My friend Stephanie recently asked me to make the dust ruffle for her daughter's bed. She had purchased hot pink jersey knit fabric with layer after layer of ruffles. It was a challenge, but so much fun to make this part of Baby Lawson's bedding.
I used a lot of stitch-witchery to make this work. For those of you that aren't familiar with stitch-witchery, let me tell you, it's a lifesaver. On the sewing maching, this project would have been a disaster! So much fabric, jersey knit stretching everywhere... I could have a nightmare just thinking about it. Stitch-witchery is an iron-on fabric "glue" that is wonderful!!!!
I used it to secure the jersey knit to the old dust ruffle Stephanie had bought. This was great because it gave me an exact size to work with (so I knew the dust ruffle would fit) and it was a cotton blend fabric (non-stretchy). It served as my foundation, and I glued the ruffle knit around it on all four sides. Because it was jersey knit, it needed no hemming. So I actually made this entire dust ruffle without one stitch from my sewing machine.
To finish it off, I used this hot pink and white polka dot ribbon that I had left from Stephanie's shower. It covered all my raw edges and made it pretty, even on the underneath.
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