The bed that wears a tutu

The Girl got the PBK catalog in the mail.

What does she ask for?

"A tutu that my bed can wear, please."

Adorable bedskirt, no doubt.

Not super affordable.

Her bed size would be $179.00.

I will not be spending two hundred bucks on a bedskirt.

Thankyouverymuch.

I will make one.

For $20.49

Want to know how?

Good, because I'm going to show you step by step.

First, start by taking the mattress off of the box spring.

(Fully aware that the bed frame is backwards. I am awesome at following directions.)

Next, cover the boxspring with an old sheet.

This one matches her room decor, but has a huge juice stain.

(I am also awesome at doing the laundry.)

Attach elastic around the top edges of the sheet.

I don't even know the width...1/2" maybe.

It was $0.59 a yard at my local fabric store, so I bought 7 yards.

And I bought too much.

I decided only to cover the foot and one side of the bed since her bed is against a wall.

You'll want to pin the elastic to the sheet first.

You'll also want to know where your new pink pins are.

When you realize they have joined all the other fabulous things you've lost in your home's black hole, you will need to resort to your Altoids tin full of boring pins.

Attach the elastic to the top of the sheet with pins.

I could use my incredibly awesome new sewing machine for the next step, but I'm still nervous to use her with "real" projects, so I stitched the elastic to the sheet by hand.

I added a little bit of stitched craziness every few feet for security.

You need the gaps in between craziness.

Do not attach the elastic in one solid stitch along the full length of the bed.

I decided on tulle for this project.

I made a ridiculously full tutu for The Girl's 6th birthday, so I'm comfortable with tulle.

If I were more extreme, I would use something fancier.

I went with 16 yards.

8 yards of pink. 8 yards of yellow.

At $0.98 a yard, the price made me happy.

Keep your phone handy so that you can try to convince the the world's funniest woman to be your new BFF.

Gotta love that my cell phone made it into the above shot.

Keep the tulle folded in half just like they had it at the fabric store and cut into 6" strips.

You'll want long strips to work with.

After they're cut, create a loop from the middle section of each piece.

Push the above piece under the elastic on the sheet so that it creates an upside-down "u".

Next, reach inside the loop you created to pull the bottom section of the tulle through the loop.

Yup, creepiest picture I've ever taken of myself.

Next, grab the bottom and pull through.

It will create a knot onto the elastic.

Spend the rest of the night texting and emailing on your cell phone.

Wake up and realize all of your photos from the night before are hideous.

Take another one.

Continue all the way around the bed.

The tulle is longer than floor-length, so this would be the point where you would cut it to size along the bottom of your floor and hot glue a beautiful piece of ribbon along the bottom edge.

This is the step where The Girl told me, "leave it long and tuck it under my bed so that the cats have something to keep them company under there."

Decorating according to the cats' preferences.

Fantastic.

Do as you're told and tuck the tulle under the bed.

Step back and admire your work.

For those of you who wonder why I attached the tulle to the top edge of the box spring instead of the flat part below the mattress:

I knew that tucking the sheet and ugly warm blanket that she uses under her quilt would bunch up the tulle and the tulle would end up tucked under the mattress, too.

By doing it the way I did, I have no problems tucking everything under the mattress.

This will become fuller when I decide to spend the money on more tulle.

Until then, it makes The Girl happy.

I'd love to see what you create.

The possibilities are endless.

Happy Tuesday.

P.S. When I went to bed on Sunday, my blog had 475 IP visits.

When I went to bed last night, my blog had 1,023 IP visits.

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