How to sew covers just for decoration

How to sew covers just for decoration

Having independently sewed cover just for decoration, you will be able to bring highlight in the interior. This option not only will give you feeling of novelty, but also will allow not to be spent for purchase of new chairs, sofa or chairs. Also normal covers protect furniture for the period of your absence.

It is required to you

  • - cotton fabric
  • - pins
  • - needles
  • - sewing machine
  • - dressing accessories

Instruction

1. To back of chair pin fabric, consider that fabric needs to be pinned inner side up. From inner side, you will prostrachivat later seams. Leave enough fabric on seams, cut off other. In order that the cover was easy to be dressed on furniture, always sheathe about 10% more than the size of the subject with stock. Later cut separate parts of pattern, pin them to chair, easily connect all parts on expected seams. Accurately remove preparation of cover, stitch on the machine, turn out – the cover is ready!

2. Now, when you have changed chair, you cannot sew cover just for decoration of the bigger size, for example on sofa. If you have old cover on sofa, unstitch it. Use the received parts as curve for new pattern.

3. If you have no old cover, then find for a start inexpensive lining fabric or old sheets. Cover and straighten the place of sofa where usually sit. Further depict all seams which are available on sofa upholstery. Also make pattern of back part and sides. Cut all parts with big allowance, sweep away all parts and again dress on sofa. Adjust preparation to the sofa size by means of needle and thread. Try to remove as much as possible roughnesses and excess fabric on pattern that in the future the cover sat ideally.

4. Now unstitch pattern and chalk depict all parts on inner side of fabric from which the cover will be sewed. Again cut parts with allowance for seams of 1.5-2 cm, as necessary process edges on overloka. Stitch all parts on the machine as decor option between seams it is possible to insert fringe. In order that the cover was easy to be dressed on each side sew zippers. Turn out product. The new cover is ready.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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