I have a wee camping trailer (4x8 feet total, about the size of one of those old 3/4 mattresses inside), so it's a bit hard to find bedding for it - more than a twin, not quite a double. The trailer, being one of those "teardrop" models, demands cuteness because everywhere we go people want to see inside.
I have an old twin size comforter with lots of fiberfill, so that's a start, it's light but nice and warm for fall/spring camping, much less heavy than a sleeping bag, and it's not doing anything else useful around the house. I have used a duvet on the marital bed and have for years, so this was my attempt to make something useful and cute at the same time for the trailer.
I figure a twin size flat sheet is about the right size for the "bottom" of the duvet, and Walmart has econo-sheets for five bucks or less, and found a pair of chocolate brown batik rayon sarongs elsewhere for the top which, when stitched together along the non-fringed edge, measures up just about precisely the same size as the sheet. I stitched everything up this morning, stuffed the comforter inside, and installed it in the trailer where it is now unbearably adorable, fringes and all.
A few weeks earlier I made a set of curtains for the trailer. There is a door on either side made mostly of smoked glass which is private enough, but we wanted curtains partly for cuteness, partly to block light, and partly to have somewhere to store small things like glasses, keys, watch, etc.
The curtains are in two layers (or lined, I suppose). The side facing out is plain maroon broadcloth, the inside is a nice cotton with a sort of abstract pattern that includes a bit of metallic printing, with colors from pink through maroon and a hint of orange. They complement but do not compete with the wild pink, orange, magenta, maroon, lavendar, sky blue and brown paisley pillow shams I picked up at Target. I cut the fabric for the curtains long enough to fold them up at the bottom about six inches, and then stitch back up the sides to form pockets, which were then subdivided with a row of stitching about every six or eight inches. Result, curtains with storage!
While at Walmart I picked up a couple more twin flat sheets. I'll use these to make bottom sheets for the queen waterbed - this size is almost perfect for the bottom, no top sheet needed because of aforementioned duvet. I use old bits of whatever to make big wide triangular pockets at each corner to hold them on. I've been doing this for decades and may as well keep on, as it's near impossible to find any waterbed sheet sets any more, let alone bottom sheet only.
If I find some nicely patterned flat sheets double size, I might have a go at making a duvet cover for the marital bed as well.
Anyone else with other useful, practical projects?