We finally recovered our dinette cushions

I cheated with ours. I notched the corners of the fabric, sewed down the corner and the stapled them to thin plywood. It was much easier doing that so I could be certain that I could keep the fabric wrinkle free.











Doing the exact same thing for our jack knife sofa

starcraft69 wrote:
Good job DIY is always a good way to go!!!!!

Thanks! It may have turned out perfectly, but we certainly learned a thing or two.

Good job DIY is always a good way to go!!!!!

Anmacc2 wrote:
mom hated zippers and used Velcro instead. For whatever it's worth...... You did a great job.

Zippers are brutal! I think velcro is in our future for the next project for sure. Thanks for the tip.

tonymull wrote:
We did the dinette coushions in our truck camper. We upgraded the material and went to a firmer and thicker foam. $600 and that was far lower than some of the other quotes. So if your wife beat that, you got a good deal.

We reused the foam and zippers and she picked up the fabric for 50% off, so we didn't spend much on these cushions. We have about $60 into them.

Very good job indeed! I hope you enjoyed the process as well as the product. My late parents used to enjoy projects like that. Dad did all the cutting and pinning, Mom did all the sewing. They reaphulstered and made the curtains for a couple of TTs and a couple of boat cabins for me. I learned two tricks from them that have served me well. One is to leave a little extra material in the cutting and trim after the sewing. The second, mom hated zippers and used Velcro instead. For whatever it's worth...... You did a great job.

We did the dinette coushions in our truck camper. We upgraded the material and went to a firmer and thicker foam. $600 and that was far lower than some of the other quotes. So if your wife beat that, you got a good deal.