How Do You Make A Bean Bag?
Bean bags! Bags of beans! Bean bag chairs are as cool and comfy now as they were back in the 70s. This article shows you how to make a beanbag in true seventies style! • Mark out your first panel on the back of the fabric. Measure: • 63cm (24.8″) at the bottom • two 113cm (44.5″) edges • a 29cm (11.4″) top end • Cut out all of the panels, cutting a comfortable 1cm (2/5″) outside of all the lines and leaving space for the seams. Use the first panel as a template for the remaining three pieces (four in total). • Draw a small circle with a 29cm (11.4″) diameter for the top, and a big circle with a 63cm (24.8″) diameter for the bottom. You can draw an accurate circle by tying a piece of string that is half the circle’s diameter to a pencil. Again, cut 1cm (2/5″) outside of the lines to leave space for seams. • Take the big circle and draw a line the length of your zipper. Draw this line right down in the middle. A 50cm (20″) zipper is perfect. • Pin the zipper to the back of the fabric. Do
• Mark out your first panel on the back of the fabric. Measure: • 63cm (24.8″) at the bottom • two 113cm (44.5″) edges • a 29cm (11.4″) top end • Cut out all of the panels, cutting a comfortable 1cm (2/5″) outside of all the lines and leaving space for the seams. Use the first panel as a template for the remaining three pieces (four in total). • Draw a small circle with a 29cm (11.4″) diameter for the top, and a big circle with a 63cm (24.8″) diameter for the bottom. You can draw an accurate circle by tying a piece of string that is half the circle’s diameter to a pencil. Again, cut 1cm (2/5″) outside of the lines to leave space for seams. • Take the big circle and draw a line the length of your zipper. Draw this line right down in the middle. A 50cm (20″) zipper is perfect. • Pin the zipper to the back of the fabric. Do this so that the Sew in a Zipper is under the cut. Stitch the zipper fabric in place, and then go back and double stitch it. • Sew the long sides of your side panels t
