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Home » Kitchen, Sewing Projects » Stool Seat Cover

Stool Seat Cover

February 3, 2011 Posted by Jessie under Kitchen, Sewing Projects
9 Comments

Our cute little stool that is in our built-in desk area was your basic bland stool (from Walmart) when we bought it.  Similar to this:

After a mini-makeover, it now adds some country charm to go with our metal buckets and table legs.

Here is the tutorial.

This first thing I did was trace the size of the seat to our foam and fabric.  I then cut the foam and fabric to size and hot glued the fabric to the foam.  Then I started on the skirt.

Start by cutting your fabric to size-mine is a 5″ skirt but you could adjust it to fit the look you want.  Really, 5″ was all the fabric I had left.

Pin, iron, and hem all the way around:

After you have the skirt hemmed, you will make your pleats.  I first just kind of guessed and checked to see how big my pleats could be and still fit around the whole seat.  I’m sure there is a more mathematical way to do it but I didn’t think that through.  My very professional measuring ways lead me to make 3″ wide pleats with 3/4″ folds.

I laid my fabric out and measured, folded, and pinned the whole skirt. It will end in a circle and look like a pretty little wreath.

Then sew around the top of the skirt to finish off your pleats.

Finally, I pinned the skirt to the foam to hold it in place while I hot glued the skirt to the foam cushion.

Then I put some velcro strips on my stool to keep the cushion in place.

I love how it turned out.  The skirt and cushion was simple and free!  I just used some scrap fabric and foam I had and pieced it together to cover this seat.

Here are a few more views:

9 Responses to Stool Seat Cover

  1. kathyFebruary 5, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    so cute, great job!

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    • Imperfectly PolishedFebruary 6, 2011 at 8:00 pm

      Thanks, Kathy!

      Reply
  2. SusanFebruary 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    Hi, I just found you on UCreate and I think your things are great! I’m following. If you get the chance follow me too, you might like what I do also! Have a great weekend!
    Susan

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    • Imperfectly PolishedFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:55 pm

      Thanks, Susan! Thanks for checking out my blog:) I just looked at yours and it looks like we have similar styles!

      Reply
  3. JacquelineFebruary 5, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    Also a Dave fan!
    I like this project. I am not good at decorating at all I will be back for more tips.

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    • Imperfectly PolishedFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:54 pm

      Hi Jacqueline! Glad to have a fellow Ramsey follower around:) Thanks for checking out my blog and hopefully there will be some tips you can use!

      Reply
  4. Skirted Onesie «February 17, 2011 at 8:24 am

    [...] top and and bottom a little and hemmed all sides.  Then I folded my pleats (just as I did for the stool seat) and pinned them. Before I sewed the skirt on, I used a very professional way of filling out the [...]

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  5. SusanFebruary 18, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Really cute! I made a ruffled stool cover last year, but haven’t been able to figure out how to keep it on the stool. I’m going to have to steal your velcro idea!

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  6. Built-In Desk «April 6, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    [...] cute little stool (which we also painted and distressed) at our fave store-Walmart and I made a seat cushion with leftover fabric from our new kitchen table seat covers.  We also trimmed it out to give it a [...]

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