Making A King Size Bed Skirt

The bed skirt i made is a box pleated one not a gathered one.

Making a king size bed skirt.

Get it as soon as thu oct 8. To determine the length of each fabric panel the bed skirt will consist of three panels. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. You can adapt this tutorial to any size of bed mine is king size queen size in south africa.

To get it the correct size for the bed just put the old sheet on. Two sides plus the foot of the bed measure the mattress itself. Queen king full twin cal king queen king twin xl twin twin xl twin full other one size white grey blue ivory beige nickel silver black brown green red pink purple yellow 12 17 9 inches 18 inches bed skirt 3 reviews 17 reviews 8 reviews 2 reviews 2 reviews 0 25 13 26 50. Decide on the fullness for your bed skirt.

Take the used king size bed skirt you want the center panel to make your new bed skirt. My measurements are for my king sized bed and the height of my bed. By using sheets the side hems of the sheets became the hems for the bed skirt. If you want to make a bed skirt for another size just measure the length and width of your bed.

Add this measurement to 4 inches for the hem plus 3 to 5 inches to tuck under the mattress. You can either attach the new ruffled fabric over the previous skirt or cut the skirt fabric and sew the new bed skirt to the panel. Sew along the top ruffled shirring tape at both edges with either the grosgrain ribbon or twill tape to give a finished edge. It looks like this this is a side view.

For a ruffled bed skirt you need to account for fullness. If you want to make a flat paneled bed skirt then you may use the measurements you have. I added an inch top and bottom and ends to hem and about 2 inches to fold across the top of the box springs and attach it. I used a twin sheet to make a bed skirt for a twin bed and it was the perfect length but if your bed is on the higher side you may need to use a sheet in a larger size.

Determine how full you want the skirt to be either 2 to 3 times fuller than a smooth flat bedskirt. 4 2 out of 5 stars 519. I would like to make a bed skirt for king size bed will king flat sheet work. I bought some printed king size sheets and made a bed skirt similar to yours and then matching curtains.

Why make your own bed skirt instead of buying one. King flat sheets come in various sizes and most of them will be big enough to work to make a king bedskirt but if you do the math see step 2 you ll know for sure if the specific size sheet that you have will work. Adjust the sheet so that the edges just brush the floor on any sides that will be visible. In my case that was the bottom and the side that isn t against the wall.

I also used an old sheet for the material between the mattress and box springs.