Storing my extra duvets.

Oh my........what happened to the last 5 weeks.......

But I am finally finished moving.

All my fabrics are stored in a small room, I have in the attic. But before it went up there (3 more storeys, I am on 2nd floor), it was measured and photographed, so I now have a file with a total overview.

I have managed between making Christmas cookies and wishing-lists, to make my couch a little more comfortable, and those duvets I have written about earlier are now "wrapped". I simply made 3 bags, and it was enough to reach the full length.

This is how I did:

I rolled a duvet together and measured the length

Found a dish that fitted the circumference

Measured the circumference

Or, if you know your geometry, you can calculate by measuring the diameter: 22/7 times diameter = circumference

For each bag I cut 2 ends using the dish as pattern and remembered 1 cm extra for seaming
and 1 piece for the bag itself : the length of the duvet + 2 cm for seaming times the circumference of the dish + 12 cm, for seaming. In my case it was like this: 65 cm (63+2) times 87 cm (75 + 12) .

To close the bags I decided to use velcro. I cut them approx. 8 cm shorter that the width (here 57 cm)

I turned the edge 2 cm and placed the velcro over the edges, and sewed each piece to the ends. 

IMPORTANT!!!!  they were sewn to each side of the fabric to make them lap over when closed. Notice that there's a gap at each end, that will make it easier to open later on.

I went back and forward at the end of the velcro and continued to the end of the fabric without doing it again. I wanted to be sure, that the velcro was fastened.

Then I sew the ends. I held the circles on top and started on top of the closed velcro. By having the circle on top it is rather easy to make it fit. If you haven't tried it before, then pin it together before sewing. (but if you have cut it right it will fit !)

After having sewed with normal stitches I just took another round using zigzag ( I lifted the needle, changed to zigzag and continued)

And this is how the finished bag looks on the inside.

And on the outside....

The duvet is in and it is closed.

As I had lots of fabric I hurried to make a cover for the matresses too. (There's two of them, as it can be converted to a double bed, by the way bought in IKEA  lol). I measured the matress, length and width and added the height(20cm + 20 cm to all the sides (200+20+20+20+2 times 80 +20+20+20+20) I cut out the fabric and sewed the corners (again I measured). In each corner could cut off a big triangle, then I zigzagged all edges and pulled the cover over the corners and folded the extra fabric under.

This is how it looks now with pillows (that is my extra pillows for the bed sized 60 * 60 cm)