Any little girl dreams of becoming a fairy princess. Even after she grows up and turns into a beautiful young woman, the dream remains. In search of his prince, days, months or years pass. And to keep faith in a fairy tale in your soul is becoming increasingly difficult. This will help the special atmosphere. A mandatory attribute of any princess is a bed with a canopy. Therefore, how to make a canopy with your own hands, every crowned person should know.
Modern furniture manufacturers offer a huge assortment of special beds with special fixtures for the canopy. Any of these models is quite expensive and not everyone can afford to buy it. We will consider a more economical version of the bed for the princesses. For this, any bed that you have at home is suitable. We will only make a canopy for her with our own hands.
The focus should be on fixtures. There are several options for the manufacture of curtain rods.
- Attach four curly pillars to the bed and put them together in a frame at the top. Pull the string to which you can attach the canopy with your own hands in the form of a curtain.
- Buy in the store a flexible curtain rail for the bathroom of the required length and attach it to the ceiling, repeating the shape of the bed. Fasten the finished canopy on it.
- Take an ordinary plastic hoop or a piece of metal pipe. Screw a special chandelier hook into the ceiling. Do-it-yourself stringed canopy on the pipe. Bend it into a ring, connecting the ends with a small piece of a larger diameter tube. Hang the hoop to the ceiling with decorative cords or chains.
Considering the various options for how to make a canopy over the bed, consider the severity of the material used. The fixing method will depend on this. You can sew the canopy from any fabric. Tulle, crystal, chiffon, silk, mesh or any delicate material will do. To begin, calculate the required amount of tissue. To do this, measure the height of the future canopy and all sides of the bed, which it will cover.
For example, take a double bed of a standard size 2.1x1.5 meters and a ceiling height of 2.8 meters in the room. Having put the bed with the headboard against the wall and wanting to cover it with a canopy on three sides, we get 5.7 meters of the required length of fabric, to which you need to add another 1.5 - 2 meters for free fitting and a little drapery. To make a canopy, we need 7.5-8 meters of chiffon 3 meters wide. It is not at all necessary to produce a single canopy. It will be much more interesting to look divided into 3-4 parts, decorated along side sections with ruffle or decorative stitching.
We hem the bottom edge of the fabric or process it with an oblique inlay. We bend the upper edge and sew to it a special braid for curtains. We process the lateral sections of the panels in any way selected. We decorate the canopy with beads, beautiful flowers or ribbons. We hang the canopy to the mounts and enjoy the royal bed.
Every little princess should have an appropriate berth from birth. Therefore, if you are waiting for replenishment in the family, then sew a canopy on the crib with your own hands. Special mounts can be bought at every children's store. It is screwed on either side to the lateral back of the crib.
Do not listen to those who consider the children's canopy a dust collector. It will help close the crib with the baby from the rays of light during sleep and protect the child from flying insects in the summer. If you are very worried about dust, wash the canopy at least once a week. It is quite easy to remove and fix it in place, and there is a machine in every house.
When sewing a children's canopy, try not to use small parts that may come off (beads, buttons). Decorate it with multi-colored ribbons, appliques, ruffles and using contrasting colors. Remember that for a baby's quiet sleep, the finish of the crib should be made only of fabric in soft tones.