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 ...