• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
The DIY Mommy
  • Home Decor
  • DIY Crafts
  • Organize
  • Printables
  • Recipes
  • Life
  • Shop My Home
  • Lake House
  • About
  • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home Decor
  • DIY Crafts
  • Clean & Organize
  • Recipes
  • Free Printables
  • Life
  • Our Little Lake House
  • Shop Our Home
  • About
  • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Home Decor

    How to Sew Simple DIY Chair Pads

    Published: Aug 13, 2021 · Modified: Oct 12, 2021 by Christina Dennis · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 3 Comments

    Need to make your metal farmhouse bistro chairs comfier? Learn how to sew these simple DIY chair pads with adorable bow ties at the back! These are an easy beginner's sewing project and you can make them to match any decor style. Need to make your metal farmhouse bistro chairs comfier? Learn how to sew these simple DIY chair pads with adorable bow ties at the back! These are an easy beginner's sewing project and you can make them to match any decor style. We recently launched our vacation rental home - the Little Lake House! For the kitchen, I wanted to use some metal farmhouse chairs that I already had on hand, but to tie them into the coastal decor I made some striped chair pads for them. This was a simple sewing project, and I wanted to share the steps with you so that you could make some DIY chair pads for your chairs, too. Need to make your metal farmhouse bistro chairs comfier? Learn how to sew these simple DIY chair pads with adorable bow ties at the back! These are an easy beginner's sewing project and you can make them to match any decor style. Today's blog post is in collaboration with some of my favourite blogging friends. Before I share my DIY chair pads, have a look at their DIY creations made with fabric:

    Fabric Crafts with Friends

    I love joining my friends to see what kind of projects they share! I think you are going to love all of these projects!

    Tatertots and Jello

    Dollar Store Stamped Leaf Napkins Dollar Store Stamped Leaf Napkins

    Dress up your Autumn table by creating DIY stamped napkins with leaves from your neighborhood.

    My 100 Year Old Home

    Burlap Table Runner DIY

    Burlap Table Runner DIY

    This easy DIY Burlap Table Runner can be made in less than an hour. I love this farmhouse burlap table runner made with burlap fabric and a paint roller.

    Thistlewood Farms

    Simple and Easy DIY Crafts

    How to Make a Pom Pom Pillow

    Happy Happy Nester

    How to Paint on Fabric with Stencils

    Description: This easy DIY fabric project turns a plain linen towel into a pretty kitchen towel with a French Queen Bee print. Learn how to paint on fabric using a laser stencil in this easy tutorial.

    URL: https://happyhappynester.com/how-to-paint-on-fabric-with-stencils

    How to make simple DIY chair pads

    For this DIY, you'll need:

    • decor fabric (the amount will depend on the size and number of your chairs)
    • 1" thick foam
    • sewing machine
    • pins, scissors, pencil, ruler
    • scrap fabric or paper to make the pattern

    Fresh Spring French Country Farmhouse Dining Room Design Here are my metal bistro chairs. They were originally a pewter colour, then I spray painted them copper, and THEN I chalk painted them white. I thought they'd be perfect for our lake house around the farmhouse table, but I wanted to make them comfier and more coastal looking.

    Creating the pattern

    First, I put some scrap fabric onto the seat of one chair and traced around its perimeter onto the fabric with a pencil.  Then, I cut out this shape and marked both sides of the back piece onto the fabric. This is where the ties will go. I'm going to cut 2 simple 5 x 22" rectangles for the strap pieces. Your patterns will look something like this:

    Making the chair pads

    Using the chair pad main piece pattern, I cut ONE piece from this 1" deep foam. Next, I placed this pattern piece onto my striped fabric (I'm using this fabric), added ONE INCH around the perimeter, and cut 2 pieces of the fabric for the front and back of the DIY chair pad. Then, I cut two strap pieces from the striped fabric that are 5 x 22". Next, I folded each of the straps in half length wise and sewed along one of the top and side edge. I turned both straps right sides out and pressed them. Then, I pinned the straps to the right side of one of the main chair pad pieces and sewed them in place, like above. After that, I placed the two chair pad pieces right sides together and sewed around the perimeter of the pieces using a ½" seam allowance. Leave a hole between the two straps. After sewing, I turned the chair pad right-side-out. I rolled up the piece of foam, inserted it into the hole on the chair pad, and then unrolled it inside. Finally, I hand-stitched the opening shut to complete these adorable DIY chair pads. Need to make your metal farmhouse bistro chairs comfier? Learn how to sew these simple DIY chair pads with adorable bow ties at the back! These are an easy beginner's sewing project and you can make them to match any decor style. These look so sweet tied onto the bottoms of my metal bistro chairs, and I love how the tie into everything in our Little Lake House Kitchen. Need to make your metal farmhouse bistro chairs comfier? Learn how to sew these simple DIY chair pads with adorable bow ties at the back! These are an easy beginner's sewing project and you can make them to match any decor style.  Now tell me: What do you think of these DIY chair pads? Would you make them for your home?

    Pin Me!

    More Inspiration

    • DIY Dollar Tree Heart Shaped Wreath
    • 10 Best IKEA Organization Products under $20
    • Quick And Easy Kitchen Organization Ideas, Including Some Simple DIY!
    • Hanging Art Rail System Hack: The Look for Less!

    Reader Interactions

    Trackbacks

    1. 12 Simple and Easy Fabric Crafts - Thistlewood Farm says:
      August 13, 2021 at 6:01 am

      […] How to Sew Simple DIY Chair Pads […]

      Reply
    2. 12 Simple and Easy Fabric Crafts - DIY GALAXY says:
      August 13, 2021 at 4:52 pm

      […] How to Sew Simple DIY Chair Pads […]

      Reply
    3. Dollar Store Stamped Leaf Napkins and Dish Towels! Easy Fall DIY! says:
      October 15, 2022 at 4:03 pm

      […] How to Sew Simple DIY Chair Pads […]

      Reply

    What do you think? Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Primary Sidebar

    Welcome!

    Christina Dennis, The DIY Mommy

    I'm Christina and I'm sharing budget-friendly DIY & decor ideas to create a cozy home and life you love!

    Read more about me

    Latest Posts

    • Creative And Unique DIY Wall Art Ideas
    • DIY Dollar Tree Heart Shaped Wreath
    • 10 Best IKEA Organization Products under $20

    What's my home decor style?

    Discover the home decor style that best fits your personality and lifestyle. This two-minute quiz is going to give you the direction you need to start the big, bold room makeovers that you've always wanted to try!

    Find out now!

    Archives

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • About The DIY Mommy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure Policy
    • Terms of Service

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Contact

    • Contact

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2009 - 2023 The DIY Mommy. "The DIY Mommy" is a registered trademark.