Bean Bag Chair Tutorial

Bean Bag Chair
Prepared by Joanna Armour (www.stardustshoes.blogspot.com). For personal use only.


Gather Materials:
 3 yards of fabric for the
inner lining
 3 yards of fabric from the
Michael Miller Dick and
Jane collection for the
outside cover
 Scraps of coordinating
fabric for the appliqué
 30” of ¾” wide hook and
loop tape
 Bean bag pellets (I used
one 100 liter bag of
recycled polystyrene
pellets)
 The pattern pieces at the
Use a 5/8” seam allowance unless otherwise noted. end of this tutorial

The inside lining and outside cover
are made the same way except for
the closure. Pictures in the tutorial
are of the outside cover.



1) Cut the pieces:

The bean bag chair is made up of six panels. Each yard
of fabric will yield two panels, with a bit leftover (which
will be used later). Fold fabric selvedge to selvedge.
Iron it on the crease. Fold it in 8” on the side and iron
that crease. Cut so that you have a rectangle. (Basically fold
you are creating a panel that if unfolded would measure
16” x 45”). Place the corner of the pattern where all the
folds meet. Pin in place and cut. When unfolded, it
should be football shaped.
folds meet here
Do this again with the remainder of the yard. You will
have strip of fabric leftover. Do not discard it!
fold

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Continue cutting until you have six
panels. Figure out how you want your ...