Window Seat Cheat

My window seat cushion had seen better days.  I don't know about you but I seem to get the most done when I'm under the gun!

So, two days before our neighborhood girl's night out I decided it had to be done.  I really love how it turned out.   

I bought 6 yards of fabric for about $25 at fabricguru.com

Making cushions is an art, difficult to master (I still have not).
 I'll admit not one of my favorite things to do. 
   I was rushing so I got a bit of puckering.
 tsk tsk

that's ok...

I don't mind making rectangular cushions with a zipper and all, but these trapezoids are murder to me.  

I like to do my cushion this way now

Step 1:  First cut plywood the shape of your seat or bench.

Step 2:  Add foam on top (mine is 3")

Step 3:  Add some batting on top of that and staple it onto the plywood

To measure and cut the top piece of fabric....
Step 4:  Put the seat on top of your fabric and trace it all the way around with the good side of your fabric facing up. 

Step 5:  Cut your fabric a 1/2" larger than your traced line

Step 5:  Make your cord (there are lots of tutorials out there)

Step 6:  Sew your cord to your cushion top

Now you need to add the side pieces...First I cut 2 10" strips to be used for the boxed sides and sewed them together to get one really long piece that would wrap all the way around the sides.

Step 7:  Sew the boxed piece for the sides to your top piece with the cord attached

Step 8:  Put your cushion on and staple the whole thing onto the plywood bottom
Step 9:  Forget about any little puckers or imperfections and grab a book!

 You can see the previous cover had buttons.
 Oh bother, I didn't remove the strings.

I may add some buttons like these

ooh that would be fun!

For today, I think we'll just sit back and enjoy a good book...

Hmmmm...very interesting indeed!


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