No sheet sleeping
#1
No sheet sleeping
My 19 ds doesn't like a top sheet, since he is such a wild sleeper. I am making him a new quilt for Christmas and I want to somehow make it possible to attach a top sheet to the back of the quilt, so that it can be taken off to be laundered. My goal is to prevent the need for the quilt to be washed weekly.
My first thought was to attach buttons along the top and bottom of the quilt back, to correspond with button holes on a flat sheet (cut to fit the quilt). It could then be taken off to wash.
What do you think? I am open to any suggestions. Thanks, Gina
My first thought was to attach buttons along the top and bottom of the quilt back, to correspond with button holes on a flat sheet (cut to fit the quilt). It could then be taken off to wash.
What do you think? I am open to any suggestions. Thanks, Gina
#2
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I guess it depends whether the quilt is long enough to fold those down. I personally wouldn't want a row of buttons right up by my face. At a minimum, I would make sure to put the buttons on the inside. I think I'd be more tempted to use Velcro, personally.
#3
I have the same problem with some of my family members. I just make them easy quilts. Don't make him an heirloom quilt. Make him a sturdy wash it when it stinks quilt. I gave up trying to change them. My daughter has an heirloom quilt folded up in her closet. Just like baby quilts, we expect that they will get washed frequently.
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I wouldn't use buttons either. Maybe his hair is short, but even when MY hair was short, I still caught it on buttons. (A pox on clothing manufacturers who put buttons at the back of the neck ).
I think you're better off using velcro, as someone else said. Or maybe a zipper.
I think you're better off using velcro, as someone else said. Or maybe a zipper.
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