help my sons duvet

pigalert

last time i washed my sons duvet ther was a small whole in it and you could see the cotton wool like filling inside i took the duvet cover off to wash it and it is a massive whole:eek: and all you can see is cotton wool stuff is there anyway i can mend it until i can afford another one

ps i have been lurking for ages but thank you for all the tips i have read for other things that have got us through some extremely tight months

pigalert x

Fruball

I'd sew it up...

pigalert

have tried to sew it up but the material is not great and just kind of frays on the edges when i try to sew it together

CynicalScotsman

a new duvet is only £6.49 @ argos:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1272624/Trail/searchtext%3EDUVET.htm

sausagesandwich19

make giant cotton buds

im joking

a cheap duvet is about a fiver isn't it from a supermarket? i wouldn't use them but you might as your on a budget

Nickitree30

Maybe try patching it with a much larger piece of material so that where you are stitching it on isn't near the edge of the hole so the material dosen't fray. If you have a cotton handkerchief you could use that if you haven't ant fabric scraps floating about. If you aren't handy with a needle and thread you could use wundaweb.
Good luck

pigalert

thanks ive got some old sheets think ill try and sow that over it cant afford an new duvet for him we have nothing spare at all

pigpen

spray adhesive a piece of other fabric.. sewing will just make other holes elsewhere if it that awful paper outer..

I blag spares off people as I have a bed wetter... have an ask of freecycle or whatever .. you never know.. quick wash they are fine

xxvickixx

Even parcel tape could be used for a quick fix just to stop the stuffing coming out. I would use wonderbond on a larger patch of fabric and then sew as well using the finest needle I could.

pigalert

hi i went to find some sheets to sow over the patch and i found an old duvet cover that was mine but they wont use it as it has forever friends bears on so i have sown the duvet into the cover all the way round the edge and have put it in another duvet cover over it will do until next month :j thank you everyone for your help

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hi i went to find some sheets to sow over the patch and i found an old duvet cover that was mine but they wont use it as it has forever friends bears on so i have sown the duvet into the cover all the way round the edge and have put it in another duvet cover over it will do until next month :j thank you everyone for your help

You beat me to it I was going to say if you had a duvet cover you didn't use anymore just sew the duvet into it.
I used my old duvet on the spare bed as a matress cover on the mattress then put the fitted sheet over the top for the sheet so when you sleep on the spare bed its very soft and warm My new duvet goes on the top.If I ever find I have an old duvet I usually find a use for it or roll it up and put into a black bag until we can take it to the beach to sit on in the summer holidays.more comfy than a picnic blanket. Duvets are brilliant for finding other uses for them. My youngest DD has two dogs and they usually end up in the dogs baskets