The production of which has a number of technological differences. The question arises: is it necessary to pay a lot of money for ready product if you can do something similar with my own hands?
We will tell you about the process of making upholstered chairs, provide drawings, photographs and videos that will allow you to successfully complete the task. You will also find a list necessary materials and tools.
First of all, you need to decide on the upholstery material. There are significant differences in both the cost of upholstery and its physical properties. Let's look at the most popular options:
- Velours. Velvety and fleecy fabric. Externally it resembles faux fur.
- Chenille. Natural material, “diluted” with synthetic fibers. Thanks to this, the surface does not roll off and is practical and durable.
- Flock. The fabric vaguely resembles velor, but experts recommend using flock to make child seats. The fabric is easy to clean and wash, has water-repellent and wear-resistant qualities, and does not fade.
- Jacquard. The fabric is easy to clean and highly durable, but the structure includes synthetic fibers. Therefore, loose loops can lead to tightness.
- Faux suede. The material is fleecy and durable, does not fade and can “breathe”. Ease of care is an added bonus.
- Faux leather. The material is characterized by high wear resistance. In this case, the leather is distinguished by the presence of embossing.
- Tapestry. This is a natural and very expensive fabric, which can be distinguished by its visible weaving. Multi-colored threads, woven into the overall structure, form beautiful patterns.
At the heart of the most primitive frame structures there is a plywood template. Therefore, you will need sheets of birch plywood, screws, nails and a standard set of tools:
- protractor;
- steel ruler;
- compass;
- bench and hand vices;
- scriber;
- files;
- hand scissors;
- hammer;
- hacksaw;
- adjustable wrenches;
- soldering iron;
- pliers;
- table anvil;
- hand drill;
- chisel;
- sharpener;
- punch;
- center punch
If you make a bean bag chair, your toolkit will be significantly reduced. In addition, there are simplified technologies developed folk craftsmen, which allow you to collect easy chair quickly and with minimum set inventory.
DIY photo of soft chairs
Made of MDF On wheels Folding With knitted element With low seat
How to make an upholstered chair with your own hands?
Any work cannot be started without a clear action plan. Decide on the design of the future piece of furniture. It is more difficult to create a frame chair, but it looks more respectable.
If you decide to sew a bean bag chair, get ready to master the patterns. Your actions will lie not so much in the field of furniture production, but in the field of sewing art. In any case, you will need an approximate budget and an idea of the consumption of materials. For example, a bean bag chair costs 1200-1300 rubles. This includes fabric for the outer (about 300-500) and inner (200-300) covers. Also, 500 rubles are allocated for the purchase of filler.
Perhaps you already have an old “grandfather’s” easy chair that has lost its presentation? Then you can retighten and repair it with your own hands, as shown in the following video:
Traditional soft product
An ordinary chair requires a thorough approach and extensive preparatory stage. Let's look at the list of materials and tools required to make a plywood chair with upholstery:
- 20mm plywood;
- electric drill;
- emery cloth;
- screws;
- jigsaw;
- metal rims;
- thin nails;
- foam;
- wood glue;
- artificial leather;
- stain;
- black glossy paint;
- pencil;
- masking tape;
- roulette.
Let's get started:
- After downloading one of the drawings below, proceed to large-scale work. Calculate the amount of materials and start making the template. First, cardboard templates are made, and plywood parts are cut out from them.
- The sides of a standard chair resemble a banana. You will also need cross bars. Decide on the angles of inclination, bending and dimensions of the product.
- The surface of the wooden parts is cleaned and sanded. Special attention pay attention to the ends - soak them in heated drying oil, flatten the fibers with a hammer (if bends are provided). Each frame detail is cut out using a jigsaw.
- The sides of the chairs are painted or treated with stain. The ends of the sidewalls are reinforced with metal rims. After this, the tightening process begins.
- They do it with an electric drill. required holes. The rims are fixed with screws. At first artificial leather The back part of the backrest is finished, then it’s the turn of the other fragments of the chair.
- To secure the fabric you will need wallpaper nails with large heads. At the back, the upholstery is fixed along the transverse parts (along the very edge), at the front it should cover the slats. It is better to treat the attachment points with wood glue - this will increase the level of reliability.
Bag chair
The simplest version of the bag is the so-called. You cannot do without the following materials:
- calico or satin (about three meters);
- a piece of fabric for the outer cover (about 3.5 meters);
- meter-long zipper;
- filler;
- fabric for appliqué;
- scissors, pins and thread with needles.
Manufacturing:
- Copy the pattern you like from the Internet, enlarge it and transfer it to the required parts. For the upper and lower covers, the work must be done separately. The result of your efforts is a small top bottom, a large bottom and six fabric wedges.
- Sew the wedges and start sewing the bag. Small area must be left unsewn. In addition, both bottoms are sewn together. Having finished with the top cover, proceed to sewing the bottom one - the procedure will be similar.
- From the fabric you choose, you need to cut out the elements for the applique - they are placed on top of the cover. A zipper is sewn into one of the gussets - this will allow you to remove the cover and wash it if it gets dirty. Two-thirds of the volume of the inner cover is filled with filler, which can be used as polystyrene foam.
- After compacting the inner cover with filling, insert it into the outer cover, and then fasten the zipper. The bean bag chair is completely ready for use.
Pay attention to the strength of the seams of the inner cover - they should not come apart under the influence of the weight of a sitting person.
We will discuss further how to make a children's soft chair with your own hands.
DIY bean bag chair
Baby chair
Making a frameless soft chair for a baby is as simple as making a regular bean bag chair. The difference lies solely in the dimensions and colors of this piece of furniture. Bright, cheerful colors that do not irritate the eyes and set the mood for positivity are welcome.
- You can make a soft frame chair for a child with your own hands in the shape of a semicircular “sandwich” from wooden blocks and chipboard. The front wall of this design is made of plywood, the back wall is made of hardboard. The internal space of the glue along the bend of the back is filled with glued pieces of cardboard.
- After waiting for the wall to dry, smooth out the unevenness construction knife. A layer of foam rubber is carefully glued on top, on which the upholstery will subsequently lie. You can use eco-leather or flock as upholstery fabric - these options will allow your design to survive the unequal struggle with felt-tip pens and paints.
- Now about the dimensions. A standard adult chair has a meter height (some models reach 120 centimeters) with a bottom diameter of 30 centimeters and a top diameter of 15 centimeters. The height of the child seat should not exceed 60 centimeters (diameters will be 25 and 11 cm, respectively). Take this nuance into account at the pattern design stage.
DIY frameless children's chair
Drawings and useful video
In this section, we have selected photographs of the most successful homemade chairs that we could find on the RuNet. It is impossible to imagine the process of independent furniture production without drawings, so we post detailed diagrams and patterns for bean bag chairs.
Drawings of chairs for making them yourself
Oblique
You will also enjoy a master class on creating an upholstered chair with your own hands. Watch the video, repeat the steps of the wizard and adhere to the described technological standards.
So, with the help of the presented video, you will learn how to make a bean bag chair with your own hands, which has gained immense popularity in our country:
By the way, if you have Euro pallets available, you can make a chair with your own hands from such material, and then just throw a comfortable one on the seat soft pillow. Don't believe me? Watch the following video:
Many people think that furniture manufacturing- this is magic, the secret of which a mere mortal is not able to comprehend. Believe me, with a minimum set of tools, desire, attentiveness and perseverance, you can easily cope with the task. We have presented everything you need - drawings, photographs and videos, so go ahead and amaze your loved ones with your art!
Carpentry lovers are always wary of switching to upholstered furniture and prefer to buy ready-made kits sofas and armchairs, complementing them in style with tables and cabinets self-made. There is a reason for this: firstly, for this you need to master related disciplines, such as cutting and sewing or knitting, and secondly, you need to take care not only of the strength and appearance of the product, but also of the comfort of sitting or lying on it.
But trying is not torture, for testing you can make a modest carpentry, using simple method upholstery made of foam rubber or ready-made cushions for furniture. Making chairs can become a fun team hobby; friends or family members with different applied skills can combine their talents and connect on different stages creation upholstered furniture. This will open up a lot of scope for design solutions and material selection.
Classic armchair
The production of this small-sized chair consists of two main stages.
Preparing parts and assembling the frame
You need to work especially carefully on the rear legs, to obtain a curved shape you need to use a ready-made pattern and a jigsaw. The vertical part of the backrest and the rear seat support are attached to the rear legs.
The front legs have square section and can be made from glued rectangular bars. Their ends must also be narrowed using electric jigsaw. Fastenings are made with self-tapping screws, for which it is necessary to pre-drill holes with a diameter less than one third.
Before installation, wood glue is applied to the surface of the joints. The seat bars are secured in the corners with additional parts, with edges cut at 45 degrees. For seating, you can use plywood or furniture fabric strips.
At the last stage of assembly, the armrests and shaped backrest ears are attached. The dimensions of the parts can be taken from ready-made drawings, or a pattern can be taken from old disassembled chairs.
Upholstery
The back and the inside of the armrests are covered with textile furniture tape. The seat is covered with layers of foam rubber, padding polyester and fabric, which should be 4-5 cm larger in size, due to which they will be folded in the front part and attached to the bottom of the seat.
Then the armrests and backrest are upholstered. To obtain a rounded shape, special recesses are made; after fastening, excess pieces of foam rubber and padding polyester are carefully trimmed. To master furniture upholstery skills, you will have to be patient and use video lessons.
Lattice chair with reclining seat
To make a lattice structure, you need a beam with a cross-section of 2.8, which is cut into strips of the same length 50-60 cm, depending on the selected dimensions of the product.
The workpieces must have a perfectly flat surface, and you must also try to mark as accurately as possible the places for attaching them to the rack.
For the manufacture of load-bearing structure– sidewalls, 3 cm thick plywood is used, from which the sides of the chair are cut according to the pattern. These two sanded pieces are then connected to each other by bases called drawers: at the bottom, at the top and at the level of the seat support.
Then the prepared bars must be secured to this structure with self-tapping screws at intervals of 2.5 cm. The edges should be rounded. The photo shows several different models armchairs made from bars, made independently using this technology.
Country chairs
These wooden chairs are a more simplified version of the classic ones. Assembly diagram wooden frame basically the same, but wooden parts They are not rounded; the simplest armrests and even legs are made from the bars according to the principle of a children's construction set.
Special attention is required when processing the end parts of furniture that will be located on outdoors. After thoroughly sanding the surface, it is treated with hot drying oil and coated with 3 layers of varnish. Softness country chairs add removable pillows.
Hanging chair hammock
To make this necessary attribute of relaxation on modern dacha You need to know how to knit using the macrame technique.
Basic materials:
- two hoops, a small one for the seat with a diameter of 70 cm, and a large one for the back - 110 cm, which can be made from water pipes metal-plastic pipes. To secure the connection, you can use plastic or wooden inserts which are placed inside the pipe and secured with screws;
- cord for weaving, possibly made of polyamide with a polypropylene core, the knots of which are easily secured, do not stretch and do not slip.
- fasteners, wooden rods.
At the first stage, the entire circumference of the hoops is covered with uniform turns of cord, then the interior of the seat is knitted with a double cord mesh made using one of the macrame techniques.
The seat and backrest are secured with two wooden rods, which are fixed using cuts; in the front part, the seat and backrest frame are connected using a winding and two thick cords.
To others convenient option for a dacha it can become hanging chair, which you can make with your own hands from thick fabric. For the base you will need one hoop with a diameter of 90 cm.
For the cover, a 3-meter piece of fabric is taken, which is divided into two identical squares with a side of one and a half meters. Then the circles are cut out and a double cover is sewn with an allowance. The groove for the hoop is reinforced with padding polyester tape, then holes are cut to secure the scabs.
The following ideas are suitable for sewing and knitting enthusiasts who want to apply their skills to making furniture.
Chair cushion
It is better to sew the first such chair with your own hands, using ready-made patterns in the shape of a pear or a ball, strictly adhering to the given dimensions, and only then can you improvise with the silhouette and dimensions. You will need a bag of foam balls, fabric and zippers for the inner and outer covers, and a sewing machine.
The seams are made double for strength; when filling, a plastic or cardboard tube is used, which helps not to scatter the electrified foam chips.
You can improvise with the shapes and colors of such chairs. With this technology, if the work is completed, there can be no defects. Failed copies can become original pillows for children's games.
Bottle chair
This is the simplest know-how that does not require any special skills, just the desire to do something with your own hands.
To collect required quantity material will take some time. You will need to collect identical two-liter plastic bottles, clean them and make blanks by cutting off the top and inserting them into each other in pairs. Then the blocks are prepared different sizes for seat, armrests and backrest, secured with tape.
The chair is assembled into classic style, rectangular blocks of various sizes for a seat, backrest and two armrests. After assembly, you need to wrap the entire product with polyethylene stretch film, and then decorate it with stylish pillows or sew a cover.
Frameless chair-bed made of foam rubber
In order to make such a chair with your own hands, you need to delve into the instructions, especially in the part that explains how to attach ready-made blocks.
Once you grasp the essence, and it consists in a special method of sewing covers along the edges to each other, you can easily assemble soft folding structures - corners, armchairs and sofas of any size. You will also need to learn correct calculations when cutting out foam rubber and patterning covers.
DIY chair photo
In modern furniture stores you can find any piece of furniture to suit every taste and style. Sometimes financial situation or too high demands do not allow you to find a suitable chair in style and comfort.
That is why now you can find instructions on how to make a chair with your own hands step by step.
What kind of chairs can you make with your own hands?
You can find a lot of instructions on the Internet on how to make a chair, which is why anyone can do it, especially if you know how to use a standard set of tools.
First you need to buy everything you need, the missing tools and materials, and then start creating sketches and drawings of the future piece of furniture.
The peculiarity of a DIY chair is that it makes no difference which sketch you use. There are certain step-by-step instructions, the points of which everyone adheres to.
Before starting work, you should familiarize yourself with the possible seating options and choose the one that interests you. However, I note that some types are very difficult to make without special equipment, and for some you need great experience. We also recommend that you watch a master class on how to make a chair with your own hands.
Types of chairs
If you have a question about which chair to make with your own hands, then here is a list of all possible options that you can make yourself:
Usually a chair
An ordinary chair, it is also called soft. It consists of three main things: frame, upholstery, and filling. Suitable for installation in the home.
Folding chair
It has a frame that can be folded or unfolded. This option simply cannot be replaced when relaxing outdoors, at sea, or even at home if, for example, you always have a lot of guests and there aren’t enough chairs for everyone.
Kentucky
Chair for the garden or cottage. Looks great in the garden or country house, easy to make.
Ladle
A sports-type chair on which several belts can be installed, thereby effectively securing the person sitting in place.
Photon
A transformable chair that is both a chair and a mattress. Moreover, this “transformation” is very easy to accomplish.
Sliding chair
Great for rooms small sizes, due to the fact that they simultaneously perform the function of both a bed and a chair.
Chair on small wheels
It is convenient to ride around the entire apartment or house. Will help elderly and sick people with housework.
However, it is worth remembering that wheels under the weight of the human body can leave scratches on the floor, especially if you have varnished parquet at home.
High back chair
Perfect for people who sit for a long time, for example, at the computer, no matter on personal initiative or for work.
Thanks to the fact that you can fully lean on it, you can sit in it for much longer. It is also very comfortable. By the way, there are soft and hard options.
Rocking chair
Surely, you associate the mention of this piece of furniture with an elderly person. However, this type chairs help many people, for example, with sleep disorders or mothers of babies.
The latter not only rock the baby to sleep, but also relax themselves. For example, after a sleepless night, this great option, you will definitely be sure that you will not accidentally drop your child due to fatigue.
Non-folding chair
Very convenient to use, helps to fully relax and unwind after a hard day working day. Now their choice is huge, so you can not only make it yourself, but also look for the desired option in the store.
Previously, non-folding chairs with so-called ears were very popular, on which it was convenient to lean and they also served as a kind of fence.
Bag chair
Probably the most comfortable chair on the entire list. It does not have a frame, but inside there is a soft filler that can completely replicate the contours of the human body.
Due to this feature, it is truly the most comfortable and you can relax and unwind in it. Not only does it exist great amount design of these chairs, and for its manufacture you will not spend a lot of money and effort.
By the way, if you don’t understand a certain type, then look at the photo of a DIY chair of this type. So you will not only understand which chair we're talking about, and you may also stumble upon step by step instructions your favorite piece of furniture.
So today you found out best ideas DIY armchairs, namely their types, which you can make yourself at home. I hope you have no questions left on the topic and have chosen suitable type armchairs.
Photos of armchairs with your own hands
Anyone can make a chair for their home with their own hands. You just need to purchase some materials and spend a few hours of free time. It is also important to prepare accurate drawings and work diagrams, and beginners will benefit from a master class on how to make a chair with your own hands.
When creating furniture, feel free to use your imagination. Even at home you can make it from the most simple products original, unique interior elements.
Types of chairs and general instructions for creation
Regardless of what drawings are used, there is a certain algorithm for how to make a chair. First are created individual parts piece of furniture, then they are processed - holes are made in them for fastenings, paint and varnish are applied. After which the product is assembled into one whole. In some cases, painting and varnishing are carried out after the manufacture of the chair has come to an end, that is, the whole, assembled product is already being processed.
Before you make a chair, you need to decide on its type. Furniture items can be divided into:
- Solid. They do not have upholstery. Essentially, they are chairs with armrests.
- Semi-soft. Upholstery with filling is placed on the seat, back, and armrests. This saves materials.
- Soft. The easy chair is completely upholstered in filled material. This The best decision for a home that will allow you to relax comfortably.
- Rocking chairs.
The simplest option: create a hard chair
For those who have never made chairs with their own hands, you should first pay attention to the drawings and instructions for creating solid products, without upholstery. If necessary, they can be supplemented with soft elements. Similar products They are distinguished by the fact that they are light, not so afraid of moisture, so they are well suited not only for the home, but also for the summer cottage.
The interior item can be made from scrap materials (for example, pallets) or wood. In the first case, ready-made parts are used, which should simply be processed and assembled into a finished product.
Drawings or a master class are not required to make a product from scrap materials. A homemade chair from pallets is created according to the following algorithm:
- Preparation of materials. If the pallets are old, it is better to disassemble them and perform a series of actions.
- Get rid of old nails. Rusty hardware doesn’t just spoil appearance, but also very dangerous if you get hurt by them.
- Sand it. This is the only way to give old, dirty wood an aesthetically attractive appearance.
- Reassemble.
- Connect several pallets into one. The seat height can be selected arbitrarily depending on your wishes. The standard distance from the ground to the seat is 300-400 mm. If the product is intended for children, you can make it lower.
- Painting and opening with varnish. This procedure can be performed before assembly.
The end result is strong homemade chair, which will fit into general form summer cottage or apartment in a loft style.
Wooden chair
Simple drawings wooden chair:
Needed for work following materials and tools:
- Boards and beams. It is important that the wood is carpentry - has a moisture content of no more than 10-25%. From building materials Under no circumstances should you create a frame for furniture. Drying wood is a very long and technologically complex process.
- Hardware – self-tapping screws, screws, nuts, washers.
- Furniture conductor.
- Saw or jigsaw.
- Mallet.
- Wood glue or PVA.
The algorithm for creating products is described above: first, all parts are cut out and processed (the drawing shows the required dimensions), after which they are fastened together. Here are a few important points things to consider:
- You can fasten the parts together using dowels. To do this, holes are made at the fastening points of such a diameter that the connecting element fits tightly into them. For greater strength, each hole is treated with glue.
- When fastening with self-tapping screws, it is recommended to pre-drill small holes - this will make them easier to fit in.
- This product can be used as a frame to create an upholstered chair. You can cover it with foam rubber and thick fabric or make separate pillows with ribbons for attaching to the seat, back and armrests.
The rocking chair is created using the same algorithm as other products. The most difficult task is to do round base. In principle, it can be cut out, but this will require a very thick board or beam.
These are not always found. Any master class on this topic provides a more professional solution - bending the prepared part. To do this, you need to soften it using one of the following methods:
- Steam in a box. A special plywood box is created. Holes are made in it to release steam and several small holes for its exit. Parts are placed inside and water steam is supplied (you can use a kettle).
- Soak in ammonia. Work must be done with gloves and in a well-ventilated area.
After the material has become soft, it needs to be bent. To do this, either use special machines or use simple design: place two supports at a distance slightly less than the length of the part, place the product on them and place a load in the middle of it. The bending radius depends on the weight of the load and the height of the supports.
A metal product can be either an independent piece of furniture or provide a frame for making an upholstered chair. The metal chair is very durable and strong, suitable for installation at home or on summer cottage.
The master class for creating a chair made of metal is practically no different from the instructions for making wood products. Simply, welding or hardware is used to connect parts.
The metal frame is also made into a round hanging chair (hammock chair). A wicker seat can be made of wicker, rattan or other material. If you want to make a soft round chair, then you can sew foam rubber with fabric onto the frame or make pillows separately.
When creating the interior of their apartment, each person not only strives to make it multifunctional, but also to introduce a piece of individuality. Therefore, the furniture that makes up the interior should be as original as possible. Nowadays, designers have developed completely new forms of furniture that can decorate a home and fit perfectly with many styles. For example, an unusual round chair can be placed in a nursery, living room or country house.
Image 1. Pattern of a frameless chair.
If we talk about a frameless chair or a chair in the shape of a round bag, it can rightfully be considered the best product option for a children's room. The main advantages of the bag are that it is soft, comfortable, and easily adapts to the shape of the body. In addition, such furniture is very safe: even if a child falls on it, there is no chance of injury.
Domestic stores offer big choice similar chairs, shaped not only like a round bag, but also like a pear and an egg, but the cost of such goods is sometimes very high.
There is nothing complicated in the design of this product, and if desired, you can make frameless chair with your own hands.
Materials and tools
First of all, you need to decide on the form and color scheme furniture. It is desirable that the color of the chair fabric matches the interior of the apartment. But if you are sewing a bag for a children's room, then the children's theme should be of decisive importance. You can choose fabric with stripes, polka dots, flowers, with images of fairy-tale and movie characters, the main thing is that it is bright and cheerful. If you plan to install bags in the living room, you can color them with wallpaper or other upholstered furniture.
When the choice is made, prepare everything you need to create one or more chairs:
The round frameless chair is completely safe furniture, so it is suitable even for small children.
- A roll of graph paper (scale-coordinate paper for creating drawings).
- Durable fabric for the inner bag for filling. This could be inexpensive satin, water-repellent polyester, fabric for mattresses or sewing workwear. The amount of material depends on the size of the future piece of furniture. Thus, a bag with a height of about 1.2 m and a diameter of 0.9 m will require for its manufacture 2.5 m of material with a width of at least 1.15 m. But such a large chair will also support a weight of up to 100 kg. To make a larger bag, you will need to purchase about 3 m of fabric.
- Fabric for sewing the outer cover. The amount of material is similar to that needed to make the inner cover. In this case, you can use fabrics such as velor, jacquard, flock, tapestry, faux fur and suede, chenille and others furniture materials. According to experts, flock is most suitable for a children's room. It is very pleasant to the touch, does not irritate children's skin, does not fade in the sun and has water-repellent properties.
- 2 zippers measuring 30-100 cm depending on the size of the furniture. The zipper on the inner cover is necessary in order to add filler, which will lose its shape over time. The outer cover has a zipper so it can be removed for washing and cleaning. If desired, the zipper can be replaced with durable Velcro.
- Pencil for drawing a pattern.
- A ruler from 1 m long.
- Tailor's chalk.
- Scissors, pins, needles.
- Reinforced or other strong threads that allow you to make reliable, strong seams.
- Bag filler. There are many options for filling such chairs. This could be: straw or hay, rice or buckwheat husks, cotton wool, padding polyester or scraps of fabric. All these fillers have many disadvantages and are quite expensive. The best option For filling, polystyrene foam is considered, produced in the form of balls with a diameter of 0.5 to 1 cm. Balls of a smaller diameter will make the furniture too heavy, and larger ones will be unevenly distributed inside the cover, due to which the bag will lose comfort. For a chair of the specified size you will need 1.5 kg of polystyrene foam, that is, about 250-300 liters. Try to buy quality material, better imported.
- Sewing machine.
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Stages of creation
All work begins with drawing the pattern on prepared graph paper. The pattern elements should look like this and have the dimensions indicated: image 1.
If you make a chair with your own hands for a children's room, it can be sewn in smaller sizes. To do this, all the details of the pattern must be reduced in proportion to each other. In the same way, you can increase the size of the future piece of furniture.
The pattern pieces are then cut out and transferred onto the fabric. To do this, you need to lay the material out on a flat surface and attach the pattern to it using tailor's pins. All details are outlined along the contour with chalk or a piece of soap. Then the patterns are removed, and the material is cut out so that there is a 1.5 cm allowance around the contours. As a result of cutting, you should get 9 parts: 6 side wedges, 2 parts for the bottom, 1 top part. A similar procedure must be done with the material for the outer cover. It must be cut according to the same patterns and get the same number of parts.
Then all the details should be outlined. They are pinned together and hand stitched with a basting stitch. At the same stage it is necessary to mark the zippers. They are sewn between the wedges, from the bottom to the top. After basting, you need to sew all the parts with reinforced threads using sewing machine. Upon completion of work, the basting should be removed. To ensure that the seams are as strong as possible and that the furniture lasts a long time, you can add another line next to the first one or use an overlocker for finishing.
After the covers are sewn, you need to turn them right side out. A very important moment comes - filling the inner bag with polystyrene foam. This material tends to become electrified and scatter at the slightest movement, so it is recommended to remove children and animals from the room so that the balls do not accidentally enter their respiratory tract. Have a vacuum cleaner ready in case you need to collect scattered balls.
You can fill polystyrene foam through a paper funnel, large plastic bottle with a cut bottom or garden watering can. At the same time, it is necessary to fill the inner cover to no more than 2/3 of its part, so that the furniture has the ability to adapt to the person sitting. The last stage of work consists of putting the outer cover on the inner bag filled with polystyrene foam.
If the process of creating a frameless round chair is successful, you can sew a larger piece of furniture yourself, namely a bean bag or a frameless sofa.
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Egg-shaped product
Another piece of furniture that is hard not to call original is shaped like an egg. Such chairs were invented quite a long time ago, but they are still considered a fashionable and modern addition to the interior. They, like frameless furniture, can be successfully made with your own hands. The process requires some skill, so experts recommend first making small items for children or pets. If the result is successful, you can begin making chairs for adults.
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Preparing for work
To make a round egg-shaped chair, you will need the following materials and tools:
- The fitness ball is as large as possible.
- Newspapers.
- Flour, water, salt.
- Plastic pipe.
- Threaded stud with a diameter of about 1.6 cm, nuts.
- Putty.
- White matte paint in cans.
- White epoxy paint in cans.
- Sandpaper.
- Foam rubber with a thickness of at least 40 mm.
- Textile.
- Spray glue.
- Roulette.
- Scotch.
- Hacksaw or jigsaw.
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Stages of creation
The basis of this round piece of furniture will be papier-mâché, which must be made as follows:
- On the fitness ball, visually determine the central section line. Then stick a strip of tape along it with a slight offset. This will be the papier-mâché border.
- Cut or tear the prepared newspapers into strips about 4 cm wide. It is not recommended to make strips that are too wide, as they can create uneven surface when gluing.
- Prepare a paste for gluing newspapers using 1 cup of flour and 2 cups of water. After mixing the ingredients, add a little salt to the container with the paste. This will eliminate the possibility of mold appearing in the solution. The consistency of the resulting composition should resemble yogurt or low-fat sour cream. First, prepare only 1 portion of the paste, make the rest as needed.
- Secure an exercise ball in a basin or large bowl to make it easier to stick newspapers on it.
- Apply a layer of paste to each side of the paper strips and cover the ball with them within the boundaries outlined with tape. First lay the strips parallel to each other. When the entire surface is covered, place the next layer of newspapers perpendicularly.
- Once the entire ball is covered with a layer of paper, leave it to dry for approximately 12 hours. Then repeat pasting with stripes from 6 (if the chair is intended for a cat or a small dog) to 10 or more (if the chair will be used by a child) times. After applying each layer, the item should dry for about 12 hours.
While the product dries, you can prepare the base. To do this, you will need to mark a circle with a diameter of about 40 cm on a sheet of MDF and then cut it out. A hole is drilled in the center of the circle, equal to the diameter of the nut for the threaded rod. The nut is inserted into the hole and the pin is screwed into it. You need to put a piece on the hairpin plastic pipe. When changing the height of the pipe, the height of the finished product will be adjusted.
