A few years ago, I picked up three yards of a nice soft zebra print on clearance thinking I’d use it to recover a chair for Alycia.  That never happened, but because she liked it so much, she persistently asked if she could use it to make something.  I no longer planned to use it for a chair, but I did know I didn’t want it cut to pieces for tiny projects, so I consistently said no.  I bet she’s glad now that I did.

I was happy to find that I had almost enough for a duvet cover.

Short by just a few inches.

So I went out hunting and picked up a piece to finish it off for about $3.6-something.

I was in such a rush to get this sewed because it was almost time for her to be home from school; I sewed it the wrong way.  I spent the rest of my ‘secret time’ that day using my seam ripper to take it apart.

But I didn’t get it wrong the next time.

I was planning on buying a black flat sheet to sew to the other side, but I found a very nice plum colored flat sheet at Goodwill for $2.99.  You can’t beat that, and after a good cleaning and steaming, it was perfect.

I laid it out on the floor and smoothed out the top piece, right sides together; I had more time to think clearly.

Got everything pinned and trimmed…

I managed to get it all sewed up with minimal pricks… and was able to violently shake her comforter right on in.

When I sewed it, I sewed six inches in on both of the top corners to keep the comforter from coming out.  I also bought buttons, but have yet to sew them on.  sigh.

I think it turned out great!

Ya know, I hope one thing people can see by my ramblings is… you should never not try.  Things get messed up.. but most of the time, they can be fixed and you can start over.  :)