Thanks to our friend and sewing superwoman, Paula J, nights aboard Kaleo are even more comfortable. Paula was gracious enough to sew us two sets of custom v-berth (our bed at the bow of the boat) sheets. Since v-shaped bed sheets aren’t readily available at everyday retailers and canvas shops wanted more than $300 per set, it seemed that we would be stuck tucking and folding to get regular sheets to fit. Paula, having lived on a sailboat in the tropics, happened to ask if we had tailored sheets and upon hearing we didn’t, offered to sew some for us!
Paula cutting our sheet to the v-berth template
We also owe our appreciation to Paula’s daughter, Taylor. Upon hearing that we needed an unknown center-line measurement, she applied the Pythagorean theorem, that she’d learned in her math class recently, to determine the needed dimension. With some new sets of sheets and the proper dimensions, Paula went to work and turned regular king sheets into Kaleo sheets. A million thanks again. We l-o-v-e them!
That’s a great idea! I can’t stand baggy sheets getting all tangled, it messes with much needed sleep. Did she just leave the top sheet as is or do you use a duvet?
Great to hear from you, Judith. Both the fitted sheet and the top sheet were sewn to fit the v-berth mattress shape. We left our duvet/comforter as is to give us extra material around our feet.
That’s what I was thinking. I’m glad to have found your blog and can’t believe I didn’t run across it sooner, that is before you left the Dallas area as I’m in Allen. When you get to Key West you’ll have to look up my daughter, that is if she hasn’t jumped on a tall ship or private yacht.
Oh I wish we could have met up before we left Dallas as well. I was certainly in your area for the Allen Outlets and that great new Target across the street! You certainly live in a beautiful area of the Metroplex. To make the world even smaller, I follow your daughter, Jolea’s, blog and am inspired by her sense of adventure! We look forward to keeping in touch as we get underway.