Bed Coverings

As bunks in boats never seem to be a "normal shape" the sheets and covers for the bunks typically need to be tailor made to suite.

This is especially true for a V-berth, as there is nowhere for the massive amount of excess sheet, blanket, or comforter to sit. Having it all piled up on your feet is uncomfortable.  Solution: custom make the sheets and comforter.

As the V-berth was going to be my daughter's bunk, she had a vested interest in making sure that it was comfortable.  Sarah was also keen to use her sewing skills with a sewing machine, so we set about making the custom comforter for the forward V-berth.
Sarah had already picked out the colour scheme for the interior of the boat. It was to be bright and happy. Her colour picks were for the settee cushions to be a mid blue, while scatter cushions, and bedding to be a bright gold colour.

Using a paper pattern of the V-berth, it was possible to mark out, and cut down to shape what would be the middle of the comforter.  We started with a medium weight synthetic comforter for a double bed from IKEA, and decided to make the comforter 250mm wider on each side than the mattress. The V-berth on Moor or Less is actually not a normal V shape, at the head end, it has two parallel sides before beginning to tapper. The shape of the comforter will also have to follow this shape.

The cut or raw edges of the comforter were then sewn and a hem put on it. It was now time to make the cover using the gold material which Sarah had picked out.

The material wasn't wide enough to cover the cut down comforter. Pieces of material had to be added to both sides to obtain the width.

Once the cover had been sewn together and the comforter placed inside, job successfully completed. Sarah was then eager to try out the comforter, but that will have to wait. Need to make the fitted, and flat sheets for the V-berth next.

The finished V-berth comforter

Since we now have the shape of the aft cabin bunk, the comforter and sheets for that bunk can be made.