Very stupid q from a beginner sewer re: ordering fabric for a duvet cover

[waxweasel]

I'm very much a beginner so please bear with me - this might be a stupid question!

I want to make a duvet and pillow cover for my daughter - she has a cotbed duvet 150 x 120cm and a pillow 34 x 14 cm.

The fabric she likes is a horrid! peppa pig fabric off ebay. It is sold in units that are 55x70cm, but if you want larger you order multiple units and then you get a larger size.

Firstly, how many metres do I need? Am rubbish at this.

And secondly, what I don't understand is whether I can be sure that the piece I get will be wide enough to do the whole of one side of the duvet cover without stitching bits together (which I'd rather avoid - not sure how to do that without it looking weird on a duvet). So basically, say the width is 70cm, is that not fixed and it will just be that she rolls off a longer length for me? Which would be no good for my purposes?

Have got myself properly confused over this :)

This is what she wants: m.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEPPA-PIG-GEORGE-SPACEMAN-CHILDRENS-FABRIC-FQ-55X70cm-NEW-POLYCOTTON-MATERIAL-/272001682798?nav=SEARCH

The product description is unhelpful! The seller is using "fat quarter" units to sell the fabric, which are commonly used in quilting. I would contact the seller and ask the width of the fabric when not cut into fat quarters - I would anticipate the width will be 110cm, as that's fairly standard and it would be easy for the seller to halve when making fat quarters.

So the 110cm would not be quite wide enough for the cot duvet measurements and you would need two panels (and therefore at least 3.2 metres of fabric, but it would depend on matching up the pattern). For an easy life, I might be inclined to buy 1.7 metres (one length of the cot duvet, with seam allowance) and then buy some co-ordinating plain fabric. The patterned piece could be a central panel, with plain strips either side, and the back of the cover could be plain. You could even go for an extra easy life and sew the panel onto a plain duvet cover!

I am not quite clear on your pillow dimensions but basically you'd need double the pillow width, plus seam allowance of c.10 cm for hemming etc.

Yep - as Iam says, contact the seller and say what you are wanting to make as you need to know whether the Georges are running across or down the fabric.

If they run down the fabric then you need the length of your cover plus seam allowances (say 10cm to be safe) and then any difference in width you could make up with side strips if you needed.

if the George images run across the width then it's more complicated as you'll need to make a top and bottom panel and have a strip of Georges' across the middle.

Hope that makes sense? It should be easy to do though - lots of straight lines once you have everything planned out. Tack it all together first if you are nervous to check you've not done anything silly (like sewing the wrong bits together - never done that myself )

Thanks both! That's so helpful - I've contacted the seller to ask. And good idea re: having a co'ordinating border around the edge to make up the difference if it's too narrow, thanks!