Sew Easy Outdoor Cushion Covers

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I’m going to show you step-by-step how easy it is to make new covers for those faded, time-worn, covered in bird poop and who knows what else, outdoor cushions!

Making new covers made my outdoor furniture look brand new again! (Plus I spray painted the actual chair, again…good for another year!)

I purchased this set at Target years ago. It came with several pieces and the price was right, only then it was white with light green cushions.

Since then it’s had two wardrobe changes, not including this one, and a new paint job. I give it another light coat of spray paint each Summer to freshen it up.

Maybe some day I’ll get a new set, but when it still looks this good, why bother?

The before was really just so sad…downright embarrassing:

And the deck…gross! Not to worry though, I spent the past three days out there. (And believe me, my arms are not happy right now!) A little demo and lots of elbow grease and it’s looking so much better. How does it end up like this??

UPDATE: You can see the deck HERE now!

Ok so here we go!

Select your Fabric

I prefer to use stripes or something with a geometric pattern to make cutting a straight line easier. These are outdoor fabrics I found at JoAnn Fabrics.

Cut your fabric

Next you’ll want to lay out your cushion so that folded over, the fabric covers the cushion from top to bottom. (Here I removed the old cover, but I didn’t remove them all. They actually keep their shape better if you keep the old covers on.)

This fabric is 54″ wide. I was barely able to cut enough for two cushions side-by-side. Your sides only need to be long enough to meet each other in the middle with a 1/4″ seam allowance for both top and bottom.

You’ll want them snug so they lay nicely!

Pin Fabric

Next, with right sides together (back of fabric facing out), I pinned the side seam on both sides:

Time to Sew

Then, also starting at the folded edge, I sewed straight from folded edge to the open edge on both sides:

I’m not sure why I bothered pinning it all the way. After about a third of the way, I took out the rest of the pins and followed the line of the fabric. (See why stripes are the way to go?)

Next you’ll need to put your cover back on the cushion (still inside out) and put a pin on each front corner like the photo below, where the corner of the cushion beneath stops:

You will sew along this line to create your front boxed corners. Remove the cover and sew those seams:

Here’s your corner seam after sewing, both inside-out and right-side out:

You can trim the extra fabric, but I didn’t bother. I didn’t reinforce my seams either because I don’t plan on removing them to wash them. I’ll just make new ones again when these have had it.

Insert your cushion again and tada! Perfect!