My in-laws bought us a set of patio furniture that they found at a garage. It was in very good condition (had clearly never even been outside) but it needed new cushion covers (not new cushions).
The cushions were still in good shape and we were definitely able to reuse them. We were also able to reuse the zippers from the previous covers, which was AWESOME. My mother-in-law pointed out that they were probably only used once. Haha, duh!
We went to a home decor fabric store and ordered some fabric. We ordered 3 prints. One for the sofa, one for the set of end chairs, and another for the rocker.
I reallllllyyyyy love this fabric!
I really truly almost changed my blog name to Pinning My Life Away... I have literally never pinned this much in my entire life. 1/2 of the cushions needed to be eased are the corner, so I pinnnnnnedddddd.
And pinned...
and pinned.....
But all that pinning lead to some gorgeously rounded cushion corners Woohooo!
After 1 NONSTOP day of sewing.... we ended up with all of these:
After 2 days of nonstop sewing (and zippering, and pinning, and bleeding) we ended up with all of these:
After all of that pinning and sewing and zippering and pinning and sewing and zippering I neeeeeeded something to boost morale:
This was my mother-in-law's station. She was the true mastermind behind the whole project. I have never made a cushion of any kind. She drew out all of the patterns on craft paper, took all of the measurements, and went through all the real "thinking it out" that this project involved. I truly just sewed as I was told.
Why do cats want to sit on everything important to you?
While we were sewing our hearts out, our men we're painting the furniture a nice hammered black. It was previously a dark green color.
The biggest problem that we/mainly my mother-in-law ran across was with the geometric fabric. She is a perfectionist (yes, you are) and wanted to make the circle run through the center of the bottom and top cushions. This involved some major fussy cutting on her part. But look, it worked out perfectly!
Once all of the paint dries and I get final screened-in-porch photos all taken, I will show you!
OH! - did I mention that they found all of this furniture for $50? Also, did I mention that it is a 7 piece set that includes 1 sofa, 2 chairs, 1 rocker, 2 end tables, and a coffee table? Yeah, what a good find!
Holler!
< Edited to Add > You can see this completed project as well as my other projects by viewing my flickr account here. You can also use the links on my sidebar to view all of my projects!
Great post- fun to read! And the furniture came out great too!
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic! Did you use a pattern, or did you just wing it? We need new patio cushions, too, and you have inspired me to make them instead of buying them!
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