Comfort - an indispensable condition of everyday life. It also applies to bed linen, the task of which is to ensure proper sleep and maintenance.
Being in the cycle of everyday affairs, less time is left for life. There are simple and unexpected solutions, which, for some reason, acquire life only now.
For those who are tired of fixing the bed every morning, there is a great solution - a stretch sheet or a sheet with an elastic band
Under consideration is the topic of how to choose a sheet with an elastic band.
Content
The sheet has features. This is a kind of case without the bottom side. It fits the mattress tightly and is fixed on it from below thanks to an elastic band, which is sewn in several ways.
Disadvantages and advantages of classic and stretch sheets
This type is suitable for cots, people restless in a dream, is widely used in the hotel business due to the rapid change of bed linen. The main advantages are clear fixation and quick dressing. They do not need to be corrected every morning, once tucked in a mattress. For convenient dressing, the sheets are fixed diagonally, then pulled over the remaining corners. The emergence of a new type of bed linen due to the considerable height of modern beds, which causes inconvenience when weaving.
If normal bedding slips and wrinkles after sleep, the sheet with elastic bands at the edges remains in its original position.
There is an important point. Such products are with the front side, and the back - rubberized. They are used as waterproof covers in the care of bedridden patients or newborn children.
Terry waterproof sheet with elastic
By construction, it is a rectangle with four cut corners that are stitched. Next tune the elastic tape:
Blue sheet with elastic around the perimeter - the most convenient option
Orange sheet with a rubber band at the corners
Linen stretch sheet with elastic on the lower side
Standard mattress sizes will be useful for choosing the size of the sheets.
When buying a question arises, how to choose a sheet on an elastic band on the size of the mattress. You need to know the parameters of the bed: width, length, height.
Basic measurements for the pattern sheets
The first two values are the distance between the vertices of the wired corners. Now we define their height. The sheet should wrap around the mattress completely on the side and slightly below. Therefore, with a bed height of 17 cm, the length of the corner should be about 20-25 cm. After all, the assembly will hide underneath, thereby creating a cover effect, for which extra centimeters are needed. The label does not always indicate the height. Measure it. Often the absence of this indicator in stores is explained by the fact that the product is universal. And yet such a sheet differently "sits" at a height of 15 and 22 cm. It is worth remembering this when choosing.
Schematic view of the blank for the manufacture of tension sheets
Tension sheets are made of various types of cotton or other fabric: coarse calico, sateen, poplin, cotton, knitwear, mahra
Natural materials are preferred.Traditionally it is calico, satin. They withstand repeated washing, perfectly absorb moisture, easy to clean. Satin has a richer and brighter color palette, calico retains heat. There are models of cotton knitwear or soft terry cloth. With a variety of materials, you should choose those of which 100% cotton is included or there is an insignificant content of synthetic fibers up to 3%.
Sateen sheets on an elastic band happen monophonic and with the most different prints
For rubber products for special purposes, the percentage of natural fibers will be much lower.
Ironing tension sheets on the ironing board
The assembly does not allow for good quality ironing of the product; therefore, sheets with a rubber band around the perimeter are often sewn from poorly creased terry cloth or knitwear. But you can stroke. Use your left hand to pull the sheet under the ironing table, straighten the assembly, press. This is not so fast, but doable. Therefore, do not be afraid of cotton products with elastic tape around the perimeter.
Such products can not be boiled, as thin rubber veins will become unusable. There is another drawback - difficult to fold.
Once you have decided on the fabric, you can begin to take the size of the bed and calculate the size of the fabric
Happens, you did not find a suitable product. Then you can sew it. We take into account that the fabrics in the store are 150 cm wide. This means that the mattress 160x200 will not be able to sew the sheets from one single piece. In this case, you need to buy two lengths.
Before you start sewing sheets - you need to make a pattern for a particular mattress
Values to calculate:
200 + 20 + 4 + 1 = 225 cm. 225x2 = 4.5 m.
Now we sew these parts along the edge of the usual seam. Underwear and stitching seams are stronger, but also thicker, can cause discomfort during sleep. It turned out a large rectangle with a seam in the middle of the desired length, including all necessary allowances. Its dimensions are 225x300.
We define the width as the length: 160 + 20 + 4 + 1 = 185 cm.
The seam is located in the middle. From the seam in both directions, we postpone half of the calculated value. In the received part 225x185 cm we cut corners and surpluses. We count: 20 cm - mattress height, 4 and 1 cm - allowances. 20 + 4 + 1 = 25 cm. But we need to leave 1 cm for stitching, so we cut out squares with a side of 24 cm. Done.
First, we cut a square with a side of 24 cm from each corner of the fabric.
We fold the sections inside out. Sew a 7 mm wide seam. Now turn the corners on the front side, straighten them with your hands.
We impose one side of the resulting square on the other (face-to-face), we stretch
A corner forms on the front.
We are stitching a line already 1 cm wide. The traditional linen seam has turned out. Along the perimeter of the sheet we sew a gum width of 1-2 cm, imposing it on the front side of the material and slightly pulling.
Now the width of the sheets do kulisku, grabbing and a little length
In the formed drawstring we pass the linen gum
The edges of the gum fasten
Turning the gum on the wrong side and plotting another line. Is done. You can pre-iron the cuts on the wrong side twice in 1 cm. Then put the gum stitched into the ring into the resulting allowance, sew a 1-2 mm along the fold of the fabric, leaving a small hole unstitched.
The remaining open edges of the length are simply turned and weed out.
This treatment is good when using a narrow gum, as it is more susceptible to elongation during operation. Through the free area it can be loosened or pulled.
Sheet with elastic from the seamy side
Our homemade sheet on the mattress looks great and does not go away during sleep
Eraser only in the corners. We need four pieces of elastic tape with a length of 30 cm.On the stitched detail from each seam in both directions we put marks at a distance of 20 cm, between them sew gum. We process cuts along the perimeter, bending the fabric twice 1 cm each, we lay a line.
Zaginay the edge of the sheet, swept away, leaving at each corner of 20 cm for the gum, laying gum, stretch and stitch
Eraser on the short sides is made in the same way as described option, but the size of the segments of elastic tape more. The assembly is located on the width of the mattress.
The larger areas are collected, the better the fixation of the sheets on the mattress.
Great choice of finished products, a variety of fabrics. With proper approach to the choice or manufacture of the product, you can get the expected effect - sleep on a smooth surface, neat look of the bed. Having proved its advantages, the sheet with elastic will take its rightful place in the bedroom.
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