Tufted Duvet Cover

As part of our master bedroom upgrade, I wanted to try and tackle making my own duvet cover.  After educating myself on what that actually was, I saw this adorable one from Target, and found a few tutorials that made it seem pretty easy to make.

I bought 2 queen flat sheets from Walmart and washed them. (around $11 a piece)
I also purchased a plain white down alternative filled duvet (around $25)

------In hindsight I should have probably purchased a king sheet and a queen, the king to account for length and width lost when doing the ruching----

After washing the sheets, I took one of them and laid it out on the floor, wrong side up.  Using a pattern like this:

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 I pinned the places where the ruchings would be.  Diagonally they measured approximately 10 inches apart.  Then, where the pin is placed, I took the fabric in my hand, twisted it and then sewed about an inch down from the top of the twist.  Go over the end, back and forth.  This makes the pretty swirl pattern on the opposite side, and the more you twist, the deeper or more dramatic the swirl.

I repeated for all the pins I had placed.  There was so much fabric and it was all up in my face, so intimidation set in sounding like, "I have never made anything this massive before, can I handle all this?"  But it went just fine, just took a while.

I took fabric scraps I had lying around and sewed them into strips to attach to the duvet, and to the inside of the duvet cover.  They tie to each other to keep the duvet placed correctly inside the duvet cover. 


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THIS tutorial really helped me visualize.  She drew everything out in pictures.

Then placing right sides together I sewed around the entire duvet cover and left a an opening in the top, about 3 feet wide.  I flipped it right side out, stuffed in the duvet, tied it down to each end, and then added Velcro (buttons were way beyond my skill set) to close the opening of the duvet cover.

   And check out what a difference this makes.  So glad I tried it. 

 

 

 

 

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