I need help with kitchen chair cushions
#1
I am a newbie at kitchen chair cushions, but I have agreed to make 4 of them for a friend. I took the pattern from one of her old ones and tried stuffing it with foam---which was a disaster (the closing of the opening was a nightmare) so I am stuffing it with polyester filling, closure with a small seam, and sewing 4 buttons to hold the filling in place. Now, my question......how much filling do I put in??? Right now I have a nice amount in---it isn't hard or anything----but it is "cushiony". Is that enough??? Will it flatten as it is used??? It looks nice but not as "firm" as her old, used cushion. Any help/suggestions would be very much appreciated.
#2
I have redone my chairs several times. I usually use a piece of foam rubber. The thickness is entirely your choice. You don't stuff the foam in - you build the fabric around it. If these are to be removable, you cut the foam to the chair size, cut the fabric bigger (enough to accomodate the foam rubber.) I top the foam with a piece of batting and then make the cover from there. There are probably several tuts if you just query making chair cushions... Hope this helps. Polyester filling will certainly break down, lump and move...
p.s. I get mine at Hobby Lobby because Joanns is way more expensive and Hobby Lobby has 40% off coupons regularly. Joanns does too, but theirs is twice the price of Hobby Lobby already.
p.s. I get mine at Hobby Lobby because Joanns is way more expensive and Hobby Lobby has 40% off coupons regularly. Joanns does too, but theirs is twice the price of Hobby Lobby already.
#3
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Her old ones were probably cushiony when she first got them. It will most likely flatten some over time or with much use. I would ask her if she wants firmer or cush.
I hope this helps.
I have redone my chairs, but that was more a recover & new thicker foam, not a tie on ( I'm assuming ) type.
I hope this helps.
I have redone my chairs, but that was more a recover & new thicker foam, not a tie on ( I'm assuming ) type.
#4
Originally Posted by LAB55
Her old ones were probably cushiony when she first got them. It will most likely flatten some over time or with much use. I would ask her if she wants firmer or cush.
I hope this helps.
I have redone my chairs, but that was more a recover & new thicker foam, not a tie on ( I'm assuming ) type.
I hope this helps.
I have redone my chairs, but that was more a recover & new thicker foam, not a tie on ( I'm assuming ) type.
#6
Originally Posted by cmw0829
You're a really good friend.
I bet right now you wish you weren't. :cry:
I bet right now you wish you weren't. :cry:
#7
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Posts: 9,856
Originally Posted by M.I.Late
I have redone my chairs several times. I usually use a piece of foam rubber. The thickness is entirely your choice. You don't stuff the foam in - you build the fabric around it. If these are to be removable, you cut the foam to the chair size, cut the fabric bigger (enough to accomodate the foam rubber.) I top the foam with a piece of batting and then make the cover from there. There are probably several tuts if you just query making chair cushions... Hope this helps. Polyester filling will certainly break down, lump and move...
p.s. I get mine at Hobby Lobby because Joanns is way more expensive and Hobby Lobby has 40% off coupons regularly. Joanns does too, but theirs is twice the price of Hobby Lobby already.
p.s. I get mine at Hobby Lobby because Joanns is way more expensive and Hobby Lobby has 40% off coupons regularly. Joanns does too, but theirs is twice the price of Hobby Lobby already.
#8
I, too, always have used the foam. I cut it with a serated edge carving knife. Used to use an electric knife til it died. I made the covers first them rolled the foam and put it inside the cover where I had left an opening in the back seam. The results were great!
ali
ali
#9
And milkbone since they are tie on, you can always leave the underside open and make them like a pillow sham with a "fold over" type opening. That way she can wash them often and they would be really easy to do. Especially if she doesn't need a ruffle.
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