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- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!starnet!sallyh
- From: sallyh@StarConn.com (Sally Holmes)
- Subject: Re: Duvet Covers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.071400.17143@StarConn.com>
- Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA 415-949-3133
- References: <valerie.720113116@femto.engr.mun.ca>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 07:14:00 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- > Can some knowing person out there tell me if I can make a
- > decent duvet cover for a fluffy, puffy holofil comforter
- > out of the same size flat bedsheets? I have heard tell of
- > this for several years, however I'd hate to invest in two
- > sheets at $30 bucks a piece and end up with a duvet cover
- > that looks like two sheets sewn together. I have heard that
- > corners may pose a problem. Would this duvet then also fit the
- > real goose-down filled duvets on the market for when I get one?
- > Also which closures would be more suitable, a button type
- > or a zipper (has anyone hear of ribbon ties as a closure??)
- > Any advice?
-
- Yes, you can make a duvet cover out of two bedsheets: how it looks will
- depend on what you use... if you use a patterned sheet that matches your
- bedroom, backed with a plain sheet that picks out in a colour in the
- pattern, for example, it will probably look good. You can pipe the seams,
- too, to make it look more like something that was planned and thought
- out.
-
- Duvets come in standard sizes, so your cover should fit a goose-down one.
- However, are you sure you really want a goose-down duvet? We like our
- synthetic one: it's non-allergenic, washable, the filling doesn't
- migrate, and you don't have to be so careful about not lying or sitting
- on it as you do a down one (damages the feathers). Also, it's a great
- deal cheaper!
-
- In England, where duvets are common, the standard closure is snaps. You
- can either use snap tape or buy the snaps you apply using a hammer or a
- special tool. You could use any type of closure, really, if you make
- sure that the closure end is at the bottom of the bed so you can't catch
- your feet or anything else in it.
-
- Threads #41, June/July '92, has an article about duvet covers. I have an
- article from an older English magazine that I'll photocopy and snailmail
- to you if you want it.
-
- BTW, I find American duvets too small. The duvet should hang over the
- sides of a large bed at least 12" each side and at the bottom. This is to
- give plenty of duvet to snuggle all around your body on cold nights,
- without stealing your partner's share.
-
- To put a duvet into its cover, turn the cover inside out. Put your hands
- into it, and grab the two top corners of the duvet through the top
- corners of the cover. Shake the cover over the duvet, turning it
- right-side-out. Some people use clip-type clothes pegs to anchor the top
- coners of cover and duvet together while they sort out the rest.
-
- Sally
-