The Finished Duvet Cover!

Here is the finished product! I think it turned out very nice and love how it looks with the black bed. I started it on Monday and pretty much finished it on Wednesday. I would have finished it Wednesday night, but didn't have time. I sewed on the snaps today and am all done. I left extra material at the top, which folds over the bottom. I decided snaps would be easier than buttons or a zipper.

I'll explain briefly how I made it. (this is for my friend Melanee, she wanted to know how). I measured our down comforter and then bought 12 yards of material. I actually have about 2 yards left, but better more than not enough. Originally, I was just going to sew two pieces together to make the top and then another 2 to make the bottom. However, I was talking to my mom and she told me a better way to do it. The fabric I got measured 56 in. wide, about the width of our bed. I cut a piece about 10 inches longer than the length of the comforter (I made the top longer than the bottom, so I could fold it under). I then cut another piece the same length as the first. I cut the second piece in half and then sewed a half piece on each side of the first piece I cut. So, that way you don't have a seam right in the center of your duvet, but rather on the sides of the bed.

You can see in this picture how the seam is on the side. There is another seam on the other side. However, looking head on, you can't really see the seam on the sides.

I then cut out two pieces for the bottom, giving a few inches at the sides for sewing the top and bottom together. For the bottom, I made the seam in the middle, since no one will see it. I then sewed the top and bottom pieces together, starting with the bottom, then did each side. Before I sewed the sides, I laid the comforter on the material and pinned the sides with the comforter in it, so I would know exactly where to sew. I know that's really brief, but hopefully it makes sense. :)

With the extra material, I'm going to make pillow cases. Well, I'll buy some other material and just make the middle of it with the original material, so it's not all the same as the duvet. Overall, it wasn't really that hard. The hardest part was just putting it all together, but it wasn't too bad. Now, I just need to paint our room, and get the wall decor figured out.

Here are some pics of Anna. She loves playing with pens lately. She'll just take them in and out of this holder. However, today, she discovered a new way to play with them. The blue thing is the jelly plastic stuff, that is like a grid, with holes in it.

We took a walk the other evening and she just looked so cute all bundled up.