How to make santa hat shaped chair covers.
How about dressing up your dining room with Santa hats?
It's a cool and festive idea for Christmas, isn't it?
Does that tell you? So here's how to make your own Santa hat shaped chair covers.
Don't worry, you don't need to be a sewing pro as you won't need to hem.
It's a quick and easy-to-make little decoration. Look :
What you need
- red fabric (the quantity needed depends on the size of your chair back).
- white fabric (the quantity needed depends on the size of your chair back).
- Iron.
- a sewing machine.
- 35 to 40 strips of white felt.
- wool thread.
- a glue gun.
How to do
1. The first step is to measure your chair back. You need to know its maximum width as well as the height of the backrest. The chairs in the photo are approximately 50cm wide and 45cm high.
To make the shape of a Santa hat, there must be a triangular shape on the top edge.
This triangular shape should be about 25 cm depending on the size of your chair.
2. Now that you have your measurements, add 1.5cm on each side (except for the bottom) to have enough room to sew the stitch. Trace and cut out your measurements on two pieces of red fabric.
3. Place the two pieces on top of each other and sew them together all along the edges except for the bottom of the piece. Leave about 1.5 cm of margin around the edges for the stitching point.
You will then have to turn the cover upside down. So if you are using a fabric with two different sides, consider putting the correct side on the inside.
4. Cut the three angles.
5. Turn the cover inside out and blow it with an iron.
6. Sew a straight line across the top of the chair cover, where the triangle shape begins. This will allow the chair cover to stay in place and not slip when installed on the chair.
7. Cut a 6.5 cm wide piece of the white fabric taking the same length as the bottom of the chair cover. Add 1.5 cm for the stitch.
8. Sew the two ends of the piece of white fabric together. Put it on the correct side and thread it over the bottom of the cover. Know that it will be more beautiful to superimpose the white and red stitches so that they do not see each other.
9. Sew the two layers of fabric together, leaving a margin of about 0.5 cm.
10. Cut the long strips of white felt about 1 cm wide. Cut these strips into pieces 10 cm long. Make about 45 to 50 small strips for each pom pom.
11. Wrap a piece of woolen thread in the middle of the white bands. Pull the thread firmly and tie it several times. Cut the excess thread and ruffle the pieces of felt with your fingers to form a pompom.
12. Use the glue gun to glue the pom pom to the point of the triangle of the seat cover. Hold the pompom for a few seconds so that it holds well.
13. Repeat for each chair cover.
14. Place the slipcovers on the chairs in your dining room.
Results
And there you have it, you have made chair covers in the shape of a Santa hat :-)
You will see your children's faces when they come for breakfast in the morning!
They will love that Santa Claus has been there :-). Beautiful memories in perspective.
And since these covers are made of polyester, they are machine washable. Very handy for cleaning them and keeping them for the following year.
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6 Decorating Ideas For a Beautiful Christmas Table.
35 Christmas Decorating Ideas That Will Bring Joy to Your Home.
