Making A Bench Cushion With Piping
When you get to the end cross the end of the piping over the start to create a continuous rectangular shape.
Making a bench cushion with piping. My slab was 24 x 72 but my bench was 18 x 83. Make some pillows to go with it using this or this tutorial. Step 1 measure the flat seat of the bench length and depth. If you are using the piping cord in making your bench cushions then use the strip of fabric you cut before and place the cord down the center.
Open the velcro and turn cover right side out. Pin the piping to the right side of the top and bottom fabric pieces so that the raw edge of the fabric is even with. Then fit the cover on the cushion and pinned the piping on the bottom panel. I pinned the piping on the top panel first and sewed that on.
In this example the bench seat is 40 inches long by 15 inches deep step 2 cut seven pieces of fabric. Fold one side over to the other and stitch down it enclosing the piping cord inside. You can quickly and easily make box cushions following this diy tutorial. For the back flaps where the velcro closures will be you will need two pieces as long as the front strip and 4 1 2 tall they will overlap.
Keep in mind that the cushion will sit inside any arms or supports so don t measure beyond those. Sew the piping on with a zipper foot. Use the basting stitch on your machine usually the longest stitch available to sew the piping in place. Cutting out the pieces.
Before we get started i wanted to let you in on a little secret. Step 6 attach the piping optional 1. The bench cushion and side. So i cut 4.
Cut the two short side pieces of the cushion cover. I cut the slab to the 18 width and then used the. Mark a line where you need to trim. Watch my original pillow video here.
They should be 4 tall and 3 longer than the short sides of the cushion. Piece together the piping into one long strip. To make the piping fit. Cut foam to size.
Lay your foam on top of the bench. There is no faster way to make a cushion cover and still get gorgeous results. In my case i doubled the fabric to ensure the foam would not show through. Insert prepared cushion being sure to pop the corners out.
Preparing the foam cushion. Pin this around the edge of the top cushion fabric allowing for a 1 2 inch seam. Sewing a bench cushion with piping my secret fabric source. 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.
Pin bottom piece in same manner making sure corners are lined up.