How To Make A Bench Cushion With Piping
Pattern top and bottom fabric plates to the foam size plus the thickness.
How to make a bench cushion with piping. Mark a line where you need to trim. Place one side of the velcro on the outer side of the bottom flap near the seam and place the other piece of velcro on the backside of the top flap near the hemmed edge. Open the velcro and turn cover right side out. To make the piping fit.
Starting in the center of the cushion cover pin each side of velcro onto the back flaps. I cut the slab to the 18 width and then used the. Preparing the foam cushion. Curve the corners of the fabric plates.
My slab was 24 x 72 but my bench was 18 x 83. 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. Cutting out the pieces.
When you get to the end cross the end of the piping over the start to create a continuous rectangular shape. Lay your foam on top of the bench. Use the basting stitch on your machine usually the longest stitch available to sew the piping in place. In my case i doubled the fabric to ensure the foam would not show through.
Then fit the cover on the cushion and pinned the piping on the bottom panel. Cut foam to size. Measure the foam and cut it to the size of the bench the final cushion will be slightly smaller than the bench. So i cut 4.
I pinned the piping on the top panel first and sewed that on. 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. Sew the piping on with a zipper foot. Fold one side over to the other and stitch down it enclosing the piping cord inside.
Make some pillows to go with it using this or this tutorial. Sew the bottom piece all the way around the same as the top. 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. Pin bottom piece in same manner making sure corners are lined up.
I was able to get the to line up almost perfectly this way. Step 6 attach the piping optional 1. Sewing a bench cushion with piping my secret fabric source. Before we get started i wanted to let you in on a little secret.
Cut all fabric pieces to size.