Comforter/Duvet

I was browsing through an ad from Joann Fabrics a month or so ago and came across the most beautiful comforter I've ever seen. I dragged Eric to several local Joann Fabrics trying to find this pattern and was elated to find that it was just as beautiful in person as it was in the ad. Beautiful? Yes. Cheap? HELL NO. Very expensive. But, worth it. Later I found clearance fabric for the backing, which was a relief because this project was already getting mighty expensive.

After pricing it all out I decided that it would be easier for me if I just made this a duvet so that I wouldn't have to get batting, etc. for it. I went to Goodwill in hopes of stumbling across a really cheap (but warm and fluffy) comforter that I could use but wasn't successful. In the end ended up using a comforter that I had stashed in the closet, which was ever more cheap than I had originally planned!

What do you think?


And here's my own design for the duvet. I sewed in velcro across the entire width of the bottom end of the duvet so I can easily take the comforter out. This is what it looks like: