How To Make A Cushion

Turn cushion cover right side out press and insert cushion pad. A favorite home sewing project making new cushion covers is a quick and inexpensive way to refresh the look of a sofa or seating area.

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Use your machine to sew all the way around the edges with a 12 seam allowance.

How to make a cushion. Place the two pieces of fabric right sides together. To do this fold the fabric from about ½ an inch from the edge. Turn the shirt back the right way and make sure the side seams are straight.

However you wont be cutting the piece directly in half. First youll need to measure your chair or bar stool. To make a 40cm cushion you need to cut the fabric so theres a cm on each side for the hem and an extra 05cm on the edge for the zip.

These two rectangles are going to form the back of an envelope cushion to make the edges look nice fold over a quarter inch on one of the sides that is the same width as the square. On heavier-weight fabrics such as velvets clip across the corners to remove bulk. Instead one of the pieces needs to be the width of the velcro longer than the other.

Measure the width of the inside of your window from edge to edge. The cushion should be a nice tight fit. Youll want a pretty exact measurement so that the cushion fits snugly inside and doesnt move around.

This will create straight side seams for your cushion. This means that your back covers should be 20 inches wide and 15 inches tall. Pin the bottom panel to the side panel in the same manner as the top panel and make notches on all the corners.

Trim the seam allowances to 1cm and. Sew along these lines removing the pins as you go. Step 6 Sew a straight stitch as close to the raw edge as possible on both pieces of fabric.

With the shirt the correct way around fill it with your cushion insert. Then measure the depth. If not unpick the seam and repeat step 10-11.

The easiest way to make cushion covers is to cut two squares. So since my piece was 16 wide with a 12 piece of velcro instead of cutting each piece to be 8 I cut so one piece was 8 12 and the other was 7 12. Alternatively to give sharp slightly padded corners on lightweight fabrics fold the double seam allowance down on both sides pressing along stitching line then at top and bottom.

For example cushions are often 2020 inches. Making a Pattern for a Cushion Cover. This means each piece needs to be 42cm x 425cm.

To make the corners easier to sew add some V-shaped notches around each corner. I chose a large piece of cardboard because it was stiff and would lay flat over the curved seat of the chair. Sew the bottom edge of your top piece as well as the top edges of your back pieces.

To make up the cushion place the front and back pieces right sides together then machine stitch around all four sides about 2cm from the fabric edge. For the pattern itself any kind of paper or cardboard will work.

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