Making Garden Seats or Cushions
Starting to think about kitting out our garden furniture with lovely seat covers? Perhaps it’ll encourage the sun to come out for us!
There’s loads of great inspiration on the internet but to save money we’re going with a DIY project, and we think our fabric of the month will work wonders here, especially because it’s super durable
and waterproof.
There are lots of different ways to make covers for existing seat pads and cushions. In this post, we will guide you through how to make a zip-up seat cushion. The covers are easy to remove, and machine washable. We’ve done our research, and found a helpful tutorial with photos to guide you. Read on to discover how to make your own garden seat cushions, for benches and chairs this Spring and Summer.
You Will Need:
Fabric – we suggest our April Fabric of the Month
Matching thread – find a range of choices in our online shop
Cushion pad – we stock different sizes, which you can find here
Bias binding
1 metre of tape for the ties
Zip
Sewing machine
Scissors
Fabric marker pen
Tape measure
Method:
1. Place your pad on the fabric, and draw around it using your pen.
2. Next, you should add half of the depth of the pad to a 1.5cm seam allowance, and
draw a second line this distance away from the first line.
3. Cut two pieces, for front and back, along the second line.
4. Now, cut your tape in half, making two ties. Fold them in half, and stitch onto the
back edge of the cushion, 1.5cm from the side edge.
5. Place your top and bottom pieces right sides together, and stitch 3cm in from the edge
on both sides of the pad.
6. Press the seam open, and pin your zip in place. Now use your machine to sew it into
place.
7. Bring your cover pieces together, right sides out. Pin around the three edges, and
machine stitch.
8. Now for the bias binding. Pin it onto the row of stitches, fold over the top end of the
bias binding to hide the raw edge, and stitch it into place.
9. Trim the seam allowance, and then fold over the bias binding edge, machine stitching
it into place.
Ta-da! A lovely and easy seat cushion. Repeat for all your garden furniture and enjoy
its new look in style – when the sun finally shows its face!