Quilted bedspread with your own hands

A beautifully decorated bed is a bedroom decoration. An elegant quilted blanket will be an excellent element of the decor of the room. Correctly chosen texture, color and decoration in a blink of an eye will transform the interior, giving it elegance and charm.

It is not difficult to make a quilted quilt with your own hands, although the work requires some sewing skills. But if you try, then with this task will cope even the beginner skilled worker.

This article is for those who want to learn the basic tricks and secrets of creating beautiful furniture for a bed.

Choice of materials

Today, fashion is natural, and therefore quilted cotton bedspreads are the best solution for any bedroom. For such decoration, flax, bamboo or a cotton are suitable. If the ecological compatibility of the fabrics is not a priority, then we can consider blended and synthetic linens, which have a special gloss. So, for example, satin materials, as well as any curtain fabrics, are perfect for a cover.

It is best to choose from the canvases intended for sewing curtains. They have a better density, and width, and wear-resistant qualities, in contrast to materials for tailoring. Quilted cotton bedspreads can also be sewn from natural linen for curtains. Such fabrics with a width of 220-240 cm make it possible to make the product without joints and extra seams.

The lining fabric should also have a good density so that it does not deteriorate faster than the top of the veil. For this purpose, a wide-width curtain fabric is also suitable.

In addition to the main and lining fabrics, a sintepon is needed. Its thickness is also of great importance. So, for example, a beautiful air cover will come out using a thick sintepon. Under it, you can not see any possible folds from the undressed blanket, if a quilted blanket was thrown onto the bed in a hurry. In addition, when using sinteponovoy cloth with a large thickness will be more pronounced stitch pattern. But this has its disadvantage, because working with a thick canvas is more difficult.

Removal of measurements and calculation of tissue

To cover the bed well, you should take measurements from it: the length of the bed and the width, the height of the mattress or the height of the bed with the mattress to the floor, if it is planned to make bedspreads covering the bed completely. At measurements it is not necessary to do any allowances, all necessary centimeters for processing are laid at cutting.

Open the fabric

Quilted bedspread can be made in different versions. It can be just a large rectangle that pounces on the bed, or covered with ruffles and frills hanging over the border of the mattress. Cutting and calculation of materials depend on the version of execution. Each of them is good in its own way.

Option one: one-piece canvas

How to sew a quilted blanket, dubbed synthepone all over the canvas? To do this, the fabric is cut in the form of an ordinary rectangle with sides equal to: the length of the mattress + its height and the width of the mattress + 2 of its height. In this case, the corners on the opposite side of the head of the head should be rounded, so that the curtain would be formed by beautiful coats. When cutting, add 2 cm around the perimeter to the edges. In the same way should be found and lining fabric, but when cutting the sintepon allowances do not.

Work with a cloth

After cutting, it is necessary to fold the main fabric and filler and sweep them first along the perimeter, and after - along the patterned lines. To do this, it is best to lay the canvas on the floor, so that the layers do not move during operation. If it is planned sewn additional decorative elements, it is better to tune them up to align with the sintepon. Also, before combining, it is necessary to make markings on the front side of the product with chalk or tailor's pencil. When working with a thin sintepon, it is possible not to use a marking, but to sand the parts with tailor's needles.

Ideas for decorating a whole-cover

Help beautifully arrange a quilted coverlet photo of the finished works. Here everything depends on the selected cloth for the front side. If it is a striped fabric, then it is best to flog the product along their boundaries, if it is some zigzags or waves, then, naturally, the main lines of the pattern should be repeated. This will give the drawing a three-dimensionality and make it more expressive.

In the case of a monophonic canvas, it is better to use the method of stitching the repetition of sections along the perimeter, in some quilted seams, you can add fringe, beads with beads or simple ruffles from the fabric. It can be a contrasting addition or performed in the same color. There are no restrictions, everything depends on imagination. Here the very place is satin and organza ribbons, laces, forts, ribbons and even sewn stones.

It should be noted that such a blanket visually increases the bed, but because if the room is not so much space, it is better to use the following option.

Option two: quilted bedspread with sewing frill

This performance is somewhat different from the previous one. Here, a somewhat different calculation of the fabric is required, since the article consists of two parts: the base and the frill. For the first element you need a cut equal to the width and length of the bed + 2-3 cm, for the second - a strip of fabric equal to the height of the bed from the top of the mattress and to the floor and perimeter length multiplied by three. This frill can be a composite, sewn from individual segments.

The manufacturing process is similar to the first option: the face sheet is combined with the sintepon, is scraped and dispensed by the machine. Then they go to work with the frill. On the edge of the top of the strip the fabric is collected by folds (simple or bow). The bottom of the frill can be overturned, bent and adjusted, giving the appropriate allowance for cutting, or processed with an oblique bake.

After the finished element is sewed around the perimeter of the finished blank blank, leaving the cut at the headboard free.

Such products should not be overloaded with additional finishing elements, especially if the fabric is textured or has a pronounced pattern. It will be enough to have stitches on the main canvas and dense creases along the sides. If the fabric is very simple, then at the junction of the joint, you can sew a braid with beads in the tone of the canvas.

Working with a lining

Sewing the lining is one of the simplest stages of work. This element is sewn in the same way in both variants. The lining fabric is cut to the same size as the base fabric. It is folded with the base face to face, fill in all the folds, if any, and stitch along the perimeter, leaving an opening of about 30 cm in the middle of the side of the headboard. After the product is turned out and slightly stripped with a minimum temperature of heating the iron. At the final stage of work, you must either stitch or sew a manually open hole. To stabilize the edge, you can make a line along the perimeter, having deviated from it 2-3 cm.

A smart quilted coverlet, the master-class of which is described above, can be easily created at home using a household sewing machine. Fantasy, diligence and attentiveness are the best assistants in this matter.

Textiles in the interior of bedrooms and decorative elements

The coverlet in the bedroom interior is one of the key elements that sets the mood of the entire room. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right color, which will be combined with the color of furniture and interior decoration.

Look great covered cotton quilted in an ensemble with curtains made of identical material. And in this case, it is better to leave all decorations in the form of fringe, braid and other decorative elements for the decoration of the bed. At the same time, the cover itself can be executed in a quiet style, and as an decor, original pillows will perform. Round, square, rectangular, large and small - they will give a special charm, make the bed even more attractive and cozy.

Practical tips for working with fabrics

If the work uses satin fabric or a cotton, they should be sewn with a thin needle and a small step. This will avoid ugly assemblies on the seams. Do not pull the canvas so that the needle does not break. It should also be noted that the atlas and the cotone do not like steaming, as a result of which stains may remain on them, which will not pass even after washing. Also, when processing it is necessary to observe the accuracy, since even from the thinnest needle on the canvas there are holes.

But linen and bamboo fabric are not so capricious. Here, the needle can be taken with the number 85 or 90, and sewing at the maximum step, which simplifies the work.