How To Make A Bench Cushion With Velcro

Sit down on your new cushion and have a cup of tea and a biscuit.

How to make a bench cushion with velcro.

Unstick the velcro so you can turn the cover the right way around and then put your foam inside by inserting one end and then the other fasten up your velcro and you re done. Make some pillows to go with it using this or this tutorial. First fold a small lip of the narrower side of the 77 1 2 piece of fabric over and sew it to form an even edge. In this example the bench seat is 40 inches long by 15 inches deep step 2 cut seven pieces of fabric.

One should be slightly larger than the size and shape of the cushion you want. Wrap the 4 strips around your cushion right sides facing in. Once you have your foam cut to the right length measure and mark the depth of your cushion. Step 1 measure the flat seat of the bench length and depth.

Leave enough extra space to sew the edges down. These pieces will be used to leave an opening to remove the cushion. Cut along the line using an electric knife or hack saw. But the other edge will extend 1 25 taller than the rest.

Keep in mind that the cushion will sit inside any arms or supports so don t measure beyond those. Pin bottom piece in same manner making sure corners are lined up. The sewn edge of the 18 of fabric will then overlap the longer piece of the sewn edge of the 77 1 2 fabric. Cut out three pieces of cloth.

Cut the velcro into several 5 lengths. The other two pieces should be slightly larger than half of the first piece of cloth. Repeat making a similar edge with the small 18 of fabric. Insert prepared cushion being sure to pop the corners out.

This is the simplest fastest method for sewing a cushion cover. Sew the bottom piece all the way around the same as the top. The back strip should line up with the sides on the one edge. Place one side of the velcro on the outer side of the bottom flap near the seam and place the other piece of velcro on the backside of the top flap near the hemmed edge.

The box corner cu. Open the velcro and turn cover right side out. In fact typical sized cushions can be completed in about 30 minutes each. Starting in the center of the cushion cover pin each side of velcro onto the back flaps.

The first piece will be for the top of the cushion pieces two and three will be for the bottom of the cushion and pieces four through seven will be for the sides step 3 measure out the first piece of fabric adding a half an.