{"id":39764,"date":"2018-09-09T16:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T21:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=39764"},"modified":"2020-01-28T16:54:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T21:54:17","slug":"diy-bed-skirt-using-dental-floss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=39764","title":{"rendered":"DIY Bed Skirt Using Dental Floss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, everyone.\u00a0 If that headline seems a little strange, read on.\u00a0 It will make sense, I promise.\u00a0 In our new place, two of the guest bedrooms will have queen size beds.\u00a0 I ordered a bed skirt from etsy (you can see that bed skirt here) for one of the rooms and decided to sew one for this particular guest room which is located on the third floor.\u00a0\u00a0 About twenty years ago, a friend taught me how to make gathers using dental floss, and it is such an easy no-fail method that I want to show you how to do it.\u00a0 I prefer gathered bed skirts over box pleated bed skirts because I think they are more lush looking.\u00a0 Let me preface this by saying that I absolutely do not consider myself a seamstress.\u00a0 However, I can sew a straight line and do math.\u00a0 That’s all that is required to make this DIY bed skirt using dental floss.\u00a0 And believe me, if I can make it, then so can you. (Please note that these photos were taken using my iphone and some were taken using the light of the sewing machine.\u00a0 Sorry about the quality.)<\/p>\n

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DIY\u00a0 Bed Skirt Using Dental Floss<\/h2>\n

I selected a beautiful decorator fabric at my local fabric store, and luckily, it was on sale.\u00a0 Then I bought a plain inexpensive white cotton queen size sheet.\u00a0 First, I washed the sheet to eliminate any shrinkage.\u00a0 Then I lay the sheet on top of a queen mattress and just cut the sheet to be the same size as the mattress.\u00a0 That’s 60 inches by 80 inches.\u00a0 Then I set that sheet aside.\u00a0 I would later attach a gathered piece to both long sides of the sheet and to the shorter width at the end.<\/p>\n

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Next up, I determined how long I wanted my bed skirt to be from top to bottom, which was 15 inches.\u00a0 (This can be longer if your bed is taller.)\u00a0 Then I cut out the fabric long enough to allow for a two inch hem and one inch at the top for the gathers.\u00a0 I also determined that I wanted the thickness of the gathers to be one and one-half times the length and width of the mattress.\u00a0 That means that for the 80 inch length of the mattress, I would need two long pieces (one for each side) that measured 120 inches.\u00a0 For the end of the bed, which is 60 inches wide, I needed a piece that was 90 inches.<\/p>\n

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I cut out all of the pieces, ironed them, sewed them together and hemmed them.<\/p>\n

How to Make the Gathers<\/h2>\n

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Then to make the gathers, I guided a piece of dental floss along the top of the bed skirt and zig zag stitched over it.\u00a0 This step is the magic that will make the gathers easy to form.\u00a0 I did this for all of the lengths of fabric.<\/p>\n

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When that was finished, I gently pulled the dental floss, and gathers formed.\u00a0 After my gathered lengths of fabric were 80 inches and 60 inches, I put the right side of the skirt to the right side of the sheet and attached them with pins.<\/p>\n

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Then I slowly attached the ruffle to the sheet using a regular stitch.\u00a0 And guess what!!!\u00a0 It turned out perfectly except…………<\/p>\n

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The Final Look<\/h2>\n

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…….We decided to buy a new mattress, and the bed skirt was too short for the new thick mattress.<\/p>\n

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So, I solved that problem by ordering this white bed skirt<\/a>, which I raved about in a recent Saturday Selections post<\/a>, and I layered them.\u00a0 (You can find the bed skirt here.<\/a>) Although I wasn’t originally going for double layers, it looks adorable.\u00a0 I am only showing you the bottom portion of the bed right now because the new headboard hasn’t been attached yet, and the room is waiting for its furniture.\u00a0 That will all happen when our pods that are holding our belongings are delivered in two weeks.<\/p>\n

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If you are jonesing to do a sewing project for your home, this DIY bed skirt using dental floss is a good one to do.\u00a0 I will certainly show you photos when this room is put together.<\/p>\n

Take care.<\/p>\n

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Hello, everyone.\u00a0 If that headline seems a little strange, read on.\u00a0 It will make sense, I promise.\u00a0 In our new place, two of the guest bedrooms will have queen size beds.\u00a0 I ordered a bed skirt from etsy (you can see that bed skirt here) for one of the rooms and decided to sew one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39764"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39764"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39811,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39764\/revisions\/39811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}