How to make an ottoman bag with your own hands?
Furniture - part of the design of any room. Puffs are a type of upholstered furniture, which is suitable for a children's room, a living room, for public places and a summer residence. The choice of the buyer in the shops provided a wide range of different sizes, fabrics and colors. Manufacturers usually overestimate the cost of goods, given the delivery - the price goes impressive.
You may not like the colors, or the shape of the goods. Any economical hostess would prefer to save an extra few thousand. We recommend trying to make an ottoman bag, the process of making their own hands takes little time. This article details the stages of manufacturing.
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Types of puffs
Most people are accustomed to consider the ottoman soft beskarkasnym chair. Such furniture is not only soft, there are a variety of models:
- solid padded stool;
- with removable lid, suitable for storage;
- with hard case as a coffee table.
Any option under the force to perform independently, the simplest is to sew a frameless bag with your own hands. Decide what you need an ottoman for.
Children's room is a place for fun and active games. In the nursery, it is advisable to choose a durable material of non-marking tones that can withstand daily trials of children's fun. Children will love models in the form of animals or a ball. Bear, fox, hare - will become a place for games and a favorite soft toy.
For the living room is to show imagination, depending on the overall style of the apartment. Scandinavian, Provence, Chebbi chic, glamor - for each style requires certain accessories. Scandinavian style welcomes simplicity, geometry, light colors. Provence - flower colors. Shabby chic is a careless old man, things embroidered on their own. Fur, leather - for a glamor luxury style.
There is no certain style - pick up the coloring, combined with furniture, wallpaper.
Additional space is required at the reception of guests - choose a comfortable frameless chair. Those who like to drink a cup of tea, coffee on the couch, fit a stiff ottoman - it will replace the coffee table.
For a bathroom or for use near the cosmetic table should choose a frame pouf of a certain height. Morning procedures will be more convenient.
At the cottage is to choose a canvas fabric. The canvas is well cleaned of any kind of dirt - traces of food contamination, soil or sand. This type of chair can be used at home and on the street.
Preparation for the process
The first stage is completed - we decided on the purpose of the padded stool in the form of a bag. Now it is necessary to decide on the form, material.
The standard form of the pouf is a pear, a wide base and back. The pear is convenient for the resting person.An ordinary chair after that will seem like a tough bench.
Children will love the variants of a sewn ottoman in the form of a favorite character or toy, a puffy puzzle. Child seat is made of hypoallergenic materials.
It is necessary to take into account the quality of the material when sewing the outer cover - the fabric needs to be strong, for a long service life of the chair. The inner case is preferably sewn from a dense synthetic fabric.
Sew a variety of options - in the summer it is more pleasant to use natural materials like cotton. In the autumn-winter period, velvet and fur will add comfort to the interior.
Next, we make the patterns of the product. Count the approximate number of meters of fabric. We buy materials in the store or make an order via the Internet.
You will need a filler - polystyrene balls, fittings - locks, buttons. Balls for stuffing should be chosen carefully, they should not produce a nasty creak during operation. When buying does not hurt to ask the suppliers about the availability of a certificate for the balls.
We prepare the necessary tools:
- sewing machine;
- scissors;
- high strength threads;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- zipper;
- needles;
- pattern paper.
When collected all the necessary, proceed to tailoring the bag.
Step-by-step instruction
For experienced people will not be difficult to make a pattern. Faced this process for the first time - ask for help on the Internet, sites with step-by-step examples of compiling freely available.
We adhere to the following order:
- draw up a paper pattern, cut out the fabric in accordance with it;
- You can take an old cloth to create the inner cover, it will save the budget;
- sew two parts of parts on a typewriter. Be sure to process the edges of the outer cover;
- sew lightning on the covers;
- sew the remaining parts when the inner cover is ready, fill it with balls. The cover must be stuffed evenly and tightly, remember, the balls in the process of use will shrink;
- we put the covers on each other, check that the outer one is tight and stretches in the shape of a pouf.
The most simple scheme of ottoman
Want to save time and family budget, make a bean bag of four parts.
- We make paper blanks in the form of a circle - 2 pcs.
- Cut two paper rectangles that match the length of the circle.
- On the paper pattern we cut out the details of the fabric.
- Sew zipper. Lightning is needed to replace or add filler balls.
- Sew parts with a machine.
- We fill the product with balls or any suitable means at hand.
Bean bag ready for use as intended.You can sew a bag with your own hands in the form of a cube - its production is simple, you need to cut six parts and sew. The wedge case is also made easy; it’s enough to determine the number of parts - 6 or 8. The colored parts are an interesting solution that children will like.
Stage decoration
Handmade welcomes a variety of decor options. Absolutely everything is used - ribbons, decorative pebbles, beads, lace. Needlewomen can turn a boring boring thing into a real work of art. The main condition is the desire to decorate the house.
To upgrade the old bag-chair will require imagination, free time, patience. The options are mass, they are easily applied in practice.
Children's ottoman is decorated with applications. Turn an ordinary bag into a little man by sewing additional details.
Decorate the case with fabric and felt roses - a stylish and gentle option. It will fit into the interior of the living room and children's room. We will need:
- the preparation of flowers, different in size;
- glue gun;
- patience.
The decoration process is simple - we twist the roses, glue the base of the flower with hot glue, alternate around the perimeter of the bag large and small flowers. The process of making flowers from felt is identical to the process of fabric. Instead of roses, make any flowers - daisies, tulips, dahlias.
Decor - the final stage of making a unique chair. You have achieved the desired - saved the budget and purchased an individual thing. The operation process will show that the efforts were not in vain - you and your friends will be delighted.
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