Bedskirt Musings ~ A Bedskirt Tutorial

My husband and I have had a queen bed
for more than 25 years.
But, finally, we had had enough!
Our mattress was shot…
It wiggled…
It jiggled…
It drove us crazy!!!
and we woke each other up with every movement.

Laying out the Battenburg lace seeing how it would look.
Loving it!

So…
This past January we bought a lovely, new
dense foam
California King mattress set.
A week later it was delivered and it is heavenly!
Most definitely ethereal!!!
😉

Our 22-year-old daughter now has our cherry bed set,
and we’d like to get something to replace it.
In the mean time,
I was thinking what could I make for a bedskirt???

I ended up using three tablecloths that I had found

on a couple of thriftshopping trips.

One was perfect! ~ thin, meant for a side table.

It became the side pieces of the bedskirt when split in half lengthwise.

The second was exactly the width I needed for

the across the front of the bedskirt.

It was a double bed sheet that I cut off

the actual top piece

then

I reattached it at the bottom

but reversing the rest of the main sheet.

That kept original seams up at the top of the bed.

The leftover sheet became the part

between the mattresses!

You can see in the collage of photos above

that I folded the Battenburg lace edges

over on a 45 degree angle

then I cut off what was needed.

***You’ll probably recognize the pieces as more of the Battenburg lace
used on the settee cover’s lace and ruching inserts.

I just lightly gathered each piece,
pinned them all on,
affixed the gathered triangles of lace,
sewed it up,
and…
Voila!!!
Sew simple!
🙂