24 November, 2010- This Christmas, decorate your bed room with bed linens that you have designed on your own, just perfect for the occasion. You will find a wide variety of bed furnishings and luxurious linens in the market but they may not be affordable by all. But nothing to worry. You can make your own Christmas bed linens. Make this Christmas extra special by showing your creativity and artistic skill and believe it, you can easily create the look of luxurious Christmas bed linens by following few simple tips. All you need is some extra bed linens which you have not used for a long time. Consider this as a simple craft project and you will enjoy it.

Adding Attractive Details To Your Bed Linen

One of the popular ways to create your own Christmas bed linens is to add Christmas details on them. You can easily collect some beautiful images and patterns related to the occasion and use fabric paints of varied colors to copy and paint them on the bed linen. Copy the pattern on the bed sheet or bed spread or pillow cover and use colors like gold, silver, green, and red. This gives a luxurious Christmas look. To match the pattern, you can also add border lines to give a more highlighted look. Instead of fabric paints, you can also use satin or synthetic colorful ribbons and glue it down with fabric glue on the pattern or the image drawn on the sheet. Christmas patterns like trees, bells, candies, gifts etc. are popular. Or else you can go for floral patterns.

Use Rich Christmas Colors On Your Bed Coverings

Attractive Christmas bed linens need a vivid rich color splashes. Your plain white or cream colored bed sheet can easily be converted into a colorful bed sheet using various bright colors. If the sheets are plain, then you can opt for a printed pillow cover or a colorful throw so as to give a mix and match combinations. Or else, cover some large pillows in this same vibrant Christmas colors and place them on the headboard.

Add Buttons To Your Bed Linen

Another way to create Christmas Bed linens is to use buttons. If you have an existing bedspread or plain duvet you can easily add this detail. Just find a position where you can fix a row of beautiful buttons. The buttons should preferably be relevant to the Christmas festival. Hand sew them on with thread that matches your bedding.

Use Ruffles or Bed Skirts

It is usually seen that most luxurious beddings have ruffles or frills, also known as bed skirts. Christmas bed linens look very warm and inviting with a red or any bright colored ruffle around it. So if you have a plain bed cover, then take some silk or satin fabric of bright color and create a ruffle around it. You can easily make an affordable ruffle out of a sheet matched to your bed size.