Poofy Chair Seat Tutorial

If you're like me, you like your chairs to have poofy seats rather than those flat topped pancakes that pose for cushions you get when you purchase a chair.  Here is a short tutorial on how I "poof" my chair seats.  I'm sure there are other ways of doing it, but this works for me.

I'm making new cushions here, but you can gently pull off the seat from any chair to make it poofier (don't you love that word?!).

To begin you'll need some fabric cut in the shape of your chair seat.  I'm using burgundy velvet here.  You'll need half of a jumbo cotton ball, and some heavy cardboard for the base of the seat (if you're covering a new chair - you can just cover over your existing chair seat).  Scissors and a glue gun.

Pull apart the cotton ball gently to cover the seat and place face down on the fabric.

Fold the fabric over one side of the seat (making sure the cotton ball is tucked in neatly) and glue it in place.

Then glue the other side remembering to neatly tuck in the cotton ball . . .

With your scissors, carefully cut off the inside corners.

Gently tuck in the cotton ball at the top, fold in the edges of the fabric and glue in place.

Do the same for the bottom . . .

Add glue to the back and place on your chair seat.  You're done!