Anthropologie Cirrus Duvet Tutorial. November 22, 2010 1:27 pm After my beloved duvet died, I looked and looked for a replacement. I settled on this Cirrus set from Anthropologie. I love white bedding. I can’t explain it. But no prints for me, just white. Then I decided to just take a few hours and make it myself. First, determine your duvet size. Twin 68 x 88 inches Full Queen 88 x 88 inches King 104 x 88 inches Next buy 3 coordinating flat sheets. Next takes a little math. Since my duvet needs to be 88 inches wide, I knew I needed double that to make the gathers. The first step is to gather, or ruffle your first long piece of fabric. Serge it together. Then gather the other end and attach antoher straight strip. I love the effortless look of it. I love different shades of white so I’m going to keep the cream accent pillows and make some brighter white euro shams. Total time was about 5 hours. Coming soon- a tutorial for a Christmas Kid’s Skirt out of this FABULOUS material from harts .
How-To: Make a Shibori Dyed Bedspread @Craftzine.com blog. A very elegant crystal glass tumbler, handmade in Germany. However this glass tumbler has a very special trick. Place it on the table, give the glass a spin, and it keeps on spinning! Either empty, or with a drink in it, the underside is specially designed and hand finished. If you choose the glass with a spiral design, the spiral either seems to be moving up the glass or down, depending on which way you spin the glass.
The other design has two ovals engraved into the glass, and when you spin the glass, these loop around in an intriguing fashion. Designed in Russia and made in Germany, this was a winner of a Red Dot Design Award in 2009. An unusual present for the person who has everything. Slightly hard to describe, but the video makes it clear! These are substantial lead crystal tumblers, 98mm high.
Made in Germany. Make a Shibori Dyed Bedspread. One of my favorite treatments for textiles is shibori dying. Shibori is an ancient traditional Japanese craft that involves binding fabric around a relief and then dying it in indigo. Once the relief is removed, intricate patterns are left behind. Shibori is the original tie-dye, but the art is much more precise, simple, and sophisticated.
It can be done by wrapping fabric around bamboo stalks, by folding and clamping, or by stitching the fabric and tugging the threads tight. But for this project, I dug into the junk drawer and used a can full of marbles and a ton of rubber bands. And instead of a vat of indigo, I updated the color palette with turquoise Tulip One-Step Fashion Dye from ILoveToCreate.com.
I don’t think there is an easier way to dye anything! Materials Plain white duvet cover (Mine was king-sized) Tulip One-Step Fashion Dye, 3 bottles Marbles, various sizes Rubber bands, various sizes Plastic drop cloth Gloves Plastic bags and cellophane Washing machine and dryer Directions. Kojotutorial: anthropologie inspired knotted bedding part 2 (putting it all together) Kojotutorial: anthropologie inspired knotted bedding part 1 (making the knotted squares)