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Thread: Duvet Covers?

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    Duvet Covers?

    Is there anything special I need to do/know about when making a duvet cover? I have a lot of fabric left over from the king size quilt I made for our bed last year and I'm in the process of making a quilt top out of it. (Wayyyyy over bought! ) It dawned on me that I could make a duvet cover for our down comforter to use in the winter. It won't be king sized, the down comforter only measures 81x90. The cover that I have on it right now is a totally different style/pattern, and I think it would look really neat to have a duvet cover out of the same fabric as the quilt, but a different design. I just wonder if there is anything special I need to do. Should I possibly line the pieced top? Or will it be ok as is? I'm probably going to back it with coordinating fabric, I don't know if I have enough of the same fabric that I used to back the quilt.
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    If you do a pieced top for it, I think I would line the pieced part with a sheet or muslin to help make it slide on and off the comforter more easily. Also to keep those seams flat. If the back has only one or two pieces for it, I would probably not line it - but if there are seams in the back, I would either use wide seams or overcast/serge a seam that is 1/2 inch or less.

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