively, I sewed these three items along with the required sew width to match the patterns. Once more, I’ll refer you to YouTube to discover ways to match patterns in patterned cloth.

I repeated that very same course of with the material for the again of the cover cowl. This one was simpler as a result of it’s a strong cloth, so there was no have to match patterns. As soon as I had each the highest and the underside items of the cover cowl sewn, I used my steam iron to iron the seams open and flat.

On the again piece, I measured 10 inches from the underside and drew a line. After which I lower alongside this line. This is able to create the opening for inserting the cover into the completed cover cowl.

After which after I lower alongside this line, I put a double 3/4″ fold in each bit the place they met and sewed that double fold into place.

Right here you’ll be able to see the place I pinned that double fold into place on the slender piece, however I had flipped it in order that it was simpler to measure, pin, and iron with that edge nearer to me.

I ought to have performed this subsequent step earlier than I lower that prime 10 inches off, however I meausured and marked for my completed width. I didn’t want the entire two widths of material for a queen measurement cover cowl. My cover was 88″ huge, so I lower the underside of the cover to 90″ huge to go away room for my distinction trim on the sting, which might be 1″ huge.

I repeated that on the opposite facet, after which lower off the surplus cloth.

After stitching the hem in each items the place the opening on the again piece could be, I overlapped them about 1.5 inches and pinned them collectively, after which I lower the completed size of the again piece. My cover was 88″ sq., so I lower the size to 90″ as effectively. After which I positioned that piece face down on my work floor.

After which I unfold out the highest piece of my cover cowl over that backside piece, ensuring that it was straight, and pinned the 2 items (backside and prime) collectively alongside the seams and round all 4 edges.

After which I used the underside piece, which had already been lower to measurement, to chop the highest piece to the right measurement. I needed to flip every thing over with the intention to do that, so I ought to have laid every thing out with the chicken cloth on the underside and the again cloth on prime from the start. That will have saved me a variety of work.

I by no means might get every thing to lie completely flat, however with cover covers, there’s somewhat little bit of wiggle room, so I didn’t fear about it.

Earlier than I sewed these items collectively, I added ties to all 4 corners and the center of the edges, the highest, and the underside. I used cotton tape trim for this, and lower about 10″ strips for every tie.

Then I folded each bit in half and pinned it between the layers of material.

I tucked the tie in between the 2 layers of material after which repinned the material collectively.

As soon as I my ties in place, I sewed the 2 materials collectively all the best way round all 4 edges with a 1/2″ seam.

Subsequent, I lower the material for my distinction edge trim. I wanted simply over 360″ to go all the best way round my cover cowl, so I lower as many strips as I wanted for that size. I lower these strips 4″ huge.

As soon as I had all of my strips lower, I pinned them collectively as proven beneath.

After which I sewed them collectively at a diagonal.

This can be a horrible image. I didn’t notice that my digicam didn’t focus. However when you open up that seam, that is what that seam seems to be like.

The explanation they’re sewn collectively at a diagonal as a substitute of a straight 90-degree seam is as a result of this reduces the majority. A diagonal seam will unfold the majority of that seam out over a wider space reasonably than having all of these layers of material confined to a a lot narrower space, which can give a a lot cleaner look on the completed piece.

As soon as I had all of my strips sewn collectively, the seams pressed open, and the surplus cloth trimmed, I used to be able to iron within the folds. I positioned the material face down on my work floor…

After which I folded the material in half lengthwise and used my steam iron to get a very crisp fold.

After which I opened up the material and folded the underside edge as much as that center crease and pressed it into place.

After which I repeated that course of on the highest edge.

After which I refolded it alongside the middle crease and pressed it once more to provide me my completed 1″-wide completed trim.

To connect it to the cover cowl, I merely opened up that trim…

After which I wrapped it across the fringe of the cover cowl…

After which I pinned it into place. I continued this course of across the complete cover cowl till I obtained again to the start line. As soon as I reached the start line, I lower the trim about two inches previous the start line, folded it below, and pinned it on prime of the start line trim in order that it over lapped about 1 inch.

As soon as it was pinned all the best way round, I sewed the trim into place. I sewed about 1/8″ from the within fringe of the trim.

The final step, which I haven’t performed but, is so as to add buttonholes and buttons to that overlapping flat on the again piece of the cover cowl. The explanation I haven’t performed that but is as a result of, now that we don’t have any cloth shops left in our metropolis (R.I.P. Joann Materials), there’s no handy place the place I can simply go purchase some buttons. So I needed to order buttons on-line, they usually haven’t gotten right here but. I don’t wish to sew buttonholes on this till I even have these buttons in hand.

However as soon as I’ve these buttons in hand, I can end up this flap in order that the 2 items will connect to one another and maintain the cover contained in the cover cowl.

However till then, I went forward and put the cover contained in the cover cowl and simply pinned that flap closed. And right here’s the (nearly) completed cover cowl.

I completely love how this turned out, and I’m so glad that the chicken cloth has a a lot larger presence within the room now.

And with that, the bedding is now utterly completed.

I simply love this cloth a lot, and I’m so glad that I might use extra of it within the room.