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Что Я сдела севодня*
Jan. 27th, 2011 05:07 pm'Cause we always like to use what we learned in college in the home, right? Uh, right.
Anyway. This is what I did (no relation to the book of the same name in English):
I know, amazing, huh? Um, I'll give you a hint. It's a duvet cover, otherwise known as a German sheet. Did you know that bedding is NOT the same all over the world? Beds are not only different dimensions, they are made differently. The Chileans had mattresses and box springs, but definitely not in the same sizes as ours, as I learned when I disregarded the flat sheet on my packing list and brought a fitted one instead. The Germans and Czechs don't even use the same system we do in the Americas. They have some sort of bouncy slats under a thinner mattress. Again, not the same dimensions. Plus, they use Federdecken, which are fluffy down (or down substitute, if you have small kids and have to wash them often!) comforters. We love our German blankets but our sheet collection is growing threadbare, and rather than order some from Amazon.de (because really, can't you think of dozens of things you'd rather import than sheets?), I made some. Two $4 twin sheets from Walmart (so, a total of $8), measured against our German sheets--a little bigger than 1 x 2 meters--and stitched together. Be sure to keep the top of the sheet as one of your uncut edges because it's nice and wide to put your buttonholes on. Stitch up all the other sides like a giant pillowcase, and voila! Cheap duvet covers. Considering the cost of $18-80 I'm seeing on Amazon.com for the same thing, I think it's a pretty good deal. Even with cheapo sheets.
*Что Я сдела севодня = What I did today (er, hopefully the word order is right). One of the few things I can remember how to say in Russian, probably because of the book we read in Russian 202 called Что Я видел (What I Saw), a book about a boy's train ride, by Boris Zhitkov.
Anyway. This is what I did (no relation to the book of the same name in English):
I know, amazing, huh? Um, I'll give you a hint. It's a duvet cover, otherwise known as a German sheet. Did you know that bedding is NOT the same all over the world? Beds are not only different dimensions, they are made differently. The Chileans had mattresses and box springs, but definitely not in the same sizes as ours, as I learned when I disregarded the flat sheet on my packing list and brought a fitted one instead. The Germans and Czechs don't even use the same system we do in the Americas. They have some sort of bouncy slats under a thinner mattress. Again, not the same dimensions. Plus, they use Federdecken, which are fluffy down (or down substitute, if you have small kids and have to wash them often!) comforters. We love our German blankets but our sheet collection is growing threadbare, and rather than order some from Amazon.de (because really, can't you think of dozens of things you'd rather import than sheets?), I made some. Two $4 twin sheets from Walmart (so, a total of $8), measured against our German sheets--a little bigger than 1 x 2 meters--and stitched together. Be sure to keep the top of the sheet as one of your uncut edges because it's nice and wide to put your buttonholes on. Stitch up all the other sides like a giant pillowcase, and voila! Cheap duvet covers. Considering the cost of $18-80 I'm seeing on Amazon.com for the same thing, I think it's a pretty good deal. Even with cheapo sheets.
*Что Я сдела севодня = What I did today (er, hopefully the word order is right). One of the few things I can remember how to say in Russian, probably because of the book we read in Russian 202 called Что Я видел (What I Saw), a book about a boy's train ride, by Boris Zhitkov.
