Quilted Garden Chair Cushion

So we're having a spot of nice warm weather!

 

I feel we have to make the most of it and spend time in the garden.

 

We have some new garden furniture....4 chairs, a table and a parasol. The chairs are comfortable but a little on the hard side so I decided I would make some quilted chair cushions.

I wanted to use some of the lovely cotton fabrics I have in my stash so I used different fabrics on each side to make it reversible....

I used this gorgeous Amy Butler fabric for one side....

and this beautiful butterfly batik fabric for the other side...

I made the cushion by measuring the chair and making a simple quilt.

 

I found an excellent tutorial for a quilt without binding on Chrissie's lovely New York blog, made by ChrissieD, here.

 

I incorporated ties at the top and sides to secure the cushion to the chair. I used two layers of wadding for extra comfort.

 

So three more chairs to go...there's a couple of things I would do differently.......add a couple of inches to the length as the quilting shortened the cushion.....as you can see in the pics........and add a bit more wadding to the seat area....

 

But apart from that, I'm pretty pleased :)

 

It's certainly brightened up a rather grey chair!

And made it softer and more comfy to sit on!

Thanks for visiting!

 

Maggie xx