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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Barbie bedding

After a fairly extensive online search for Barbie (or similar sized doll) bedding, I found very little that I liked and thought I'd come up with my own instructions for fairly easy Barbie (or Monster High girls, Equestria Girls, Elsa, Anna, etc) bedding.

You will need:

2 pieces of coordinating (or same) fabric measuring 11" x 6" (for comforter)
2 pieces of coordinating (or same) fabric measuring 3.5" x 6" (for pillow)
a piece of some sort of batting (I used an old towel) measuring 11" x 6"
some poly-fil stuffing for the pillow
a needle
thread
scissors
a sewing machine is optional but it does make things go much faster

For the pillow:

Need 2 pieces of fabric measuring 3.5" x 6" each



Stack rectangles with right sides of fabric facing each other


Pin and sew 1/4" from edges, leaving 1-1.5" open so you will be able to turn fabric inside out


Carefully cut corners of rectangle, this will help corners look nicer


Turn pillow inside out, can poke corners out with a stuffing tool, pencil, or chopsticks


Place stuffing in corners first, fill pillow to desired firmness


Using a needle and thread, sew the pillow shut



Now for the comforter! :)

Get 2 pieces of fabric measuring 11" x 6" and place right sides together and place piece of batting/towel underneath

Pin together and sew 1/4" seam around all layers, leaving about an inch and a half unsewn so you will be able to turn comforter inside out


Trim corners, careful not to cut the seams


Now this is a little tricky (but so cool!!), reach in between the two right sides of fabric and pull inside out


Poke corners using fingers or a stuffing tool


Using a needle and thread, sew the opening closed


Here are the completed reversible/matching pillow and comforter:


Here is the standard Barbie bedding that comes with the bunk bed


Here is the completed bedding!!


And bedding modeled with Barbie


And bedding reversed with Barbie


Enjoy!!! :)

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