Sun Lounger Cushion Cover

Above is a photograph of the new cover I made for a sun lounger. Unfortunately I didn’t have any photos of the original fabric covered cushion before the makeover. This is my mums sun lounger, the original cover was pretty much threadbare but the cushion itself was saveable.

I was in the Ikea shop when I noticed the fabric, I thought it looked like the old style beach deck chair material. It was in the sale section, only about 2 metres left on the roll. I automatically thought of my mum’s sun lounger. I bought the last 2 metres immediately because it was so cheap and I thought if she didn’t like it, then I could easily find some other project for it. However she agreed it would be ideal for her sun lounger.

To make the new cover, I took the old cover off and followed the pattern from the old cover, however I did add extra large pieces to the back of the bottom and top, so that the cushion would slip over the frame more securely so to stay in place. The original cover had a habit of slipping off the frame!

My mum is pleased with her new looking lounger. This saved her a lot of money because the cost of replacing the cushion alone would have cost about 10 times more than the price I paid for the fabric, and a new cushion wouldn’t be exactly the same size. So a great bargain in all. At the time I never found any tutorials on the internet. The nearest type of tutorial for sunlounger cushions I have just found recently is on the following website: http://www.ehow.com/how_6876495_do‐recover‐chaise‐lawn‐lounger_.html The above mentioned website doesn't cover making extra flaps that I used to ensure that the cushion stays on the frame, but it does cover the basics of how to make a sunlounger cushion cover.

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Door Organizer Mini Tutorial

Here is a photograph of a door storage / organizer I made a while back. My son at the time had a jungle themed bedroom. I would buy all kinds of material that had jungle animals on or animal prints. I saw this fabric in a store and thought it would be great in his room. I bought two metres and took it home to decide how I would utilise this. Then I came up with the idea of storage pockets, as the material already looked like pockets because of the square theme.  Below is a mini tutorial showing how I made this organizer.

1) Cut the fabric into a rectangle shape, can depend on the size of your door. Hem all sides.

2) Using remainder of fabric, cut out pockets (I matched the pockets to the animal design on square - By this, I mean, cutting out a large square with the elephant on and then placing this pocket over the elephant on the main piece of fabric.)

3) Iron/hem the pockets.

4) Sew the pockets onto the main part of fabric.

5) Cut and hem 2 loops and sew to the top of the organizer.

Once I had my sewn organizer ready, I attached two hooks to the back of the bedroom door so that the loops on the organizer could hook and attach to the door.

This was ideal to put in his toys and books. He no longer has a jungle bedroom, however even though the room has a different theme, this door organizer is still hanging up on the door as it always comes in useful for all the clutter. Fortunately, the door is kept open with the organizer against the wall so nobody really sees this, unless they go in the room and close the door behind them! This project did not take very long to do, I would say a couple of hours, if you are a quick worker then maybe quicker. The time consuming part was the ironing of the pocket hems and pinning them onto the main fabric! The sewing part was pretty quick.

A door organiser can be very useful and can also be a way to use up some of your different fabrics. You could have all the pockets in different fabrics and sizes and make it very individual.

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