How To Make A King Size Bedspread

"This bed is too large. . . "

Frankly, Goldilocks would've never even tried out my bed. She would've taken i look and headed to the next 1. Of grade, the Papa Conduct in our house is 6 feet 7 inches tall. So our bed needs to be pretty big.

Nosotros have a king-size bed with an extra-deep mattress and a memory cream topper, and though I was able to locate extra-deep sheets that fit, I was always stymied trying to observe a comforter or coverlet that actually covers the bed. I always kept my fingers crossed that no one would go into my bedroom and look at my husband'due south side of the bed, where the spread covered only nearly half the side of the mattress. When we have visitor, nosotros always accept people put their coats on our bed (does anyone else exercise that?) Just I hated that exposed side of the bed. It e'er felt like my slip was showing or something; know what I mean?

To encompass the whole mattress, I needed a spread that was 112 inches wide, which I could non find. So what do you exercise when you tin't purchase what you demand? You make your ain!And I'll testify y'all how I made my extra-deep, actress-long coverlet. It was so piece of cake, I wondered what took me then long to retrieve of it.

Well, really, I know why information technology took me and then long. It's because of my extremely uncomplicated sewing skills. The truth is, I am a horrible seamstress. If someone asks, "Do you sew?" I answer "Non really." I tin can sew straight seams, and that's nigh it. Simply I'll tell you what I can do, and you can exercise it, too. I tin Pivot. So if I think of something that I'd similar to sew together, I pattern information technology in my head or describe it out on paper, then I cut out the cloth and pivot, pin, pivot. I accept a very inexpensive sewing car, and all I do with the machine is sew the direct seams of the things I've pinned together.

Now, dorsum to the bed.

Our mattress is about 78 inches wide, and I wanted the drop on the sides to be about 17 inches on each side, which meant that I needed a coverlet 112 inches broad. I also wanted the bedspread to be nearly 112 inches long, because I wanted to exist able to fold the spread over the pillows, like this:

I admire the look of beds that are made with sumptuous sheets folded dorsum and pillows displayed beautifully, but that has never worked for me. I make my bed every forenoon, and I adopt to spend as fiddling time as possible making it.

I found wonderful fabric at my local discount fabric shop, Not Merely Linens. Like all the fabrics at that place, information technology was $seven.99/1000, and like many of the fabrics, information technology was 57-58" broad. I bought 8 yards for a total cost of $64. The pattern on the textile repeats every 22 inches, so I bought enough to brand sure I could match the panels of the spread. I could have fabricated the spread with less fabric, but considering my sewing skills, I knew it was amend to be safe than sorry.

As for the actual construction of the coverlet, I only cut ane slice of material 114" long. I used this for the middle panel of my bedspread.

Then I cut an identical 2nd piece of fabric so that I had twin panels, each 114" long. I separate the second panel right down the middle lengthwise, so that I had one full-width console and two one-half-width panels.

Next I pinned ane half-width console to one side of the (total-width) center console and one one-half-width panel to the other. This was the tedious part, because I wanted the design matched every bit closely as possible. After it was all pinned together, though, it was a cinch to sew together. Two long straight seams later, I had a huge spread. I finished the project by ironing the 2 seams flat and and so sewing a car hem all the mode around the perimeter.

And at present I accept a bedspread that fits my humongous bed with no sheets or blankets peeking out on the side. No more slip showing! For $64 and a bit of my time. I made the pillows, also; click here for the how-to for those.

Update: After I made this coverlet, bedskirt, and pillows, we got a different bed. Our new bed doesn't crave a bedskirt, simply I recollect the coverlet and pillows look groovy with the new fashion, besides!