Bed skirt or Dust ruffle...

Dust-skirt?  How can something so easy become so complicated?  You would think a Queen size mattress would take a simple 68x80x14 bed skirt and all you need to do is pick the style and fabric right?  Wrong.  Very few beds now take a standard length bed skirt.  More so with the collection or rails, posts, brackets, and other oddities your chances of getting an out of the bag one are getting slimmer by the second.

Here are my suggestions for bed skirt success.  First select your fabric.  The choice of the fabric will influence the style of the piece, I usually recommend solid fabrics, but I have done a nice strip or two in my time.  Once you have a fabric next choose your style.  Most people will go with a Tailored, Gathered, or Box pleated style.  Last determine what if anything needs to be done to accommodate your bed.  Do you have an extra deep box spring?  Will the piece need to be applied to a hook and loop tape so it can be stuck to the frame?  Will there have to be extra splits to go around posts or rails?

There are two options.  The first, we can have splits. The second, apply hook and loop tape to the frame.

The frame laughs at your standard length.

The above measured dust ruffle completed.

A Tailored dust ruffle sewn to decking.

A Box-pleated dust ruffle applied with hook and loop tape.

Pro Tip:  Good dust ruffles have a set-back or at least 3 inches.  what does that mean?  It means that the fabric travels under up and under the mattress so that even if it isn't perfectly straight you still don't see the decking.

Still have questions or need help?  Leave a comment or e-mail and I would be happy to give you a hand.