Chaise Cushion

The other day I showed you our chaise. That I absolutely love.

And today I will show you the cushion I made for it! A little back story for those of you that are new here (Thank you following!), I do not sew. Well, I've sewn a few pillows and a couple of capes for the boys, but other than that nothing. I know nothing. BUT, I have a BFF that sews and she walked me through it more than once.

I have to tell you, I was freaking. I was so nervous. Like a girl on the first day of college. Or when you take the ACT or SAT. That nervous. Freaking out. Seriously. Freaking.

I looked everywhere for outdoor fabric that I loved and was not seventeen dollars a yard. And found nothing. So I ended up getting a red ticking fabric. And, we just have to remember to bring it in at night, and in the rain. It's not like we have a pool that we will actually be lounging by, so I wasn't worried about it getting wet while we use it.

I picked up 3 24x41 sheets of foam at JoAnn's. They cut it for me and I used my 40 percent off coupon (thank goodness!) And it came to 66 bucks. Then I got 9 yards of ticking fabric. (I didn't need 9 yards, but it was on sale and I have lots of projects!) I probably used 4 yards. That was 54 bucks. So I probably used 20 in fabric.

I won't terrify you with the steps I used to sew, but I learned that the tighter it was the better. Loose on these cushions would not look that great and two, pinning the fabric together rocked! It made it so much easier.  The stripes actually helped me sew and I was impressed that I sewed sides on it.

I did an envelope back so that the cushions can come out and I can wash the cover. Easy.

Are you ready? Okay. Here it is.

It's not perfect, but I love it. LOVE IT! In fact, I've been sitting on it every.single.day since I finished it.

And, Tiny G loves it too. He was sick this week (with a 103 temp!) and he hung out on it in his skivvies.

I will do more sewing. In fact, I can't wait to get started on other projects! Yeah! Nerves are settled. And I'd say I aced those ACT's and SAT's.

I wish I would have done this well with my shorts in 7th grade Home Ec.

We finished the Chaise!

Who hasn't been eying this double chaise in PB?

Cute, right?! So, I HAD to make it. And it needed to be done by this weekend. It just had to be because we had a gazillion people coming and we NEEDED it.

Fortunately Ana at Knock Off Wood just made the plans for it! Hurray. We gathered our materials and in no time it was being built. No time, I tell you. I think all of the wood and screws cost us around $140.

This is the third thing we've made from her site. Some things have been modified, some things have needed to be changed, but for the most part everything is pretty straightforward and relatively easy if you have the right tools.

T cut the boards and I was supposed to stain them before we put them together, but unfortunately I didn't get to that and I had to stain it after it was put together. (I don't recommend this!)


So here's some progress:

We used our Kreg Jig to drill holes and hide the screws to put the frame together and to put the legs on. Love that thing!

There it is all put together!

Now. I was going to buy the PB double chaise cushion that was on sale, but, it is a tish too big for these plans, so I had to go and get some 2" foam from JoAnn's. Fortunately I used a coupon and got three 24 x 41 inch foam pieces for $63. Which is a fantastic price.

I spent a great deal of time stessing over how to make the cushion covers. Remember, I don't sew, but BFF walked me through it and I currently have one cushion done. I will show you the finished product later this week. I had some serious anxiety over this and I'm happy to say things turned out pretty well! I may even try my hand at something else!

Here's the chaise with the stain on it. Two coats of Cordovan Weathertight stain (the same stuff that's on our stairs).

I love it. LOVE IT. Every time we build something, we learn a little bit more about what we need to do differently and each piece seems to be getting better as we go.....oh, and we didn't argue once during building this! That's a feat in and of itself!


Stay tuned for the dramatic cushion reveal.