SARALISA meeting VANVIK
Materials: VANVIK bed (full) SARALISA, MINNA, DITTE & garden fabric, cording to the piping, velcro, sewing machine, electic stapler, and measurement hours , pinning and sewing!
Description: There are a few years, IKEA has published the bed frame VANVIK featuring curved black metal legs, adorned by a cover with black and white floral print LEABY which was originally introduced in the EKTORP cover. I immediately fell in love with this bed, and had the chance to buy the floor model at the end of its existence in the IKEA range. Unfortunately, this version is now discontinued, but her sister white version with a tailored bed skirt is always available. The curved lines and metal legs were the qualities that first attracted my taste for this furniture. The black and white floral print but not so much my taste.
After some extent, since I bought the full version of the size, I quickly realized that it would be possible for me to make a new cover without to reconstruct any tissue over the width of the headboard Most IKEA fabric measures 59 "wide, which ended up working to perfection since the headboard is 56 1/4" Width- leaving me plenty of room for seams on both sides.
To give the sides of the headboard a more finished look, I sewed piping along the edges of the fabric SARALISA. The tricky part was done on the sides of the head. I had to draw a pattern on a newspaper to cut the side pieces, and left about 2 inches extra in case.
I then placed inside cloth and pinned on his head until I adjusted to my taste. tissue removal was difficult, I had to do it very slowly because I need a tight fit and did not want the pins to fall. I ran the slipcover through the sewing machine, and had to tear the seams in some places and re-sew until I look I wanted.
This process took about two weeks to 3 hour sessions. Finally, I removed the Velcro of the original cover and sewn around the bottom of the cover as I made my final finishing seams.
bed sides were the easy part after being so tired to head slipcover bed, I sort of "cheating" and decided to staple the fabric pieces directly on the frame itself. I'm not sewing for that part I just turned the fabric under each end of the side of the bed, and had to make some cuts to receive the corners and feet.
Pull the fabric tight, I started the headboard and slowly worked my way into the foot of the bed to the first sides and the last step. This entire project was certainly an experience- and a full time job! I'm so glad I did it because I love my bed now has a unique personalized look to it. For someone who is ambitious enough to try their tion make sure that you have the bed frame assembled before you start trying anything- it is the only way to ensure that you have the right!
~ Jessica B., Philadelphia Suburbs
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