bed skirts
#7
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
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I gave up on the traditional bedskirt that has the fabric running across the span of the box spring. I now make a wide "waist band" of matching fabric on the top wide enough to tuck under the the mattress , I use velcro to attach/secure . Much easier than wrestling the mattress when its time to wash.
#8
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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I gave up on the traditional bedskirt that has the fabric running across the span of the box spring. I now make a wide "waist band" of matching fabric on the top wide enough to tuck under the the mattress , I use velcro to attach/secure . Much easier than wrestling the mattress when its time to wash.
#10
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,503
My mother had one of those on her bed with the elastic running around the top of the edge. It kept slipping under the top mattress every time she went to change her sheets. As she's 86 now, the top mattress is too heavy for her to lift to retrieve the skirt. I'm making her a new one from an old one I had for the spare bedroom. I'm using an old bottom sheet, marked for velcros. I separated each side (3) so all she has to do it remove the side that needs washed. Plus having it in 3 pieces keeps them from twisting so much in the washer. Just my take on it.
Suz in Iowa
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