Furniture covers ennoble the interior, making chairs, armchairs and sofas more comfortable and beautiful. By using covers made from fabrics that match the color of the rest of your furniture, you can maintain the overall style of your home. In addition, chair covers protect them from external influences, increase the service life of chairs, and make them more durable. At any time, you can wash the cover and put it back on the chair.
Instructions
Step 1
Sewing a chair cover is easy - start by taking your measurements. Measure the width of the back of the chair along the front with a centimeter, then measure the width of the seat, the distance from the floor to the top edge of the seat, the distance from the front edge of the chair to the rear edge, and also measure the width of the future insert into the cover - this is the width of the edge of the back of the chair.
Step 2
Throw any thin fabric over the chair and pin it up - the pattern created in this way will repeat all the curves and contours of the chair, unlike a paper pattern. Place the shared thread of the fabric vertically on the back.
Step 3
Pull the front of the chair tightly and trim off the excess fabric, leaving 2-3 cm seam allowances. If the chair has bulging fragments, form dart folds in the fabric and pin them.
Step 4
Determine the length of the fabric hanging from the chair seat, taking into account the width of the front and sides of the seat. The seams of the "skirt" should be at the corners of the back legs of the chair. Connect the hanging part of the future cover with pins to the seat, and then cut out the end inserts from the same thin fabric if the back of the chair is thick and voluminous enough.
Step 5
Measure back thickness and add 2-3 cm for seams. Tighten the fabric inserts from bottom to top. Pin the inserts to the back of the chair and the hanging "skirt".
Step 6
Now, using another fabric piece, make a pattern for the back of the cover, throwing the fabric over the back of the chair. The back of the cover should start at the upper edge of the backrest and end at the floor, at the level of the "hem" of the hanging part.
Step 7
Correct any wrinkles, trim off any excess, and remove the pins. You have received a ready-made fabric pattern for the cover, which you have already tried on to the shape of the chair, and thus avoided various inaccuracies and cut defects.
Step 8
Pin the details of the pattern to the fabric chosen for the chair cover, circle with a chalk and cut out. Sew the resulting parts together on a typewriter and, if desired, decorate with braid, tassels and frills.
