Upholstered furniture is the basis for creating a cozy atmosphere in any home. But whatever care was implemented for upholstered furniture, including chairs, sooner or later, subject to wear padding. And absolutely any owner wants, as long as possible to prolong the life of your favorite furniture.
This is why there is an indispensable accessory, such as furniture cape.
Content
- 1 Why do we need new furniture cover?
- 2 Where to get a cover for seats?
- 3 Preparing for sewing slipcovers
- 4 choose material
- 5 Required tools
- 6 The choice of design
- 7 Create patterns
- 8 Tailoring the cover on a chair or sofa
- 9 VIDEO: Universal covers for chairs.
- 10 Covers for seats - 50 photo-ideas:
Why do we need new furniture cover?
Shroud acts as a protective barrier when faced with pollution of various kinds. In particular, if the house is "hosted" the children or have pets.
As mentioned above, the main function of the furniture, "clothing" or blankets on the sofa is to protect.
Another important and integral feature - this interior design.
With the help of removable furniture covers can each time to update your home decor.
Where to get a cover for seats?
Acquire such miracle protection can order the product in the studio, or on the textile market to buy the finished product.
But there is another way - a sew cover on the chair with his hands.
Reasons for the third method is quite good:
- Independent selection of the material (color and texture);
- Suitable size removable covers;
- Chosen design that meets the requirements.
Preparing for sewing slipcovers
Work on the furniture, "clothing" with his own hands requires some training, which consists of several steps:
- The choice of material;
- Preparation tools;
- design choices;
- Creating patterns;
- Sewing bag.
Before starting work, you need to select the type of future products.
choose material
The modern market is quite diverse in the selection of textile products. And even the most capricious mistress able to find something to their liking.
Bright covers for the chairs are a great accent color.
And in order to make furniture cape to the sofa or chair cover on the computer, the following alternatives would be optimal.
- Velours.
The material is sufficiently soft, with a velvety texture. However, unlike velvet is more budget for this. Due to the varied arrangement of the pile, it differently tease, stack and smooth.
Velor type of manufacture may be smooth, embossed, molded.
Cloth unpretentious in care. It possesses anti-allergenic properties. Material of this type of wear-resistant, and stains can be removed fairly easily.
Fabric for the future capes should be selected in accordance with the existing interior style.
- Cotton.
It has an important quality - naturalness. Whereby the web refers to "breathing" category and clean fabrics.
Since cotton is supple to the color of a substance obtained covers bright.
Material is short-lived, due to the absence in the composition of the artificial fibers. Also, after washing the fabric of cotton shrinks.
The main criterion for selection of capes for children's furniture is environmentally friendly and hypoallergenic fabric.
- Flock.
Soft, gentle, but at the same time is quite durable material, it allows you to become a worthy option for covers on the seats. Material is not deformed, and thus, even when a long operation of the veil of this fabric is able to preserve its original appearance.
This advanced fabric is an analogue of velvet.
Also, the merits of flock include such qualities as ease of operation and the subsequent maintenance, the presence of water-repellent properties, and resistance to sunlight.
Qualitative floc has a three-layer structure which is sufficiently resistant to wear, stretchable and has a large margin of safety.
If you want to sew a cover on the computer chair with your hands, pay attention to shinill, jacquard, microfiber, Teflon flock.
Required tools
Having defined the material, prepare the necessary tools to create a cover on a chair with his hands:
- Scissors;
- Pencil;
- Sewing machine;
- Needle;
- Measuring tape;
- A vacuum cleaner;
- pins;
- Paper patterns;
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Lightning.
Tools and materials that are useful to you in your work.
The choice of design
Preparing the necessary tools, the next step is to determine the design. There are several variants of covers for chairs:
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Cape patchwork;
This fun colorful patchwork cape for chairs inspire you to a real feat with his own hands.
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Case in the loft;
Covers on chairs in a loft style can make even faux fur.
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Case in style Shabby-chic;
Covers in bright colors and a touch of antiquity - the signs of upholstered furniture in the style of Shabby Chic.
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Cover with ruffles and delicate prints.
Cases with ruffles and frills, with floral prints decorate the interior of any room.
Create patterns
It would seem that with the materials, tools and design were determined and ready to cover almost in our hands. And no. It remained the most important and unresolved issue, namely, — removal of measures and the creation of patterns. How to make accurate measurements? First, you need to find out the length-width-height seats, backrests, cushions, armrests and borders. You should also decide where it will be located in the future, cover the seams. In order to avoid confusion in the future, all measurements should be recorded.
Properly taken measurements are the key to successful work on tailoring the cover, as computer chair, and ordinary.
It is important to remember tissue reserves, so each piece is made allowance for darts and "zaschipok". Since each element can be added for about 15-20 cm to fit.
Prepared and cut paper patterns located on the fabric so as to leave as little waste.
Attached patterns are attached to the fabric pre-prepared safety pin. Then neatly encircled pencil, consideration being given to the supply of allowances. The circled elements excised and utyuzhat. All parts of the future contours of the cloak in the same way and cut.
Plans for the backrest.
For the armrests are made of two patterns, external and internal. Both fragments are joined together previously fabric folded in half and noting a pencil or a chalk line welds longitudinal filaments in the middle. The lower edges of the fabric should cover the intended seam ruffles at 1.3 cm.
Pattern for the armrest (first embodiment - with folds)
Details of the backrest and armrest outer edges folded outward. seam lines are drawn. In place of the outer seam lines traced the inner part is connected to the outside. Internal pattern made with a margin on all sides somewhere 18-20 cm. The lower edge of the workpiece is placed on the seat.
Pattern for the armrest (second option - for wide armrests)
Next, you must make the item to the back, seat. Each piece is applied to the furniture by means of pins.
Tailoring the cover on a chair or sofa
Measurements taken, detachable capes circuit ready. It remains the case for small — embroidered cover on the chair. If you need to, you can adjust the product with the help of darts and pleats.
Stitched all basting stitch.
Finally, the cover is sewn and worn furniture, pre-cleaned with a vacuum cleaner.
Stitched cover will sit on a chair, like a glove. And all this you have done with their own hands.
VIDEO: Universal covers for chairs.
Covers for seats - 50 photo-ideas:
