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Free Patterns - Chair & Sofa Covers & Cushions
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Sewing Quick Tip:
Don't Match Plaids:
If you have some wonderful plaid fabric and you do not feel like going through the work of matching the design at the seams, try turning some of your pattern pieces on the bias (the diagonal).
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Sewing Quick Tip:
When sewing lightweight fabrics, don’t backstitch to secure the thread ends, which can cause your fabric to pucker. Instead, as you near the edge of your fabric, switch to a very fine stitch, then continue stitching to the end of your fabric.
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32 of the best free Chair & Sofa Covers & Cushion Patterns and Tutorials on the web
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Note: An asterisk (*) next to a project indicates that it's a PDF file.
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be for outdoor furniture, to use an outdoor fabric for increased durability (or you can simply be
prudent about bringing the covers inside in inclement weather).
And also remember that if you want to be able to launder your finished covers, to preshrink your
fabric first (in the same water and dryer temperature in which you plan to launder your finished
covers) so that after laundering, they'll still fit.
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*Patterns marked with an asterisk (*) indicate a PDF file.
Sew chair & sofa covers & cushions with
this collection of over thirty cover and
cushion patterns & tutorials gathered from
all over the web.
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life to an old chair or sofa.
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your dining room chair backs can add an
additional festive touch to a holiday table
setting.
Sew up a set of custom chair cushions to
make a set of hard patio chairs more
comfortable (or simply because you'd like
to dress them up with a colorful fabric).
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