0 Comments

It is far easier and cheaper to make bar stool cushions at home than to buy them. After all, the stools can be of various shapes and sizes, and finding the correct size can be quite a disturbing task. Therefore, you should be thinking about making your own cushions. This will make the sitting arrangement more comfortable and at the same time, it will add to the beauty of the room as well. I have been in the industry of interior design for quite many years now and I can say with certainty that nothing can be compared to the beauty of custom homemade bar stool cushions!

One thing that many people tend to forget is that, if you are out on the look for bar stool cushions, it is always wiser to try and make some yourself at home! You can surely come up with really delicate designs for your bar stool cushions. What’s more, these cushions don’t require a lot of money or effort. Therefore, you can make them easily, quickly and more importantly, quite cheap! Look for a set of instructions online and take the time to go out to the stores to get all the different materials that you may require, from fabrics and pieces of cloth, to tools and nails.

When you are trying to make your own bar stool cushions at home, the first thing that you should consider is that you need the right measurement in terms of shape and size. So, take a paper and cut a pattern that fits perfectly to the bar stool. Keep on trimming the edges until you get the right shape. Make sure you are taking the pattern of the outside edge of the seat. The bar stool cushions will have ruffles that would drape over the edges of the chair seat. Now, take the fabric and cut around the pattern while keeping the extra half inch you will need for seaming. When you are cutting fabric for ruffle, make sure they are cut 7 inches wide and the length should be two times the distance of three exposed sides of the cushion.

Now, take the ruffle fabric and fold the wrong sides together. This will halve the width while the length will remain the same. Now, run basting stitches along cut edges of the ruffle. You can also use the ruffling attachment. This will ensure the gathering cover all the three sides of the cushion and keep in mind that you can stitch a narrow hem at the end of each ruffle. You can cut four fabric pieces of 6 by 3 inches measurement and make ties with them. For that, you have to fold the long edges under half inch and press. Fold this end and press it further and then fold in half and stitch along the long edge.

A section of the seat fabric must be right side up and attach the ruffle to seat with pin. Keep the other side of seat on right side down. Now, stitch around the edges of the fabric while keeping the back of the cushion open for further stuffing. Turn right side out the cushion and press. To finish up your bar stool cushions, fill them up with polyester. However, if you feel the entire process to be too complicated, you can buy these cushions from $ 15 to $50 and more.

Source by Jessica M Delino

Author

info@restaurantseatstore.com