Duvet Cover
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This clean, crisp, and cozy duvet
cover provides a warm and
sophisticated touch to any bedroom.
Customize the duvet by choosing
elegant embroidery designs and
coordinating fabrics. Add some
classy buttons to keep the comforter
snugly in place.
Read below for these free,
comfortable, and stylish project instructions!
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Supplies Needed:
**2 flat bed sheets the same
size as the comforter to be
covered (we used one solid
color sheet and one print
sheet)
**Medium weight cutaway
stabilizer
**Temporary spray adhesive
**Air-erase pen
**Tape measure
**Seam ripper
**6 - 1 inch buttons
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First, we will prepare the top
front panel for the embroidery.
Cut 11 inches from the bottom
edge of the solid colored bed
sheet (our sheets are queen size
so the size of the cut piece is
89 inches wide by 11 inches
high). Using an air-erase pen,
measure and mark the center of
the each short end by measuring
and dividing by two (5 1/2
inches). Also, mark the center
of the fabric about every 12
inches along the entire width.
Draw a line down the entire
width of the fabric connecting
the center marks. This line will
be used to position the designs.
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If
you have embroidery software,
print two templates of the design to use for
placement. If you don't have
embroidery software, you can cut
a piece of paper the shape and
dimensions of the design to help
with placement and centering.
Lay the templates on the fabric
and decide how many times you
want to repeat the design.
We will embroider the design
seven times to fill the fabric
piece.
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To space the designs evenly,
multiply the width of the design
by the number of times it will
be embroidered across the
fabric. The design we are
embroidering is 9.4 inches wide,
so we multiplied 9.4 inches by 7
which equals 65.80
inches. Subtract that number
from the total width of the
fabric (ours is 65.80 inches
minus 89 which equals 23.20
inches).
Now, add one to the total number
of times the design will be
repeated. Then, take the new
width number (ours is 23.20
inches) and divide it by the
adjusted design repetition
number (ours is 8 so the
calculation is: 23.20 inches
divided by 8 which is 2.9
inches). This is the amount of
space that will be between each
design and the edges of the
fabric.
Poke a hole in the center of the
first template and align it with
the center line on the fabric
(we are starting at the left end
of the fabric). Use your spacing
measurement to measure between
the edge of the fabric and the
edge of the design. Mark the
center and vertical axis points
of the template.
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Poke a hole in the center of the
second template and align it
with the center line on the
fabric to the right of the first
template. Again, use the spacing
measurement to measure between
the edges of the designs. Mark
the center and vertical axis
points of the template.
Repeat this process and �leap
frog� the templates across the
fabric until all of the
placements have been marked. |
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Draw lines to connect the
vertical axis points of each
placement. These lines will be
used for hooping. |
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Spray a piece of cutaway
stabilizer with adhesive and
smooth the fabric on top. Hoop
the fabric and stabilizer
together by aligning the marks
on the hoop with the lines on
the fabric. Attach the hoop to
the machine and move the hoop so
that the needle is directly over
the center point on the
fabric. Embroider the design.
After the design has finished,
re-hoop the fabric for the next
design exactly as you did the
first and begin embroidering.
Repeat this process for each of
the designs.
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When all the designs have
finished, carefully trim away
the excess stabilizer on the
back of the embroidery. |
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Now,
we will prepare the bottom front
panel.
Trim 11 inches from the bottom
edge of the print sheet. Lay the
print sheet right side up and
align the bottom edge of the
embroidered top front panel with
the cut edge of the print sheet
with the right sides
together. Pin in place. |
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Sew a 1/2 inch seam along the
pinned edge only. |
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Lay
the fabric wrong side up
and press the seam open with an
iron. |
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Lets
now add button holes along the
bottom edge of the front panel.
To space the button holes
evenly, add one to the total
number of buttons to be added
(we are adding 6 buttons).
Then, take the total width of
the fabric divided by the
adjusted button number (ours is
89 inches divided by 7 which is
12 3/4 inches). Take that number
and make marks along the bottom
edge of the front panel about 2
inches up from the bottom edge
of the fabric.
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Sew a button hole at each mark. |
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To cut the button holes open,
insert a pin at one end of the
hole and use a seam ripper to
cut (start at the opposite end
of the pin). |
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To prepare the back panel, cut
an additional 6 inches from the
cut edge of the solid colored
sheet (the back panel will be
slightly shorter than the front
panel).
Lay the sheet right side up and
align the cut edge of the 11
inch wide print sheet piece with
the cut edge of the solid
colored sheet, right sides
together. Pin in place (the
print sheet panel will be the
top of the back panel). |
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Sew a 1/2 inch seam along the
pinned edge only. |
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Lay the fabric wrong side up and
press the seam open. |
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To add the buttons, lay the back
panel right side up and align
the front panel on top and align
the bottom edges.
Mark the center of the button
holes onto the bottom edge of
the back panel. Then, sew a
button at each mark. |
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Lay the back panel flat with the
right side up facing up and
align the front panel on top,
right sides together, with the
top edges aligned (the bottom of
the front panel will be somewhat
longer than the bottom of the
back panel).
Pin in place and sew a 1/2 inch
seam along the sides and top
edges only, leave the bottom
edge open. |
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Turn the cover right side out
and insert the comforter. Fold the bottom edge of
the front panel under towards
the back and button in place.
Natasha gives this cover two
paws up! Okay, it may look like
only one of her paws is
up, but the other one went up
right after this photo was
taken. Scout's honor. |
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