If your kitchen chair needs a fresh look, it helps to know how to make kitchen chair seat covers. A new seat cover is a great, economical way to give a kitchen chair an update. You can add a seat cover to your kitchen chair whether or not the chair has a cushioned, fabric-covered seat. You can also make simple cushions that tie into place. Cushion or not, you'll need to consider a few things before you get started making them. First, it's important to consider the shape of the chair seat. The shape of the seat will determine not only the amount of fabric you'll need, but also what patterns in fabric you will want to look at and how you will make the seat. Also consider what type of fabric you'll want. A material that is machine washable is ideal, especially if you have children. Home decorating fabric, chintz, canvas, denim and other medium- or heavy-weight fabrics are good choices. Also consider what color and/or pattern you want in your fabric. When you peruse the fabric store, think about whether you want your chair covers to blend with the rest of your kitchen or provide a color pop.
If your chair seat is round, it will be easier to fashion a tie-on seat cover than it will be to actually reupholster the chair seat. No matter what geometric shape your chair's seat is in, you will first need to make a pattern of that shape. Include the width and the depth of your chair seat, and add about a half-inch for the seam allowance; add another inch if you plan to make cushioned seats. If you are making a simple cover (with no cushion), cut the fabric to the size needed, and also cut fabric to be the liner on the bottom of the seat cover. If you want a skirt to hang on three sides of the chair (or all four sides if the back skirt can fit through the chair's back), cut about six inches of top fabric and liner fabric for that. Sew the pieces together, then put together ties to hold the cover in place. To get your cushion, sew three sides of the cushion together, then add batting as desired, finally sewing shut the last side. For a finished look, you can add piping to the sides.
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Trace three inches out from edge of cushion around entire frame using temporary fabric pen. Attach lining to frame using staple gun. Begin by stapling lining to frame at center point of each side, and then at each corner, pulling fabric tautly around frame. After sides and corners are stapled in place, continue securing lining to frame by working from center point to corner. Trim excess fabric along outer edge of staple line. Place lined seat frame face down on fabric. Tip: If using a patterned fabric, appropriately position the design on the seat cushion. Attach fabric to frame using staple gun. Begin by stapling fabric to frame at the center point of each side, and then at each corner, pulling fabric tautly around frame. After sides and corners are stapled in place, continue securing fabric to frame by working from center point to each corner. Pull fabric snuggly around curved corners to eliminate tucks on top side of cushion. After seat cushion is covered with new fabric, reattach to chair frame using original hardware.
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Edmund Smoke Grey Wood Dining Bench Cosmopolitan 7-Piece Natural Dining SetAn antimacassar is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric. The name is attributable to macassar oil, an unguent for the hair commonly used in the early 19th century. The fashion for oiled hair became so widespread in the Victorian and the Edwardian period that housewives began to cover the arms and backs of their chairs with washable crochet chair set cloths to preserve the fabric coverings from being soiled. Around 1850, these started to be known as antimacassars. All Doily & Thread Crochet Pattern Categories They came to have elaborate patterns, often in matching crochet chair sets for the various items of parlor furniture; many were made at home using a variety of techniques such as crochet or tatting. The original antimacassars were usually made of stiff white crochet-work, but in the third quarter of the 19th century they became simpler and softer, usually fabric embroidered with a simple pattern in wool or silk.