Bed skirt question
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If it was a queen and you wanted to use it on a full, it would be obvious that you have a cut and sew job. When you need more material, there is no way to stretch what you have. Afraid that you need to go bed skirt shopping.
Having a twin bed, a full sized bed and a queen sized bed in the house..no. There is just not enough fabric. The other thing to note...over the years the sizing of mattresses have changed, many have gotten bigger, thicker, and longer.
I think you can. Cut out the "top" part where the mattress would have lain, leaving a bit in case you need it. Cut straight up from where the top of the ruffle would be. Add a length of thick elastic from one side of the "top" to the other. Fit it on and secure with push pins you could get from Joannes or Walmart.
Not enough fabric to cover a queen from a full size anything.
That's why they make them in particular sizes.
A queen mattress is 7 inches wider and 5 inches longer than a full size mattress. Is the bed skirt ruffled or box pleats? Box pleats are usually at the corners and midway along the side. If it is ruffled it is not as much of a problem as a box pleat. If you follow LynAnne Moon's instructions on a ruffled skirt it should work, you will just be a few inches shorter on the long side of your bed at the head of the bed. Good luck.
You can resize it if there is enough fabric, but it will be work. You can also add fabric to it by way of pleats. Pleats would look best if it is a straight skirt. You could simply cut it in half or thirds lengthwise and width-wise, add some pleats and fill in the decking material.
My idea would be to cut the double/full bed skirt in half... Then sew them together by piecing white or colour matched fabric between the two cut pieces, wide enough to make the width of a queen bed (from ~54" to ~60": measure!!)
* Be sure to also measure the fabric's length so it's long enough (going from ~60" to the queen's length of 80") head to toe. Assuming your 'head end' is on the wall, cut off the skirt on that end to reattach it to the 'foot end' in the same way you widened the base of the skirt.
* You'll want to sew/finish all the raw edges - fold in the unfinished to form a hem, trying to match the hem of the bedskirt that's already there.
*Repeat this process for the unfinished 'vertical' raw edges.
*If the skirt is gathered where it meets the 'platform', try matching that with what you're adding, making sure the addition you're sewing on will be the same length as the original skirt.
I'm sorry for such a long list of instructions --- I hope I've helped! It's difficult to explain something in words that would be easily understood if you could see how it's done š!
Cheers! LStP