Poufs times 3

After sewing my first pouf last year and realizing how easy they REALLY are to make, I made 3 more! In the process of making a Big Boy Room for my son, I decided he needed a reading corner, since he loves to read books.

And what a better way to create a reading corner than throw in a bunch of poufs!!!

For the basic directions, I followed my tutorial for my first pouf.

I did however, make a few changes. I didn't use cording on these and I filled them differently.

Supplies
Fabric

3 Foam Sheets

1 Package of loose batting
Sewing machines and supplies

Directions: see original post.

To stuff the poufs I used a foam sheet in each one on the bottom to give it the square shape. The two smaller poufs are 14 x 14 x 4inches and the larger is 18 x 18 x 6inches. I then filled the rest in with batting.

I am so happy with how these turned out! I love the fabric patterns and how comfy they are.

They look great in Little Man's Big Boy room!!! And they REALLY are super easy to make!!! If you can sew a straight line you can sew these!

Top Posts of 2012

My top 2012 posts are as follows:

DIY Burlap Wedding Shower Invite

Red Envelope Knock-off Artwork

Craft Room Reveal

Chevron Curtains

And my most popular post of 2012 is my DIY Pouf

I can't wait to share my projects in 2013! Happy 2013 to everyone and thanks for reading!!

DIY Train Table

For Christmas Little Man got a homemade train table made by grandpa. My dad made Little Man this train table based on the directions from Ana White. I know he made a few tweaks, but I don't know what they were.... I made the mistake of letting Little Man play with the table before it was painted and I was not sure how I would ever be able to get the time to paint it without disrupting play time.... but I found the time! And Little Man was even more excited to get back his table!!

The pouf I made for the table works great! The navy bins my mom purchased from Pottery Barn Kids. My dad was going to make the wooden bins, but my mom found these on sale so we just got them instead.

I love the knock off of this table and Little Man loves LOVES LOVES the train table "ba pa" made him!

My version of the Pouf!

I love all of the Poufs available to purchase, including the cute Striped Poufs from West Elm! SO Cute, but so expensive! So I figured I could make my own! How hard could it be? I am an expert at pillows! My plan is to let Little Man use this at his train table because its hard work playing with trains all day and he likes to rest once in a while!

I wanted to sew an 18x18 square cube cushion that was 12 inches high.

Materials needed:

About 2 yards of fabric (I used Wavery Lovely Lattic Fabric)

White cording

2 Packages of Blanket Batting

1 Package of loose batting (I only used about 3/4 of this)

Sewing machines and supplies

So I cut 5 pieces of patterned fabric and one white piece (for the bottom). I cut 4 pieces of my patterned fabric to be 13 x 19 for the sides. For the top and bottom I cut a piece of 19 x 19 in both white and my patterned fabric. (I was trying to save my pretty fabric so I used a white canvas for the bottom)

I started by pinning and sewing the 4 side pieces back to back until I had a big circle of fabric.

Then before preparing to sew on the top, I decided to add white cording for an extra detail. I first pinned my cording to my top fabric.

And then pinned the top layer to the side layer and SLOWLY started sewing the 3 pieces together. I worked with one section at a time.

I took my time at the corners and went back a couple times to try and get them as straight as possible.

I then repeated for the bottom panel. This was much easier because I did not have to deal with the cording! I left one whole side unfinished for stuffing. I do not like hand stitching so I always sew both of my corners on the side I leave open so they still look good after the hand stitching is completed.

I then turned my fabric right side out!! (My second favorite part!!! First is when I am done!!)

I LOVE the cording! I am glad I took the time for the extra detail!!! Now it's time to stuff!!

To stuff the cushion I started with two packages of Blanket Batting.

I measured 18 inches and folded it so it was 18 inches wide.
I folded the entire stack until it was a nice pile of batting!

It was REALLY hard shoving this batting into my cushion!!! But I got it! Once it was in, I did the same with the second roll.

I then used loose batting and stuffed it between the two flat sheets and around the corners. I stuffed the cushion until it had the shape I wanted. I thought this would take more batting than it did. It used only about 3/4 of a large bag.

My stuffed cushion! I then finished sewing off the remaining open portion of the cushion (like you would a pillow!)

I LOVE IT! It needs a little fluffing of the batting, but I figure Little Man can take care of that while playing trains!!







If you enjoyed this pouf tutorial, please check out the other 3 poufs I have since made!!!