Do you know it’s Nationwide Stitching Month? To have a good time this, JoAnn Materials has chosen 30 bloggers to create a venture utilizing quilting cloth with out making an precise quilt. I made a decision to make an ottoman cowl. As you already know, I’m extra about no-sew in terms of making ornamental gadgets for my dwelling, however I can sew a straight line on my 1957 Singer stitching machine.
I exploit quilting cloth fairly a bit in my adorning initiatives as a result of it is available in so many colours and patterns and is tremendous inexpensive when in comparison with utilizing decorator cloth. I coated the seat of my workplace chair with it, made a reversible headboard cowl, and a no-sew window remedy.
For this problem, I went out of my consolation zone. I made this colourful slipcover with piping for a spherical thrift retailer wicker ottoman I purchased to switch one I used to maintain by my desk.
I favored the form and dimension, however not the colour of the ottoman.
I can’t determine on a shade to color it but, so by making a material slipcover for it utilizing pink to coordinate with the inexperienced materials already within the room, I can see how the colour appears to be like earlier than completely altering it with paint.
I saved the slipcover lengthy so it resembles a pouf model ottoman, however I could take the hem as much as present the legs. Selections, choices…
The way to Make a Slipcover for a Spherical Ottoman
provides wanted:
- Quilting cloth
- Light-weight Fusible Interfacing
- Iron
- Thread
- Twine for piping
- Straight pins
- Chalk
- Scissors
1. Lay cloth face down on work floor. Heart prime of ottoman on cloth and hint round it with chalk.
2. Take away ottoman and draw one other line 2-inches away from the traced define. This would be the extra cloth you want for seam allowance.
3. Reduce cloth for skirt and a bias strip to cowl wire for piping. To measure for skirt: Measure peak of ottoman and circumference. Add 2-inches to every measurement for seam allowance.
4. To make a steady bias strip for piping will not be exhausting, however is a submit all by itself. When you have by no means created it to cowl wire and need to learn the way, take a look at Kristi’s tutorial over at Addicted 2 Adorning on tips on how to make a steady bias strip.
5. To provide the quilting cloth extra physique so it falls nicely, I ironed on .99 cents a yard light-weight fusible interfacing to the again of the highest and skirt items of material. It isn’t wanted for the piping.
You may see how the fusible interfacing provides the material a lift in physique – delicate folds as an alternative of a limp trying fold.
6. Place the mistaken aspect of skirt cloth to piping. Use a zipper foot to stitch the piping to the skirt cloth.
7. As soon as the 2 items are sewn, notch the seam allowance with scissors. Don’t lower to the piping, however simply sufficient in order that while you sew this to the spherical prime the piping/skirt will curve simpler as you sew.
8. Notch the sting of the spherical piece of material for the highest additionally to assist curve the material as you pin and stitch the duvet collectively.
9. Place the material prime proper aspect down on the highest of the ottoman, then begin becoming and pinning the skirt/piping piece to the highest. Each materials needs to be proper aspect down as you do that. As you pin – match the skirt to the ottoman. After you have pinned on the skirt -check that the material is laying flat and there are not any bunched up areas.
10. Take away it from the ottoman – it’s going to appear like this. Take it to your stitching machine and stitch the items collectively utilizing a zipper foot.
11. As soon as sewn, press seams open with iron.
12. For hemming, I used fusible internet to make a no present stitch-free hem.
I like how the pink coordinates with the inexperienced and white which might be already within the room. It provides a pleasant pop of shade to the empty area within the entrance of my desk.
Do you want to stitch or need to problem your self to make one thing with cloth?
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I used to be despatched a present card to JoAnn Materials to purchase the material I wanted for my venture, nevertheless all opinions, tutorial and concepts are my very own.
