Design your own Bed Sheets

Design your own Bed Sheets

February 8, 2013 |  by  |  Blog, COUCH Mag, DIY, Home & Decor, Sewing

Are you crafty? Sure you are, you are reading this blog;-) Are you crafty enough to make your own bed sheets?! Heck yes! Sewing bed sheets is probably the easiest thing to do! Even the not-sew-crafty people can do that, even my 11 year old son can sew straight;-) But before we start sewing, we need to make our own design of course! So it will be really authentic, a one-of-a-kind bed sheet!

Bed Sheets DIY

I made the design in Photoshop. I made the document size really big, and 300dpi, so it’s really sharp when printed on a large surface. After all, the sheets are 2 meter long each. After that I uploaded my design here and got it printed on wonderful soft pure cotton fabric. (Thanks so much Stoff-Schmiede, for sponsoring the fabric!)

Next step was to sew!

how to

 

Instructions:

how to

☁ Cut the fabric to the right size (200cmx90cm plus 4cm allowance on each side!)

☁ Lay the white and the printed fabric on top of each other, the printed piece faced down. So after sewing, you turn it inside out to reveal the printed side.

☁ Sew the two long sides and one short side.

☁ Leave approx. 50cm open (see image below)

 

leave open

 

Just sew a hem on each layer of fabric, so you have a nice edge. There are more detailed instructions on how to sew your own bed sheets here. (I suck at explaining!)

☁ Secure the edge of where the opening starts and ends with a cross stitch.

Finished!

Bed Sheets

 

Then you can give it as a present- or not! ;-) But it is indeed pretty for a present!

 

Bed Sheets DIY

 

If you not comfortable doing your own design, you can use my design. I called them Elmer & Else (they actually really existed, born in 1949, a pair of real-life robotic “tortoises” who could avoid obstacles and exhibit signs of artificial intelligence, created by Dr. Grey Walter, a neuroscientist!)

 

Robots Bed Sheets Robots

 XOXO,

sibylle

This is also the project I want to participate with at the ★Couch Blog Star★ Award.

The theme is ‘”Things that make life *soooo* much better” .  (Und in so kuscheliger selbst-designter Bettwaesche schlaeft es sich gleich doppelt gut!)
I am still not sure if I am eligible to enter, guys, I am waiting on your reply!



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12 Comments

  1. stefi_licious :)
    February 8, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    this is such a cool idea!!! super-fantastic!
    cheers,
    frau s.

    Reply
  2. Sibylle
    February 8, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    Danke Stefi:-)

    Reply
  4. Lisa @hoopla palooza
    February 8, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    you are like BEYOND awesome!
    the end.
    Lisa @hoopla palooza recently blogged..baseball team milano cookies

    Reply
  5. Aminta
    February 8, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    <3 Another fantastic project ! I love it :D
    Aminta recently blogged..Are you being YOU ?

    Reply
  6. Kelly @ Studio DIY
    February 8, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    This is awesome, what a fun idea! I could get in serious trouble with this.
    Kelly @ Studio DIY recently blogged..Happy Weekend!

    Reply
  7. Rocio @ Casa Haus
    February 14, 2013 at 7:05 am

    Sibylle, it’s wonderful!!!! I love them both!

    Reply
  8. Lissi
    April 11, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    Toootal Cool! Super Idee auch zum verschenken! Danke für die Inspiration :)

    Reply
  9. Maya
    April 28, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    can i ask, which sewing machine are you using?
    I have a similar project i am planning for the summer but i have about zero understanding of sewing machines.

    Reply
  10. bed sheet designs
    May 20, 2013 at 1:22 pm

    A different idea and i like it.Its great to design the bed with this innovative idea.

    Reply

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