Thursday, January 26, 2012

Finished ruffled bed skirt

Ok, so here are the pics of the bed skirt.  I cut the strips of organza/crepon and what I finally did later was singe the edges with a candle to keep from fraying.  I had fray stop, but it became to messy and had to wait for it to dry.  I then sewed a straight stitch to use for the gathering, then sewed the ribbon on the other side.



Next, I pinned the first ruffle to the bed skirt I got from Walmart and started sewing.  I used white, but I think I would use a color next time.  The white kind of "glows" through the sheer fabric.

 

 I spaced the ruffles about 2 1/2 - 3 inches apart.  I would suggest lightly drawing lines where each ruffle needs to go to make sure you have them spaced correctly and straight.  I did this for the remaining ruffles.


Here it is finished.

My daughter's bedroom is still a work in progress.  Next task is the curtains and covering the cedar chest top.  The only bad thing was I started the dust ruffle before we moved the cedar chest up to her room.  Now that it is in front of her bed, I really didn't need a dust ruffle.  Oh well, still looks pretty!


You can see the white "glowing" through like I mentioned above.  This is why I would use a colored bed skirt if I did it again.  You don't notice as much in normal light, however.

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