Senin, 08 Februari 2016

Contemporary Elegant Daybed Covers

 Contemporary Elegant Daybed Coversn - We will show you how to build a French Mattress Style Cushion. This is one of the easiest types of cushions to sew, it does not have a zipper or Velcro opening, but is simply sewn shut. The mattress style seams give it a great look without the work of installing a piping. Let’s get started as we show you every step in how to make your own using supplies from Sailrite. To get started we first need to do some patterning on our decorative fabric. Cushions have a top and bottom plate and boxing on the sides. The first is for a cushion filled with Fiberfill. A little later on we will give guidelines for patterning for a cushion filled with a sheet of foam. First let’s discuss the requirements for a French Mattress Style Cushion filled with fiber. Determine the size of the cushion you want and the thickness. The cut top and bottom plate needs to be 1 ¾” larger than the desired finished size of your cushion. See our example in yellow here. Angela is marking the fabric to size here with a soapstone pencil and a straight edge ruler. We are using a Sunbrella Upholstery or Furniture Fabric which is the world’s best outdoor fabric. Why? That will be discussed a little later on in the video. When marking the along the width of this fabric the location of the stripes must be taken into consideration for the second plate panel.


Daybed Covers At Sears, Here is where the first plate started and that’s also the location where we want the second plate to start. Here along the same line, so the repeat is the same between top plate and bottom plate. If you have done it correctly the end point of this second plate should fall on the same strip as the end point of the first plate we made. Next we need to mark for the boxing in both width and length. To calculate the width of the boxing we need to add 1 ¾ inch to the desired finished width of boxing that you want. This extra amount will account for the mattress style seams. For our cushion we want it to finish at about 5 1/2 inches in thickness. So we will add 1 ¾ inch to that figure making our cut width 7 ¼ inches. We also want the stripes to line up so we will position the boxing right above the two plates we just traced out on the fabric. The length of the boxing should match the plate’s length on each side. Our cushion is a square so all 4 sides are the same length. Obviously the boxing on the side of the cushion will not line up with the top and bottom plate stripes. We are cutting our Sunbrella fabric out with the Sailrite Edge Hot Knife. This seals the edge of the synthetic fabric preventing the unraveling of the fabric. We are cutting on top of a metal ruler to prevent damage to the table top below the hot knife. Our two plates and 4 boxing strips are now cut to size and ready for sewing. We have now covered patterning for a cushion filled with fiberfill let’s move on and touch on how to pattern for a French Mattress style cushion filled with a sheet of foam. To cut plates for this simply add ¾ inch on all sides. To cut the boxing to width use the foam thickness and add 1 inch then add between ¼” to ¾” for seam allowance. This will result in a cover that compresses the foam slightly making it look great! The length of the boxing should equal the sides of the plates.

If you’re making a cushion using a sheet of foam skip this chapter. Since this cushion will be filled with a Polyester Fiberfill we want to make a pillow insert which will house the fiberfill. Daybed Covers Walmart To make this we will use Spun Bonded Pillow Protector fabric. This fabric is inexpensive, breathable, water repellent and soft. Fold the Spun Bonded fabric in half then fold it over one more time to a width slightly larger than the width of the boxing. Then trace around a plate and a boxing strip. As you can see we will get two plates and 4 boxing strips all at once when we cut it out. These plates and boxing strips for the pillow insert to do not need to be extremely accurate in size, since they just used to house the fiberfill. No reason to use a hot knife on this Spun Bonded fabric as it does not unravel. We now have all the plates and boxing strips cut for our cushion in both the decorative fabric and the Spun Bonded Pillow Protector Fabric. It is always a good idea to lay the fabric panels out in an organized fashion before sewing. This reduces the chance of mistakes experientially. No matter if you are making a cushion filled with fiberfill, as we are, or a sheet of foam the construction is the same for both. Strat with the boxing and lay the corresponding boxing strip onto of the opposite leg so outside surfaces are facing each other. Then sew the two strips together along the short end with a straight stitch about 3/8 inch inside the raw edges of the fabric. Be sure to do some reverse stitching at the beginning and end of your stitch to lock the stitch in place. Take the assembly over to the where the panels are laid out and grab the corresponding boxing strip and repeat the process. Always go back to the panels as they lay on the table and check to be sure strips are running the correct direction and also that they will line up to the plates, along the two sides that is, as it is impossible for them to line up along the other two sides.

Once all 4 boxing strips are sewn together, Daybed Covers Pottery Barn it is time to join them together to form a complete chain. Be sure the outside surfaces are facing each other and sew along the end that completes the chain. We will not show sewing that. Now take the boxing assembly over and line it up with one of the plates so the strips are all even. Flip the boxing over so outside surfaces are facing each other and the edges are even. We will start sewing near the center position on this side. We will use a straight stitch set at about 6mm in length and sew about 3/8” from the edge of the fabric. Be sure to line up the strips and the edge carefully as you sew. Notice that when Angela gets to a corner she will bury her needle to the thickest part of the shaft and the lift the presser foot rotate the fabric on the corner and then lower the foot and continue to sew down the next leg. Because this side does not have stripes that match the plate we can’t use them line up the boxing to the plate. So, she will ensure that the opposite corner will line up with the plate’s corner. This is not extremely critical for small cushions, but for larger cushions this is a very important step in keeping the boxing and plate’s edge length the same while sewing. Continue sewing around all sides until you reach your starting stitch and do some reversing there. We will not be showing that. Now that the boxing is joined to one plate we simply need to sew that assembly to the last plate. To do this line up the plate so the strips will match on the two sides they matched for the other plate. Be sure outside surfaces are facing each other. It is easier to sew this assembly with the boxing on top and the plate on the bottom. We will not actually start sewing near the center of this boxing, but instead will move about 2 to 3 inches away from the corner. Why? Because we want to leave one side open for the later insertion of the cushion insert or foam. Now just sew around securing the boxing to the last plate, just as you did earlier. As we discussed, here on this side the stirpes cannot be matched up so check to be sure the corner will match up before sewing this side, on larger cushions this is very important, on small ones like this it is not.

We have skipped ahead here and are coming to the last side again. We want to just go around this corner and then stop sewing about 3 inches from the corner or away from the corner. This leaves an opening for the insertion of the foam or insert in a later step. Daybed Covers For Twin Bed It is important to do some revering here to lock the stitch in place and also keeps the stitch from coming apart when the insert or foam is pushed inside the cover. Turn the cover right side out. Next we will sew the “mattress” style stitch along all sides and even at the corners of the cushion cover. To do this fold the fabric out flat along each seam and try to position the seam at the extreme center edge of the folded assembly, as shown in the video. Then position the assembly so the stitch starts about a half inch away from the side’s corner and about 3/8 inch away from the folded edge. To keep the first seam centered correctly, sew a few inches then bury the needle make adjustments to the assembly and repeat. When you reach the next corner, stop about a half inch away and do some reversing. To move onto the next edge we will not even cut the trailing threads. We will simply remove the needle from the fabric, lift the foot, reposition the assembly just as we did earlier and sew onto the next corner. As you watch to see how Angela does this lets discuss the merits of using a Sunbrella Upholstery or Furniture Fabric for outdoor or indoor cushions. Sunbrella is the world’s best upholstery fabric because it is 100% solution dyed Acrylic, the colors stay bright and vibrant even if the fabric is left outdoors in the sun continually. It is also very water and stain resistant. Other brands of decorative fabrics are also available at Sailrite some are specifically made for indoor only climates others are considered an occasional outdoor fabric. If you have questions about the type of fabrics that we offer give us a call at Sailrite. This plate and boxing is now finished with the mattress style seam. Now we will move onto the opposite plate and boxing side. When sewing this do not finish or sew the side that is left open for the insertion of the foam or pillow insert. It will be sewn shut in a later step. Let’s move on and show sewing one of the corner edges of the boxing. Same procedure.

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