I’ve always made my own bedskirts for my beds because I’m so cheap frugal. I think it’s really inexpensive, modern and not a lot of frill. I don’t like ruffles on bedskirts. On dresses, yes, bedskirts = no. What I do is buy an extra flat sheet that coordinates with my bedding (mine is from Ikea a couple years ago). And since I have two comforter covers, I’m sort of making a double layer bedskirt by adding another layer on top of my bedskirt I made a while ago. When I switch bedding, I’ll just flip up the different colored bedskirt, and tuck it in between the mattress & boxspring. Hopefully my pictures won’t mix you up (I’m adding the dark blue layer over top of the sage green layer).
Ingredients:
- 1 flat bed sheet (mine was a queen size because our bed is a queen).
- material to make the decking with (probably white muslin or other inexpensive fabric)
- pinking shears (makes it even speedier so you don’t have to worry about finishing the seams)
- thread
First measure the height you’ll need to make the bedskirt. Measure from the floor to the top of the boxspring, plus a little extra. Then measure the three sides of the bed, side, end, side. Making sure you add a half inch or so for hemming.
Cut your pieces from the sheet. This is the quick part because most of the sheet is already hemmed for you!
Sew the unfishished sides of the bedskirt sheet pieces. Just turn under, iron, and sew.
Pin the pieces you just cut from the flat sheet right sides facing to the decking material. Sew together using about a 1/2″ seam allowance. Do this for each side and end of bed. I extended the piece a little longer than the decking so the boxspring won’t show through the corner as much.
You’re done! Put it on your bed! If you want, add some ties to the corners to keep your boxspring from peeking out. My bedskirt cost me about $15 and it matches my bedding perfectly! You’ll have a bunch of extra fabric from the middle of the sheet, so make some matching throw pillows!
Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for reading!
