Upholstered furniture is the basis in creating a cozy atmosphere of any home. But whatever care was taken for soft furniture, including the chairs, sooner or later the upholstery is subject to wear. And absolutely any hostess wants, as long as possible to extend the life of your favorite furniture.
That is why there is an indispensable accessory, such as furniture cape.
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The cape acts as a protective barrier when confronted with pollution of various kinds. Including, if children "manage" in the house or there are pets.
As mentioned above, the main function of furniture "clothes" or bedspreads on the sofa is protection.
Another important and integral feature is the interior design.
With the help of a removable furniture cover, you can update the interior of the room every time.
You can get such a miracle protection by ordering a product in an atelier, or you can buy finished goods on the textile market.
But there is another way - to sew a cover on the chair with your own hands.
The reasons for the third method are quite compelling:
Work on the creation of furniture "clothes" with their own hands requires some preparation, which consists of several steps:
Even before starting work, you need to select the type of future product.
The modern market is quite diverse in the choice of textile products. And even the most capricious hostesses are able to find something to their liking.
Bright chair covers are a great color accent.
And in order to sew a furniture cape for a sofa or a cover for a computer chair, the following alternatives will be optimal.
The type of velor can be smooth, embossed and shaped.
Cloth unpretentious care. It has hypoallergenic properties. This type of material is wear-resistant, and stains are removed quite easily.
Fabric for the future cape should be chosen in accordance with the existing style of the interior.
Since cotton is malleable, the covers are bright out of this fabric.
The material is short-lived, due to the absence of artificial fibers in the composition. Also, after washing, the cotton fabric shrinks.
The main criterion for choosing a cape for children's furniture is the ecological and hypoallergenic fabric.
This modern fabric is similar to velvet.
Other advantages of the flock include such qualities as ease of operation and subsequent maintenance, the presence of water-repellent properties, resistance to sunlight.
A quality flock has a three-layer structure that is sufficiently resistant to wear, stretching and has a large margin of safety.
If you want to sew a cover on a computer chair with your own hands, pay attention to shinill, jacquard, microfiber, teflon flock.
Having decided on the material, we prepare the necessary tools for creating a cover on the chair with your own hands:
Tools and materials that will be useful to you in the work.
Having prepared the necessary tools, the next step is to determine the design. There are several options for seat covers:
This cheerful bright patchwork cape for the chair will inspire you for a real feat with your own hands.
Chair covers in the loft style can be sewn even from faux fur.
Covers in bright colors and patina of antiquity - signs of upholstered furniture in the style of shebby chic.
Covers with ruffles and ruffles, with a floral print will decorate the interior of any room.
It would seem, with the material, tools and design were determined and the finished cover almost in our hands. But no. There remains the most important and unresolved issue, namely — taking measurements and creating patterns.How to make accurate measurements? First, you need to find out the width-length-height of the seat, backrest, cushions, armrests and curbs. You should also decide where exactly the seams will be located on the future case. In order to avoid further confusion, all measurements should be recorded.
Correctly taken measurements are the key to successful work on sewing a cover, both on a computer chair, and ordinary.
It is important to remember about the stocks of fabric, so an allowance is made for each fragment for darts and “tucks”. So for each element you can add about 15-20 cm for a fit.
The paper pattern prepared and cut out is placed on the fabric in such a way that as little waste as possible remains.
The attached patterns are attached to the fabric with pre-prepared safety pins. After that, carefully circled in pencil, while taking into account the stock allowances. Circled elements are cut and ironed.All parts of the future cape are outlined in the same way and cut out.
Pattern for the back of the chair.
For the armrests are made of two patterns, external and internal. Both fragments are joined together, pre-folding the fabric in half and marking with a pencil or chalk the seam lines of the longitudinal thread in the center. The lower edges of the fabric should overlap the intended seam of the frill by 1.3 cm.
Pattern for the armrest (the first option - with folds)
Details of the outer backrest and armrest are folded outward. Seam lines are drawn. In the place of the outer traced seam line, the inner part is connected to the outer one. The internal pattern is done with a reserve on all sides somewhere 18-20 cm. The bottom edge of the workpiece is placed on the seat.
Pattern for the armrest (the second option - for wide armrests)
Next, you need to make a part for the backrest, seat. Each piece is applied to the furniture with the help of pins.
The measurements have been taken, the scheme of the removable cape is ready. It remains the case for small — sewing a chair cover.If the need arose, the product can be adjusted using darts and folds.
All sewn basting stitching.
Finally, the cover is sewn and put on the furniture, previously cleaned with a vacuum cleaner.
The stitched case will sit in a chair like a glove. And you did it yourself.
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