Bought new bedding for my daughters beds from Target in Rockwall. Unfortunately, due to human error. I picked up the wrong sizes! I purchased a full size and a twin size. This is what could happen when you shop with 3 chatty children, two carts and a husband.
Since I bought them during the pandemic event, Target did not have a Return or Exchange process until weeks later. So I decided to challenge myself to resize the comforter to fit my convertible crib day beds by sewing by hand.
You Can Do This
Unless There Is A THREAD SHORTAGE
Hobby Lobby wasn’t open for business at this time. Wal-Mart had a shortage of basic sewing items and thread. Essentially, people went out to buy material to make home-made masks. Thankfully, I have a dear friend that offered some thread from her inventory for me to use. So before I got started I watched a tutorial to refresh myself how to sew by hand. That’s all I had. A needle and thread.
Step 1. Measure
I laid the twin size comforter inside facing up. Measured the day bed size and drew a line on the comforter with a pen. Then I took a pair of scissors and cut all the way down the line drawn.
Step 2. Split
I took the ends that I could see a thread and pulled them out carefully.
Step 3. Trim
Now that I have two comforters. I trimmed any extra inside cotton so that it is not bulky.
Step 4: Steam
On the dining table I laid the comforter down as straight as possible. Then I folded the jagged edge inside about half an inch and pressed it down with a hot iron. I repeated to do it to the top of the comforter too. The straight edge pressed will help tremendously in sowing the outside and inside edge together by doing an invisible stitch technique.
Step 5: Sew
Finally, I attempted to do the invisible edge technique by sewing the top and bottom together. The ironed line helped to give you a reference or straight edge to follow. I believe it turned out well on both of them.
Here is the video that I watched.
