5 feet by 6 feet square foot sewing room...MAKE a DUVET IN A DAY ( ok morning)
I am here to tell you, ok show you IT CAN BE DONE!
A Duvet in a DAY -ok, morning in a 5 x 6 foot square WATER CLOSET.
I grabbed my bag of bleached and processed goose down, ( Ok David did, it is quite heavy, about 40 pounds of goose down in this over 5 foot bag) my casing.. ( I measured, cut and stitched while I was away) The casing is what you stuff the goose down in...it is made of duvet ticking...a luxurious cotton that has a thread count of 300 and it keeps the down from escaping through the ticking...
David brought down my sewing machine, a tv table, scissors, a box of kleenex ( you can sneeze a few times if you place your head in the bag lol) a special scale to measure the goose down white 28ct thread ( Aurifil ) for this project. A tall glass of water, you can get pretty sweaty with all this down around you...I put on my uniform....a starched white MAN's shirt and a headband....Yep, that is all I was wearing...As little as possible.. goose down is like the male velcro, it sticks to everything lol...
The word DUVET was adopted by the FRENCH which means down filled quilt. I have been designing, creating and managing Duvet in a Day since the early 90's.
I seldom make duvets for myself anymore unless I need something custom made which I really needed for my day bed in my office...I also planned to make it a winter weight as this is when I will need it most....
A Duvet in a DAY -ok, morning in a 5 x 6 foot square WATER CLOSET.
I grabbed my bag of bleached and processed goose down, ( Ok David did, it is quite heavy, about 40 pounds of goose down in this over 5 foot bag) my casing.. ( I measured, cut and stitched while I was away) The casing is what you stuff the goose down in...it is made of duvet ticking...a luxurious cotton that has a thread count of 300 and it keeps the down from escaping through the ticking...
David brought down my sewing machine, a tv table, scissors, a box of kleenex ( you can sneeze a few times if you place your head in the bag lol) a special scale to measure the goose down white 28ct thread ( Aurifil ) for this project. A tall glass of water, you can get pretty sweaty with all this down around you...I put on my uniform....a starched white MAN's shirt and a headband....Yep, that is all I was wearing...As little as possible.. goose down is like the male velcro, it sticks to everything lol...
The word DUVET was adopted by the FRENCH which means down filled quilt. I have been designing, creating and managing Duvet in a Day since the early 90's.
I seldom make duvets for myself anymore unless I need something custom made which I really needed for my day bed in my office...I also planned to make it a winter weight as this is when I will need it most....
Each pocket of the duvet has so many grams and to keep it all balanced, you must measure...So you stuff the pockets and then you sew a seam, stuff and sew.... Pretty simple...
Here I was nearly done...this Day Bed Duvet has 24 pockets... as you can see, I still had one more row to fill and stitch.. I like my duvets to have a border, much like a QUILT.. I pretty well stuff those border pockets, with quite a bit of goose down... As you can see, it is very full and heavy, this way when my Quitled Duvet Cover is completed it will hug the sides of my day bed better.
OHHHH and why I did this all in the water closet....( bathroom across from my office) We used to take everything out of the gym, and place plastic to keep the goose down in one area....but it proved to be quite a mess, even with being soooooo careful to keep it contained...
I thought why not the water closet....I am little...and there will be less to clean up.. and it worked... 5 x6 foot room I made this duvet in a day in a couple hours this morning.... Everything is cleaned up now...
I thought why not the water closet....I am little...and there will be less to clean up.. and it worked... 5 x6 foot room I made this duvet in a day in a couple hours this morning.... Everything is cleaned up now...
The rest of the day will be working on the cover for this Day Bed.... I stitched a bed time prayer all around the borders...I completed that last night.. Today I am making some ruffles and still have to draw the centre piece and stitch that too....I will have this completed for MY SUPERPOWER reveal on the last day....and I need that much time to get it done..
I am here to tell you I WILL GET IT DONE!
Time for a sweet lunch with my beloved...
Stitch some memories this weekend... YOU will be so filled with such a sense of accomplishment... WHY I really love deadlines and hops...
update stitching done on Saturday...
This image is around 3.5 feet tall and 2. 5 feet wide...
I have a bit more stitching to do...
and many buttons to make...but she is coming along..
She will be then quilted and used as my quilted duvet cover
for my day bed..
I am here to tell you I WILL GET IT DONE!
Time for a sweet lunch with my beloved...
Stitch some memories this weekend... YOU will be so filled with such a sense of accomplishment... WHY I really love deadlines and hops...
update stitching done on Saturday...
This image is around 3.5 feet tall and 2. 5 feet wide...
I have a bit more stitching to do...
and many buttons to make...but she is coming along..
She will be then quilted and used as my quilted duvet cover
for my day bed..
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