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DUVET COVER Tips??

anna Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:04 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:04 PM

DUVET COVER Tips??

For those of you that use duvet covers.
What on Gods GREEN EARTH

do you use to keep the comforter in place in there??

Im pretty sure they sell some types of clips or something to keep the corners in tact...
Any links or ideas?
I cant deal with the sloppiness of it, and IM about to burn my duvet and down comforter

MarcellaBella Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:06 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:06 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

I use small safety pins on the corners.. =)

anna Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:13 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:13 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

I was going to try that last night, but couldnt find safety pins. and I also thought they might start ripping the comforter.

So right now my down comf is 'naked'

MarcellaBella Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:27 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:27 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

LOL nekkid comforter.

It won't rip it if you use the small ones.. ;)

ss2002 Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:34 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 03:34 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

We have the same problem-by the end of the night, the comforter slides all the way to one corner. It's such a pain to shake it out and line it up every morning.

My sister just bought a duvet cover for my niece that has ribbons in the inside corners to tie to the comforter and hold it in place.

I think I'm going to sew them into my cover.

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 09, 2004 04:02 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 04:02 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

Good question b/c its driving me crazy!

If I put holes into it with safety pins Im worried the feathers might start to come out and the cover might start to get a hole from all the tossing and turning.

How does the ribons work?

ss2002 Posted: Mar 09, 2004 04:22 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 04:22 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

I haven't seen the duvet cover, but sis said that the ribbons/ties are on the inner corners of the cover. You use it to tie the comforter to the duvet. I guess you just tie the corner in??

Before she found this, I was thinking of sewing snap tape and snaps onto cover and duvet.

Sis also saw comforter clips at Bed Bath and Beyond...

yabbobay Posted: Mar 09, 2004 06:01 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 06:01 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

as a kid my mother would make our duvet covers...and she would sew in ribbons intot he corners of the covers...and onto the duvet itself...

well I am not as handy with a needle as my mother so I bought the clips from BBB...and don't tell my mother but they are better than her ribbon method...

Sassyz75 Posted: Mar 09, 2004 06:07 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 06:07 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

for some reason mine doesn't slide.. at all-sometimes I shake it to make it fluffy- but other than that- it stays in there just fine!!!

yabbobay Posted: Mar 09, 2004 06:44 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 06:44 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

Posted by Sassyz75

for some reason mine doesn't slide.. at all-sometimes I shake it to make it fluffy- but other than that- it stays in there just fine!!!

I have a cover like that as well...if its a snug fit - I find that it doesn't move as much...

also it may be the type of fabric

Junebride Posted: Mar 09, 2004 07:18 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 07:18 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

I too had one that did slide - however, it wasn't all down - I then slept in someone's bed that had a down one and I was never so confortable - so I went out a bought one - and this one doesn't do it...
I'm now wondering why it doesn't happen to the one I have now...
Just curious - is your all down - or mixed?
Interesting that they all don't do it -

anna Posted: Mar 09, 2004 08:29 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 08:29 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

I just got a flashback. When I had a duvet on a regular comforter (not down) it would totally stay in place.
and with my current down comforter, it flops around in there as if it were alive

Drives me INSANE

July2004Bride Posted: Mar 09, 2004 10:16 PM+

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Posted: Mar 09, 2004 10:16 PM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

We bought the clips from Bed, Bath and Beyond and they work (keeping it in place) BUT it doesn't prevent the feathers in the comforter from gathering in one spot. You have to still fluff the comforter every once in a while..

yabbobay Posted: Mar 10, 2004 12:04 AM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2004 12:04 AM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

susan...is your duvet quilted? (separated in squares) not sure if that helps keeping the feathers even

Jo Ann Posted: Mar 10, 2004 02:17 AM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2004 02:17 AM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

THis is the reason my Duvet cover and down comforter went in the garbage. I couldnt handle the fact that mid night I was sleeping something that resembled a Sheet on one side and a blob on the other...Very annoying... I don;t have much patience as you can see.

anna Posted: Mar 10, 2004 08:09 AM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2004 08:09 AM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

Posted by Jo Ann

a Sheet on one side and a blob on the other....

I was about to throw mine out too

Erica-my down comf has those quilted squares to SUPPOSEDLY keep the down in place... yeah right

Sonicstef Posted: Mar 10, 2004 10:02 AM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2004 10:02 AM

Re: DUVET COVER Tips??

I dont have a problem with teh feathers..i have a problem with the comforter just gather on one side of the duvet..so maybe the clips will work. Anyone have them?

yabbobay Posted: Mar 10, 2004 12:17 PM+

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Posted: Mar 10, 2004 12:17 PM