We just moved into a new apartment a few weeks ago, and the way the furniture is set up in our new bedroom, it was really noticeable that we lacked a bedskirt (also that we stuffed a ton of random junk under our bed). I don't have a sewing machine, so I found a quick tutorial for a no-sew bedskirt and forged ahead.
It was actually very, very easy to make. The trick is getting a canvas dropcloth from the hardware store. It's a nice, neutral color, it comes with pre-hemmed edges, and it was only ten bucks for the size I needed! Then, all you have to do is cut out three rectangles along the edges of the dropcloth, for each side and for the end of the bed. I ironed everything to get it nice and smooth, then just pinned the canvas to the fabric of the boxspring with some T pins. All told, it took about half an hour to make the whole thing and most of that was probably ironing.
Before:
After:
It really makes the bed look a lot more finished. And for $12 (for the dropcloth and the T pins), it turned out to be a much better deal than even the cheapest bedskirts I found for sale online. Not to mention that mine is perfectly customized to fit the height of our bed exactly.
P.S. This is just for a better view of the Celtic knot pillow I made with my mom a few months ago (yet another craft I never mentioned...). It's basically just two long, stuffed tubes of fabric tied into a Celtic knot, and it makes a pretty funky pillow.
