A Soft Place to Land

It seems that lately I have seen cute floor cushions aka poufs showing up everywhere. They have become the 21st century version of the beanbag chair and I knew that I had to have a couple for my kiddos. The problem is that they are super pricey. The cheapest I've seen them are at Target for $70. So, I decided to try my hand at making my own.

I was browsing one of my favorite blogs, Young House Love, when I came across a tutorial for floor cushions. Here is her link and this one that she used. She made it look so easy so I dusted off my Singer and got to work.

I purchased my fabric (1 yard per cushion) at Hobby Lobby for about $6/yard. I chose a canvas which seemed sturdy enough. I chose not use home decor fabric because it was much more pricey.

I started by making a pattern with copy paper. I drew a 17" circle with a compass and cut it out. Then, I made a rectangle for the side that was 9" by 51.5" and cut it in half. I had to do this because I used fabric that was 45" wide. I also needed a 3" by 12" piece for the handle.

I pinned my patterns to the fabric. I did my best to make sure that my two rectangles would line up when I sewed them together.

Once cut out, I sewed my rectangles together to make the large 9x51.5 piece. See how well I did with lining up the pattern?

Next, it was time to pin my piping onto the top side of both circles You will need two packs of piping that is 1/2 inch. I sewed the piping to the fabric by stitching on top of the piping seam. It is helpful to use thread that contrasts your fabric but I didn't.

Then, I pinned the piping to both sides of one of the handle pieces and sewed them on the same way.

I took the other handle piece and put the top side down on the first piece. I followed my first stitch and sewed them together. It was then time to turn it right-side in and sew the ends closed.

Now for the fun part! I pinned the large rectangle to one circle. I left an inch unpinned and pinned the two ends of the rectangle together. I sewed them together. Then, I finished pinning it to the circle and sewed it the same way I did the handle by following the existing stitch.

It was then time to sew on the handle.

After that, I pinned the whole thing to the second circle and sewed it together. I left an opening several inches wide. Stuffed her with fiberfill. I used 36 oz. because I wanted them super lofty.

The last step was to hand stitch the opening and voila!

Audrey lives her new cushion and I'm sure Will will like his one day, too!