Create your own personalised cushions from vintage material to accessorise deckchairs. Add personal messages, including names, mottos or significant dates.
- piece of cotton, canvas or linen or a readymade cushion cover and pad
- iron
- ink pad (or pieces of sponge to make your own), fabric paint, alphabet stamps
- paper
- tailor’s chalk and a ruler, if required
- eyelet set (available online) and hammer
- scissors
- two lengths of ribbon to attach cushions
Photo: Alun Callender
1. Make a cotton or canvas envelope cushion cover, or buy one. Iron it flat.
2. Decide on your wording, then practise the letter layout on a scrap of fabric before moving on to your cover material.
3. Follow a line on the fabric, draw one with tailor’s chalk, or work freestyle to print your design onto the cover.
4. Leave the ink or paint to dry (this may take up to an hour), then iron over it to set the colour. If it feels tacky, place a spare piece of cloth over the top first.
5. To add the eyelets, remove a small circle of fabric using the cutting part of the set, or snip a hole at the top corners of the cushion, and follow the instructions on the packet.
6. Insert a cushion pad, then, using ribbon, hang the personalised cushions from the top of the chair.
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Create your own personalised cushions from vintage material to accessorise deckchairs. Add personal messages, including names, mottos or significant dates.
- piece of cotton, canvas or linen or a readymade cushion cover and pad
- iron
- ink pad (or pieces of sponge to make your own), fabric paint, alphabet stamps
- paper
- tailor’s chalk and a ruler, if required
- eyelet set (available online) and hammer
- scissors
- two lengths of ribbon to attach cushions
Photo: Alun Callender
1. Make a cotton or canvas envelope cushion cover, or buy one. Iron it flat.
2. Decide on your wording, then practise the letter layout on a scrap of fabric before moving on to your cover material.
3. Follow a line on the fabric, draw one with tailor’s chalk, or work freestyle to print your design onto the cover.
4. Leave the ink or paint to dry (this may take up to an hour), then iron over it to set the colour. If it feels tacky, place a spare piece of cloth over the top first.
5. To add the eyelets, remove a small circle of fabric using the cutting part of the set, or snip a hole at the top corners of the cushion, and follow the instructions on the packet.
6. Insert a cushion pad, then, using ribbon, hang the personalised cushions from the top of the chair.
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