Ruffled Bed From Bed Sheets ~ How To

Ready for more ruffles.  This one is a fitted sheet, so you can sleep on it.  All you need is two king size sheet sets.  I was going to do this in white sheets, but, there weren't two matching white sheet sets.  So, I went with gray instead.  I'll make a white one later.  Plenty of backup when one goes into the wash.

First measure from the top of your mattress to the floor for the length of your ruffles.  Add an extra inch for the top hem.  I always add an extra box spring under my mattress to make the bed taller so the ruffles can be  longer.

 To make the ruffles.  Fold the flat sheets in half, length wise, measure and mark for the length of your ruffles, then cut on the fold side so as not to cut off the already hemmed portion of the sheets.  Less work! YAY!

 You will need to use both the flat sheets to have enough ruffles.  After cutting the sheets to size, there should be 4 pieces, sew those all together at the ends to make one long piece before sewing the ruffles.

Sewing the ruffles was super easy.   Put the end of your fabric under the sewing machine foot then pinch about 2 inches of fabric and fold it up to the sewing machine foot and sew.  Click here to see pictures of this step, from my velvet bed cover post)  Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat..... 

I wanted the ruffles to fall from the top where the cording is on the mattress.  

So, I put the fitted sheet over the mattress then used a marker to trace around the edge.  Not the most professional way to do things I know, but it was effective.

Next lay the ruffles on the bed with the sewn part of your ruffles (stitching) on top of the marker line and pin the ruffles along that line all the way around the bed.  Then take it off and sew along the line.  

Sew just slightly above the previous stitching of the ruffles, so the stitching doesn't show when you fold the ruffles down.

Put the fitted sheet back on the bed and flip the ruffles down.

Should look like this when you are done.

I put the other fitted sheet around a down comforter, for a fluffy topper.

I love this one because you don't have to take it off when it's time for bed!  

The cost... only $40 bucks!

OK no more ruffles for a while!

Smiles!

~ Renew Redo ~

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