You can quickly change the look of your outdoor furniture by just making new cushions. This is not only inexpensive to do but will also change the look of your outdoor furniture. This can change the whole appearance of your outdoor seating area, and save you money at the same time. You can choose many different patterns for your cushion designs, and they are easy to make, if you can sew even a little you can make cushions for your patio furniture. Sewing these cushions are easy straight lines and an easy project for people. Basically sewing cushions is similar to sewing pillows.

Choose the right type of fabric

You will want to get the right type of fabric for your patio cushions. Silk or nylon are not good options for outdoor usage, as the sun and rain will destroy and deteriorate the fabric quickly. Awning fabric is made especially last longer outside and is idea for cushions. Acrylic fabric is another great choice it will be easy to clean and is durable. Once you choose your durable fabric, then you will want to treat it with scotchgard so that it resist water and sun damage. This is something that will need to be reapplied yearly for best results.

Measure the Size for the Cushions

Measure your furniture for the size of the cushions before buying anything. You will need to know exactly how much material and foam cushions you will need before you head to the store.

Mostly 2 inches of thickness for the foam cushion is enough, you can then protect your foam cushion, you can have these cut to size if you don’t want to cut them yourself. You may want to place plastic around the cushion before covering them with fabric. Cheap garbage bags will work for this purpose. This just protects the foam from being outside.

After your have your foam cushions cut and sized you then can determine how much material that you will need for the foam cushion covering. Sewing this will be similar to making a pillow, easy stitches along the sides. You can add a zipper if you want to so that you can remove the cover and wash it. Or you can make Velcro closures on the back of the cushions that you sew on and will make it easy for it to be removed to be washed when needed.

Sewing the Outdoor Patio Seat Cushions:

After you have everything together you will be able to sew the cushions. Place the foam cushion on the back of the fabric and trace around it, leaving extra for seam allowance on the sides. For a basic seat cover you should have a top, bottom and 4 side pieces that will make up your cushion. Sew together using the wrong side of the fabric, the top and side pieces, and then once that is complete you will sew on the bottom part of the cushion, leaving an opening so that it will cover the foam cushion. Where you have your opening, you will want to sew in either a zipper so that you can close it after it’s on, or the easiest way would be to sew on Velcro closures.

If you have ever made a cover for your pillows, this is just as easy. While you will have to use more durable fabrics, most sewing machines can easily sew through these fabrics with different needles.

It can be cost saving solution making your own patio seat cushions. It will change the look of your furniture and the whole look and feel of the patio itself. You will find yourself entertaining more outside with the new look of your old furniture.

Learn how to transform your Back yard Patio into a special place for your family and friends. This can be achieved with outdoor furniture cushions which will change the whole appearance of your patio space.