Making A Bench Cushion With Piping

I pinned the piping on the top panel first and sewed that on.

Making a bench cushion with piping.

Watch my original pillow video here. You can quickly and easily make box cushions following this diy tutorial. Cut foam to size. In this example the bench seat is 40 inches long by 15 inches deep step 2 cut seven pieces of fabric.

Cut the two short side pieces of the cushion cover. Fold one side over to the other and stitch down it enclosing the piping cord inside. The bench cushion and side. To make the piping fit.

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. Step 6 attach the piping optional 1. Pin this around the edge of the top cushion fabric allowing for a 1 2 inch seam. Insert prepared cushion being sure to pop the corners out.

Pin bottom piece in same manner making sure corners are lined up. Keep in mind that the cushion will sit inside any arms or supports so don t measure beyond those. They should be 4 tall and 3 longer than the short sides of the cushion. Then fit the cover on the cushion and pinned the piping on the bottom panel.

There is no faster way to make a cushion cover and still get gorgeous results. 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. Sewing a bench cushion with piping my secret fabric source. 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.

Sew the piping on with a zipper foot. Before we get started i wanted to let you in on a little secret. Open the velcro and turn cover right side out. I cut the slab to the 18 width and then used the.

So i cut 4. Piece together the piping into one long strip. Use the basting stitch on your machine usually the longest stitch available to sew the piping in place. Cutting out the pieces.

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. Step 1 measure the flat seat of the bench length and depth. I was able to get the to line up almost perfectly this way. Cut all fabric pieces to size.

Mark a line where you need to trim. Sew the bottom piece all the way around the same as the top. My slab was 24 x 72 but my bench was 18 x 83. Preparing the foam cushion.

Make some pillows to go with it using this or this tutorial.