It is quite easy to make a soft chair with your own hands; you don’t have to be a master of furniture making to do this.
The bean bag chair looks nice and is easy to carry.and is easy to make. All you need is a sewing machine, special filler, beautiful fabric and, of course, the desire to make an unusual chair with your own hands. In addition, you will save a lot, since buying upholstered furniture in a store is not a cheap pleasure.
Soft chair-pear from granulated expanded polystyrene
You will need:
To stuff the bean bag chair you will need granulated polystyrene foam.
- granulated polystyrene foam - 0.25 cubic meters;
- thick fabric (for inner cover) - 3.5 m;
- fabric (for removable cover) - 3.6 m;
- sewing machine;
- 2 zippers in 40 cm;
- graph paper;
- chalk or a piece of soap;
- a plastic bottle and an adhesive tape.
The production of a soft chair begins with a sketch:It is necessary to make a drawing on a scale of 1 to 10 on squared paper, and then transfer the pattern to Whatman paper (thick film) or graph paper. If you find it difficult to come up with a model of a soft chair on your own, then you can use a ready-made pattern. It is necessary to make a pattern for the inner cover, which will be filled with polystyrene foam chips. To the pattern of a removable cover, it is necessary to add 0.5-0.7 cm for a free fit. The pattern is made without allowances for seams. For the inner cover, use a dense fabric, calico is best suited, but you can also take linen, art canvas, tarpaulin or burlap. Removable covers are sewn from upholstery, denim, velor fabric, leatherette. The main thing is that the material is not transparent, otherwise the inner cover will be visible. Approximate fabric consumption is 3.5-3.6 m with a width of 150 cm (it all depends on the size of the future chair).
Pattern of parts for a bean bag chair.For a hexagonal bean bag chair, you need to cut out 6 side pieces, 1 bottom, 1 top. Apply the pattern to the fabric, trace it with chalk or a piece of soap, add 1-1.5 cm on each side (seam allowances), cut out the pieces. Pin the side pieces together, stitch all the seams except the last one on a sewing machine. Lay out and iron the seams, give a finishing line on the front side. The last seam should be stitched only at the top and bottom (50 cm), insert a zipper into the central unstitched part. Next, fasten the main piece with the bottom and top element using pins, then stitch on a machine, turn the product inside out. The second cover is sewn in a similar way. Insert the inner cover into the middle of the removable one so that there is access to the fastener. Take a plastic bottle, cut off the top and bottom, you should get a tube. Then cut off the corner of the bag with filler, tape the plastic pipe to the cut using tape, insert it into the inner cover. Filling the bag without such a device is not an easy task, since the polystyrene granules become electrified and stick to all surrounding objects, which makes the process very difficult. Fill the cover with granules, but not completely, 1/3 of the bag should remain free - then the chair can be given any shape. Zip up. The DIY chair is ready. Return to the table of contents</a>
Soft chair made of foam rubber
You will need:
- furniture foam with a thickness of 20 cm;
- upholstery fabric;
- lightning - 8 pcs.;
- sewing machine.
Figure 1. Drawing of a foam chair.you can use furniture foam rubber. First, you need to cut out the pieces: 2 square cushions - 80x80 cm, 2 rectangles - 60x80 cm. Cut out 2 strips 80 cm long, 20 cm wide, and 2 pieces 80x30 cm. If you were unable to buy thick furniture foam rubber, no problem, replace it with thinner one. Cut out several pieces and glue them together using PVA glue. Cut out the covers according to the same measurements. The drawing in Figure 1 (side view) will help you understand the design of the chair and connect all the elements in the correct order. When sewing the covers, do not forget to insert a connecting tape into the side of each (1 tape connects 2 covers), which will hold the entire structure together. The connecting tape should be at least 1 cm wide, it is important that the chair parts can be folded and unfolded freely. Too narrow a joint will not allow the pillows to lie tightly, they will stick out. Zippers are sewn in towards each other so that the runners meet in the center. First, covers are sewn for all the pillows, only after that the foam rubber is inserted. Guided by this example, you can change the design at your own discretion. For example, add armrests, make several sections and connect them into a simple or corner sofa. Fantasize, create, bring to life bold ideas - then you can decorate your home with original things made with your own hands.
