How to Make a Quick and Easy No-Sew Bed Skirt From Drop Cloth

Tools and Materials

• Bleached drop cloth (I demonstrated how to bleach drop cloth in a previous video, which I’ve linked down below). You should get a drop cloth that is meant for the stairwell, meaning that it’s long and narrow. Mine was about 1.2 meters wide and 6 meters long.
• Fabric scissors
• Strong velcro
• Staple gun
• Pins

Fold the drop cloth in half lengthwise and cut down the middle, so that you have two pieces that are 60 centimeters wide (about two feet) and 6 meters long (just under 20 feet). To help me cut evenly, I folded the fabric on itself quite a few times and then cut along the crease slowly, unfolding as I went. 

Using a staple gun, I stapled velcro along the bed frame. I used a staple gun because I figured it would be stronger and easier to use than using a glue gun, and allow me to be a bit more mobile and not limited to where my outlet was located. Make sure that the velcro is at an even height along the entire frame.

I pinned a velcro strip along the long edge of the bed skirt to help hold it in place. The mattress is going to be on top of it and hold it in place, and I wanted to be able to remove the velcro when I wash the bed skirt, so I chose not to sew the velcro in place. Then, I bunched it up along the side of the bed. Due to the shape of my bed frame, I needed to have the skirt at the foot of the bed come out from behind the frame, rather than draping it over the front. Because of this, I needed to cut the skirt once I got to the end of the frame. Depending on your bed frame, you may not need to do this.

It’s that easy! This DIY project was quick, easy, and, best of all, didn’t involve a needle and thread! You can customize this to your bed in any way you please. Let me know if you try it out yourself!

Here’s a link to my tutorial on how to bleach painter’s drop cloth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSzpf1hT7-c