Bedroom slug advice....(innocent really...)

[Gizmo]

This is about Duvets. Why did I call it a slug? because thats what a good friend calls it when he comes over and half the damn duvet has worked its way out of the cover....

I seem to be able to get the duvet to basically warp inside the cover. Resulting in half of it hanging out the half inside the cover being twisted and not flat.

Does anyone have any ideas for how to stop this happening? I have considered velcro inside the cover and on the duvet but that will make lots of noise as I move which isn't a good thing. I've tried using a duvet cover one size smaller than the duvet in the past and that doesn't help either...

[Aethian]

Two covers? They seem to grip onto one another...at least they do for my body pillow.

[BlaqueKatt]

Does anyone have any ideas for how to stop this happening? .

They actually make products just for this

not recommending or endorsing any specific site or business just picked the first one for visual reference, shop around.

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[Pimento]

I always took decently strong thread and made one "x" like stitch in the corners and one on each side. Seemed to work fairly well

[Gizmo]

Thanks guys. From the reviews of both products I have a feeling I'd manage to snap both of those off BlaqueKatt. Yes, I'm a fidget.

Pimento, I considered that but it felt a bit too permanent of a solution.

However: I think I have come up with another via looking up the two products: Some people are saying they have ties on the inside of their duvet cover. I don't but I'm thinking a shoelace sewn into each corner and a hole in the duvet corner carefully sewn back might do the trick.... lets see eh? lol

[Pimento]

Yeah. When it came time to separate the two I just used a thread pick and was done in about 5 minutes to pull it out and wash it.

Let's face it. I was a bachelor. They went in the wash together.

[Pimento]

I used to sew strips to both the inside corner of the duvet cover and the corner of the duvet - flip the duvet cover inside out and tie the strips together at the corners, and then push the duvet into the cover as I pulled the cover rightside-out over the duvet.

Genius. This is why bachelor apartments look so different between men and women :P

[AccountingDrone]

I use the large safety pins on the corners and the sides. I slither said slug into the duvet, then safety pin through the cover of the comforter and the duvet. Holds the recalcitrant critter inside the duvet. Unpin, remove and wash the duvet and repeat.

[Seshat]

Options:

permanent attachment; basically by sewing the duvet into the cover. This isn't such a bad thing, as long as you don't mind washing the entire duvet every time the cover needs it.

temporary attachment.

Temporary methods:
Buttons and buttonlike objects. (and associated buttonholes)(1)
Velcro (and other brands.... :P )
Snap fasteners.
Ties, and cutting holes in the duvet to feed the ties through. (2)

For the buttonholes or for feeding ties through, you could sew some sort of narrow-ware to the duvet. Kal (next page) reminded me of the 'easy buttonhole' trick - a loop of elastic. For feeding ties through, just make a loop of ribbon, piping cord, of whatever other narrow-ware the sewing store has on sale that day. Maybe even the same stuff you buy to make the ties with.

I don't recommend hooks and eyes or zips for this particular purpose.

(1) Buttonholes are a skill, and even if machine-sewn, it takes skill to make a good buttonhole. Also, buttons will be hard objects in your bedding.
(2) any sewing store will have inexpensive cotton or synthetic ties you can sew to the cover, and choices for finishing the raw edge of the hole.
Finishing the raw edges will be necessary, because otherwise the stuffing will come out. You can get away with raw edges in some fabrics, but not in this case.
If you want a soft alternative and have enough sewing skill for it, buy some wide 'bias binding tape', and sew that around the hole you make in the duvet.
For an easier method, but one with hard objects, buy eyelets. They get hammered onto the fabric item, and you them use fine scissors and cut the inside of the hole out. Unhammered, the eyelet is almost exactly like a rivet with a hole in the middle. It's the same technique.

[Kal]

That constantly happened with my younger daughter. In the end I sewed a button in each corner of the cover and some elastic loops on the duvet - slip the loops on the buttons when you put the duvet in and it holds in place nicely. Small buttons mind you, big ones might be a bit uncomfy.

[Gizmo]

(2) any sewing store will have inexpensive cotton or synthetic ties you can sew to the cover, and choices for finishing the raw edge of the hole.
Finishing the raw edges will be necessary, because otherwise the stuffing will come out. You can get away with raw edges in some fabrics, but not in this case.

Yep. I have plenty of cottons etc. and bias binding and ribbon. I am unashamedly a sewing stuff holder. When I moved out of my marital home I even took my husbands spare buttons.... (which he moaned about...)

And skill wise I should be ok. I've just finished a large embroidery project for a friend so its the perfect time to start something new.

Thanks.

[Shannarah]

I have used cloth tape, sewn to the edge of the doona, and corresponding tapes sewn inside the cover. I probably went a bit overboard, but I have tapes sewn in each corner, and spaced about 16" along each edge, basically where the stitching was for every second square. Has worked well for over a year so far for me

[Gizmo]

Well finally got around to doing it and night 1 with duvet with cut holes in corners (and then sewn edges to stop any leakage or tearing and ties on the duvet cover edges was last night.

Result: 1 still intact Duvet.