Here it is, how I made my Knockoff version of this gorgeous Anthropologie Bedding for SYTYC. I created this duvet and pillows to fit a toddler bed for my little girl. Sort of Anthropologie meets Posh Tots!
Adjust the measurements if needed for your own personal use.
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Materials
4 4XL White Jersey T-Shirts
Gathering foot
Quilters Pencil
24 inch zipper or buttons for closure
Lots of white thread
First of all since this is a duvet, you will need a toddler sized comforter to fill it. I'm not sure where to get these, but I can tell you how I made my own! I have 2 toddlers, so this works out perfectly. I took a twin size comforter and folded it in half bringing the two short ends together. Sew 2 seams 1 inch apart down the center of the comforter. Cut down the middle of the seam. Sew a zig zag stitch or serge down the raw edges. Now you have 2 comforters to fit a toddler bed (it doesn't matter that you can see the seam since it will always be inside a duvet .)
This duvet is a bit bigger than the comforter itself so that it drapes down over the sides of the bed.
1. Cut the elastic from around the fitted sheet. Press both sheets.
2. Cut the fitted sheet to a 66” x 80” rectangle.
3. Lay the rectangle so that the long edges are horizontal. Measure down both the right and left side making a mark every 11 inches. Connect the top left mark to the top right mark with a wavy line using a quilters pencil. Copy this wavy line for each set of marks.
4. With your sewing machine fitted with a gathering foot, sew along the first wavy line. I set my Bernina tension at 9, stitch length at 4. The finished ruffled seam should measure about 53”. If it doesn’t you’ll need to rip out the seam and adjust your tension and stitch length (I did this a few times!)
5. Once you're satisfied with your stitch tension and length, gather the remaining 4 wavy lines as you did the first wavy line. Gather along the top and bottom edges as well with a 1/2" seam allowance.
6. Switch back to your standard presser foot (remember to reset your stitch length and tension) and sew over top of your gathered stitches to reinforce them.
7. Now you should have a rectangle about 65” X 53”. Lay out the flat sheet. Place the ruffled sheet on top of the flat sheet an cut the flat sheet to the same dimention as the ruffled sheet. Pin and stitch them together with a ¾” seam allowance leaving a 24” opening along the bottom edge.
8. I sewed a long, white vintage zipper along the bottom opening. You could also sew on buttons and buttonholes as a closure.
Making the flowers
I created 4 types of flowers based on the Anthropologie version.
Type 1: You will need to make 3 of these large flowers. (Dahlia on the bottom right corner below)
Begin by cutting an entire T-Shirt of the large pointed petals from the pattern below. I used a jersy t-shirt so the raw edges would not fray. Cut about 30 of the small petals as well.
Press each petal turning the bottom corners in so they look like this:
This will take a while! Pin and stitch them in place around an 8 inch circle of fabric.
Continue layering petals stitching each row as you go. Each flower will have 4 rows of large petals, 1 inner row of small petals. I finished off the center by making a large Yo-Yo and stitching around it.
Type 2: You will need to make 2 large and 2 small.
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15 Large Petals, 5 Small Petals, 3 three inch circle for center
5 Large Petals, 5 Small Petals, 3 inch circle for center.
Trace the petal shape onto the leftover flat sheet. Your trace line is also your stitch line. Double your fabric and sew around the petal leaving the bottom open for turning.
Turn, press and make a pleat on each petal.
For the large flower, cut out an 8" circle of fabric. Pin 9 large petals all around the outside edge and stitch them in place. Working your way in, overlapping the outside row, pin and stitch 5 more large petals in place.
For the center row, pin and stitch 5 small petals. Trim up the extra fabric in the center. Cut a 3 inch circle, fold under the edges, and stitch it in place on the center of the flower.
For the small flower, do the same with 5 large petals around the outside, 5 small petals on the inside.
Type 3: For this flower I made some using the sheet and some with the jersy. You will need 5 total. Cut a strip of fabric about 3" x 36". Press in half lengthwise. Along the folded edge, snip in 1 inch at 1 1/2" intervals. With a 4" circle of fabric as a base, pin and stitch the raw edges of the strip around the circle working your way inward. Cut a 3 inch circle for the center, stitch it in place.
Type 4: Make 2 of these flowers out of the flat sheet.
Cut a strip of the flat sheet 3" x 36". Press in half lengthwise. Steam press pleats all along the strip. Stitch the raw edge around a 4" circle of fabric, working your way inward. Fold the edge under 1/2 inch, stitch around the center.
Arrange the flowers how you'd like them. Save one of the large flowers (Type 1) for the pillow. Handstitch them in place, taking care not to sew through the bottom layer of the duvet.
Pillows
Handstitch one of the larger flowers to the center of the white standard size pillowcase.
Make a smaller pillowcase to fit a 12" pillow form. From the remaining pillowcase, cut 2- 13" x 15" pieces. Sew around 3 sides with a 1/2" seam allowance leaving one short side open. Hem the raw edges of the short side.
Gather long strips of 4" wide jersey. Stitch the gathered strips in place 1 inch around the open edge of the pillowcase.
Done!
Feel free to contact me with any questions. If you do make this- let me know, I'd love to see how it turned out! ~Bess
