Project duvet cover

 My double duvet is Dutch. That means it doesn't have a size that you can easily buy duvet covers for. And I had a duvet cover I liked; it was getting old so it was starting to show signs of wear and tear. I had repaired it several times. But one night I was lying in it and I just wanted to move to duvet a bit, but I gripped straight through the fabric. It is so thin now! And brittle. It was clear that it was quite beyond repair by now. So I had to act.

Some googling showed me it is really difficult to order of fitting duvet cover online. The next best thing is by a duvet cover that has either the correct width or length, and an overabundance of material in the other direction. Then you can just make it a bit smaller. So I decided to go for that! Even that narrowed the choice down quite a lot, but I found a model in the right width of which I thought it would look fine in my upstairs bedroom. It was quite a lot too long.

When I took the old one off I noticed it had four repairs and three unrepaired occurrences of damage. I think I got my money's worth out of that one! And now it can be a sheet that could protect my floor next time I want to do some painting work…

It arrived, and then the dance began of fitting it. Putting a double duvet in the duvet cover is always a bit of a faff! 

When I took the old one off I noticed it had four repairs and three unrepaired occurrences of damage. I think I got my money's worth out of that one! And now it can be a sheet that could protect my floor next time I want to do some painting work…

But I wanted to get it right with the new one, so I made a bit of an effort. As it had a pattern I didn't want to just put a huge hem in the bottom; that would really move the pattern to an unbalanced position. I shortened it on both sides! But doing a bit of needlework while listening to an interesting podcast is not a punishment.

I slept downstairs while I was faffing with this duvet cover. When it was finally done I look forward to having the choice again! And I am ready again for several decades. The old duvet cover lasted a fair while, and I see no reason why this one won't!

The cat 'helps' and clearly thinks it smells weird

Finished!