Pattern for a loose chair cover

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Leisurely rocking in a cozy rocking chair, you can spend hours enjoying the gentle rays of the sun, the view of a quietly murmuring river or the flames in the fireplace. Or you can happily take a nap after lunch or relax while watching a movie. The stylish and comfortable Ikea rocking chair fully promotes complete relaxation. This amazing furniture is not just a piece of furniture, it also has a positive effect on health: it trains the vestibular system, relieves muscle tension, and calms the nervous system. Swedish furniture makers offer both classic and modernized models of these chairs, the original design of which will harmoniously fit into any style of the room.

6 reasons to buy custom-made covers for IKEA

The old upholstery is already worn out or stained, but you are not yet ready for repairs and serious expenses.
Your favorite sofa isn't what it used to be, but it's too comfortable to get rid of.
You have recently updated your decor and want your new furniture to remain presentable for as long as possible.
You've had your eye on a beautiful set at IKEA, but you're wondering how quickly a child or cat will get through it.
You love variety and try to change the interior from time to time without completely redoing it.
We make covers for the most popular sofas - Bedinge, Monstad, Friheten, Klippan.

IKEA designers have long appreciated the practicality and convenience of removable covers. But such an addition is not provided for every model. And if it is, it may not suit you in terms of color or material characteristics. Products from our company will be what you want. A variety of shades and types of fabric allows you to choose the right solution for any style and color scheme of the room.

We create covers for sofas of any size and configuration - large and small, straight and corner, new and out of production. You can easily and quickly refresh your interior, and these pleasant changes will not require any hassle.

Advantages of IKEA sofas

The main policy of the Swedish manufacturer IKEA is comfort and convenience for the client. It is for this reason that predominantly natural materials, practical bases and safe designs are used in production.

Among the advantages of IKEA sofas, the following aspects can be highlighted:

A large selection of beautiful and stylish models available at a wide variety of prices. The price range is developed taking into account the material used, design and functionality of the sofa.

Most sofas are available in models with a transformation function. In official catalogs you can find corner models with built-in drawers and sliding sofas.

A huge range of additional accessories designed in accordance with the design of the model itself.

Possibility of preliminary assessment of the entire available selection of sofas. The online catalog of IKEA sofas has a user-friendly interface, a convenient search engine, and a constantly updated assortment.

Especially for the convenience of customers, the “Constructor” program has been developed online and in real time.

Any store client has the opportunity to simulate their interior by selecting furniture parts in a virtual program.

The best sofas from IKEA meet all the requirements. Thanks to the efforts of IKEA designers, furniture is available to customers in a wide variety of sizes, shapes and types.

The advantages of our covers for IKEA

Variety of fabrics. The catalog contains 9 types of materials and 130 shades - you have plenty to choose from! The most practical options are not afraid of regular washing and cat claws.
Excellent quality. Each case we sew perfectly matches a specific model from IKEA. The products look impeccable, lie without waves or folds and retain their aesthetics for a very long time.
Convenient choice. High-quality photographs, complemented by detailed descriptions, will help you find the ideal material. You can also take advice from our consultant.
Delivery across Russia. Not only Moscow residents can update their furniture with Hemny. Wherever you live, place your order and we will deliver it to you in branded packaging by transport company!

There is no need to worry that the covers for upholstered furniture will be of poor quality. We give them a 1-year warranty, and the actual service life significantly exceeds this period many times. If you find a defect, you can return the product within 14 days.

Buying a cover for a sofa, armchair or chair on our website is very simple. Choose the appropriate furniture model, select the fabric and leave a request or call us!

It is impossible to imagine the interior of a country house with a fireplace without a rocking chair. But the modern fast pace of life may make it necessary in an ordinary city apartment. In addition to its direct function, it also relieves stress and allows you to relax after a hard day. At IKEA, the rocking chair is presented in only three series in several colors. But the company, as always, took care of the design: a minimalistic, laconic appearance allows you to adapt the furniture to almost any interior style.

Constructing a pattern

A cover for a chair is cut and sewn in generally the same way as for a sofa. But the different geometric proportions of the chair and the procedure for using it place increased demands on the accuracy of taking patterns from life and cutting fabric. If, for example, you take a pattern for a sofa cover from the same set, throw out the middle of it and sew a chair cover from the rest, then it will almost certainly wrinkle in plain sight, see fig. on right.

Wrinkles on seat covers due to improper cutting

What parts does the pattern of a tight-fitting chair cover consist of, is shown in the figure:

Scheme for constructing a pattern for a chair cover

By widening the back, armrests and front from below, we get a pattern for a cover with flares or a skirt. If you need a semi-loose cut cover, the overhangs of the armrest parts are made straight. For an example, see a selection of videos on how to cut and sew a cover with frills for an armchair:

An example is a good thing, but if you need your own original cover for your own chair, not the same as in the example, and you like a different fabric, then you need to keep something else in mind. In Fig. Above, you can already see the differences between the pattern of a cover for a chair and that for a sofa: the cuts for the front, seat, back and back of the back are elongated in length/height, while for the sofa, on the contrary, in width. The cut for the back of the sofa is also elongated in width, but here it needs to be almost square. If the fabric stretched exactly the same in all directions, it would mean nothing. But it stretches differently along and across. And in a chair cover, the armrests pull the seat more strongly, and its area of contact with the base is smaller.

How to thread a piece of thread and take measurements to create patterns for a chair cover

The first thing that follows from this is that the threads of the cover fabric must be threaded as shown on the left in the figure:

Facade, seat, back - along the top, deep, up, down.
Armrests - up and down across.
Front inserts of straight armrests are vertical.
Inserts for armrests with camber – give the lobar ones a camber of approx. 1/3 along the top from the greatest extension of the armrest.

That is, cutting the fabric for a chair cover at random, just to save money, will not work - there will be irremovable wrinkles on the finished cover. It is necessary to remove the patterns from the chair, mark the orientation of the lobes on each one, lay them out on the floor in a strip equal to the width of the cut of the chosen fabric and minimize waste, observing the necessary orientation of the lobes. Then the required cut length is measured locally and purchased.

How to remove patterns

For patterns you need to prepare or purchase suitable material, see below. Then the chair is measured, as shown in the center in the figure, and according to the measurements, blank pieces of approximately the same shape are cut out from the pattern material with an allowance of 10-15 cm. The blanks are placed in place, pulled up, crimped at the joints and the contours are drawn with a marker; the orientation of the lobar is immediately noted. After this, the blanks are cut along the contour with an indentation of 7-10 cm and laid out to determine the length of the cut, see above.

Insertion is a delicate matter

If the chair has a large camber of armrests, and the fabric of the cover is chosen to be dense and not very stretchy (jacquard or flock, for example), then the patterns for the inserts in the armrests should not be removed by drawing them in place, but built according to size. Building on a regular grid is tedious and inaccurate - you will almost certainly get lost. Building on an arbitrary grid of basic verticals and horizontals will also take time, but the probability of error is much less and the accuracy is higher. You just need to make a device in addition to the tailor's meter - a simple caliper from a pair of wooden rulers with holes; the length of the rulers is from 30 cm. The ends of the rulers opposite to the holes are cut at an angle of 30-45 degrees towards each other, i.e. mirrored, and the rulers are fastened through the hole with a bolt and nut. The measurement procedure is as follows (see also on the right in the figure):

Prepare a simple plumb line from some kind of weight and thread or fishing line;
In nature, along a plumb line, using chalk or soap, mark the base vertical A from the middle of the base of the insert;
In the same way, mark the base vertical B from the pole of the armrest P - its highest point;
The main horizontal line is drawn on the template sheet;
Measure hA - height A from the line of the curb of the chair;
Construct a basic vertical A on the workpiece;
On location, measure the distance between the basic verticals C;
On location, measure the full height of the base vertical B from P to the curb line, and the height of the dip B - hB;
Based on the data obtained, a basic vertical B is built on the workpiece;
On location, the arms of the horizontal lines A0 – a(n) are removed using calipers and transferred to the workpiece. The horizontals are placed more often, the steeper the bend of the sides of the insert contour in a given section and the closer they (horizontals) are to the pole. The heights of the horizontal lines are measured with a meter;
Similarly, the arms of the horizontal lines B0 – b(n) are removed and transferred to the workpiece, but the measurements are taken downwards from the pole;
Using a regular drawing pattern or by hand, draw the outline of the insert on the workpiece.

The highlight of this method is that in the most critical places, where wrinkles can appear on the product, the shoulders a(n) and b(n) duplicate each other to some extent. Suddenly, when drawing, it turns out that their end marks have diverged greatly; measurements at this level can be repeated, because an error in beating any pair of horizontal arms is not transmitted to the others.

What to make patterns from

The material for the patterns for the chair cover should stretch approx. just like upholstery fabric, and apply it in place, wrinkled in the same way. Then you will immediately see where the cuts for darts are needed or, if there are more than 2-3 of them, where this part needs to be divided into two.

In professional tailoring, pattern pieces are cut out of percale - fabric that has been decatified 3-4 times and impregnated with a special composition. Decorate the canvas by soaking it overnight in initially hot water, drying it and ironing it until dry while still wet. Percale is sold in specialized sewing stores, but in small towns this is most likely not available. You can, of course, order it on the Internet, but if you only need a cover for one chair, you can also wash and starch an old, washed sheet - it has already been dried naturally. However, such a pattern will be disposable: the starch will soon be knocked out, and there is no point in starching again - the dimensions will float away. In most cases, if the chair is not particularly pretentious in shape, percale can be replaced with building insulating material - glassine. You can find it in any hardware store, or they can bring you a custom-made cut from the warehouse. Using glassine patterns, you can cut out covers for 5-6 chairs, which is more than enough for yourself.

Basting a blank pattern for a chair cover made of sheet insulating material

If the cover is insulated, then instead of a pattern you can use the insulation itself - thick sheet polyester, artificial felt, etc. Insulation blanks are applied in place. Working seams are basted with a thick thread, and basting seams for cuts are sewn with a thinner thread of a contrasting color, see fig. on right; The stitching and cutting lines are marked with a marker. In this case, when cutting, you need to add the thickness of the insulation to the sewing allowance.

Review of series with prices

Because the choice is not very large, we can cover in detail all the pros and cons of each option, and also tell you how much each model costs.

POENG

The price for them is quite high - from 11 to 16 thousand rubles, but sometimes IKEA organizes promotions, and you can pick up such a chair at a price 1.5 times less. In general, the high cost is explained by the quality of workmanship and the use of natural materials (beech, birch, oak) in the frames.

Despite the high price, Poeng still remains the most purchased model. Although for some time these were almost the only rocking chairs in the IKEA assortment. This series also includes regular, non-swinging versions. Therefore, for those for whom it is important that the furniture in the living room matches perfectly, this is the best choice.

Models in this series have a smooth curve to support the back, a high back so that the neck does not get tired. A soft head pillow provides additional comfort.

The Poeng series also features footrests that allow you to relax your legs while swinging.

Footrest "Poeng". Price – RUB 3,599

Another advantage of the Poeng models is the presence of a removable cover, which, if dirty, can be removed and washed in a washing machine.

Currently sold in several design options, in several colors.

Frame material: multi-layer laminated veneer of beech, birch or oak.

Made from bent laminated birch veneer. Price — 11,999 rub.

Made of oak veneer, stained. Cost - 11,999 rub.

The frames of all models are treated with acrylic varnish. Therefore, squeaking in the first few weeks after purchase is quite normal: the varnished parts should get used to each other.

The frames of some Poeng models are stained light or dark brown.

Covers for special chairs

Special means computer, office and home work chairs for schoolchildren and adults. One cannot sit relaxed in such chairs. Riders constantly move in them. We are not talking about gamers, nervous regulars of social networks and hyperactive choleric managers. An ordinary calm and balanced person, engaged in systematic productive work, while sitting in a chair, without noticing it, fidgets all the time. A work chair should reduce fatigue, but if the cover on it keeps getting knocked down and slips, then, on the contrary, it will increase it. Everyone places certain specific requirements on the work chair cover.

Textile

Limitations begin with the choice of fabric. Thin upholstery usually doesn’t hold up on a work chair, but on thick traditional upholstery, sorry, it doesn’t take long to rub the buttocks. In any case, there is nothing to say about reducing fatigue.

Types of fabrics for covers of computer, office and work chairs

The best fabric for a work chair cover is the relax type, on the left in Fig. Relax fabrics are usually used to make car seat covers (we’ll talk about them later). The relaxation cover fits in place like a glove, does not accumulate static, does not rub anything even on a bare body, is easy to clean dry and can withstand repeated washing without losing its appearance. Relax fabrics are quite expensive, but at home, an almost complete replacement for them is woven nubuck, in the center. The flock upholstery on the right is somewhat worse - it gets dirty faster and you have to wash the cover made from it more often.

Note: microfiber can be considered a conditionally suitable fabric for upholstered furniture covers. The case made from it fits well and fits well into place. Microfiber collects and retains dirt and does not allow moisture into the chair. But it cannot be washed or wet cleaned, because... from them it immediately loses its properties. Regular dry cleaning will greatly shorten the lifespan of microfiber.

Which one to sew for work?

The work chair has a significant difference from the living room: its backrest is adjustable in height and its back is quite strongly convex - a rod, a slider and a regulator stopper are placed there. Therefore, it will not be possible to sew a work chair cover using a regular pattern: not only will it not look good, but it will also quickly fray on the fold.

Types of covers for work chairs

Ready-made covers for office chairs and computer chairs with increased ergonomics are produced in the form of cover-linings on ribbons with ties, fasteners or Velcro, pos. 1 and 2 in Fig. They cannot be called ideal: the ribbons are visible, weaken, come undone, the cover slips, and dust and dirt collect in its folds. For ordinary computer and work chairs, the so-called. bunny cover made of 2 separate parts, named after the very popular model with the image of a malevolent hare on the back, pos. 3a and 3b. The bunny cover is quite accessible to repeat with your own hands; how to sew a bunny cover for a computer chair, see video:

Video: original bunny cover for an office chair

The bunny cover, however, is also not ideal - it still creeps little by little and has to be adjusted from time to time. But a cover for a work chair of the type used for a living room (item 4) is not suitable at all: in addition to the dust collector fold, the fabric of the cover that crawls along the smooth armrests noticeably increases fatigue, and the cover itself keeps getting knocked down. In this case, a knitted cover is optimal, pos. 1 and 2 in Fig.:

Knitted covers for computer and office chairs

In the fold it hardly collects dust and does not get lost under a not overly active rider. It is securely fixed on the back with a knitted lapel, pos. 3. However, to knit a chair cover, you need to know how to knit, see video tutorial:

Video: knitted cover for a computer chair

Let's try to sew a universal one

Meanwhile, there are chairs in everyday use whose ergonomics are subject to much more stringent requirements. In cars. The driver, manipulating the controls, willy-nilly has to move a lot, and his mistake from fatigue is not seven troubles for you - one problem. And no mirrors, raid arrays or just backups for you. And covers for car seats have been developed for a long time. And any of them can be adapted for a computer and an office chair, because... Structurally the basics are similar.

So, take a pattern for a car seat cover (see figure) and start playing tricks with it. First, the lower part (seat) and upper part (back) do not have to be made of 5 parts, because The sides of both work chairs are low. Therefore, you can discard the parts highlighted in brown, and cut out the bases (grayish-green) as for a bunny cover. But you need to sew overlays (gray-dark purple) on them; their role is not only decorative.

How to remake a car seat cover pattern for a computer or office seat

Second, we sew the backdrop (bottom right in the figure) in one piece, but in 2 layers. The lining is made of durable technical fabric, and the decorative top is made of upholstery. We remove the ties E and F, and instead of them we sew a tight elastic band with hooks L to the back lining; on the wrong side of the back, the corresponding loops K are sewn. We cut the backdrop to be wider at the bottom, for which we remove the dimensions H1 and H2 from the base chair (top left in the figure). The height of the durable back lining is H1, counting from the top (the elastic is sewn to its bottom edge), and the height of the decorative overlay is H2. It is better to take elastic bands tighter, for example. from a car or motorcycle trunk.

When everything is sewn, we put on the seat and secure it with elastic bands - they are not visible. We put on the back cover, hook the hooks of its elastic bands to the loops. The durable lining stretches and securely fixes the backrest, and the decorative trim covers its locking screw, but does not interfere with its use. So we have a universal cover for a computer, office or work chair based on a car one.

Note: in order for such a cover to last longer and fit better in place, it is advisable to sew the front part of the back and seat in 2 layers with a lining made of durable technical fabric. In this case, elastic bands with hooks are sewn to the lining.

Reviews

Real reviews help you approach your purchase more responsibly. Let's see how satisfied people are with their purchase, and whether they were disappointed with the quality after months or even years of use.

According to popular review sites, customer opinions about the Poeng chair are generally positive.

Of the minuses, the high cost was noted. There was also one review in which the creaking that appeared over time caused criticism.

We also managed to find an opinion about the not so popular, but no less beautiful “Grenadal” chair.

Reviews of the Sundvik child seat are also positive.

Because “Overallt” is a new product; no reviews have been found yet. Perhaps you will be the first to share your experience?

Although IKEA rocking chairs have a 10-year warranty, carefully checking the product for defects before purchasing will help you avoid unnecessary hassle. Furniture should be evenly painted and should not have chips or cracks.

The best replacement covers for Ikea chairs

“4 Sofas” creates beautiful and high-quality covers for armchairs, armchair-beds, semi-armchairs, chairs, work chairs and even single sections from IKEA.

You can add individuality to your chair from the Ektorp, Tulsta, Ennilund, Lycksele, Poeng, Solsta, Skruvsta, Melby, Kivik and others series from IKEA with the help of a new cover from “4 Sofas”.

If you are looking for a new cover for a chair from the IKEA store range, for example, Kivik, Harnosand, or Karlstat; if you want to order a cover for a chair for which a cover was not provided from the very beginning, for example, Solsta, Pello or Skruvsta; if you want to come up with and get your own special cover for a chair, for example, made of faux suede, with a bright contrasting piping, or even a cover made from several multi-colored fabrics, then “4 Sofas” will help you solve any problem.

About a hundred colors, prints and textures can be found on our website. All materials, from “Anto-claw” fabric to 100% Spanish cotton, can be seen in the general palette of materials. The new cover from “4 Divan” will change your IKEA chair beyond recognition and help you create an unusual piece of home furnishings.

Reupholstering an Ikea Monstad sofa: necessary tools and materials

The success of all types of repair services depends on the availability of prepared materials and tools, as well as on their quality. When reupholstering a sofa, in most cases it is necessary to use special tools, the list of which includes: external fabric (tapestry or velor), canvas for internal lining, a sheet of ordinary plywood, wood glue, furniture stapler, a box of staples, self-tapping screws (and you need a set of several things).

Who we are and why we work

“4 Sofas” produces not only removable covers for IKEA chairs, but also other textile products for the home. They are the ones who create comfort and coziness in the house. We are working to ensure that we have collected beautiful and wear-resistant fabrics with high technical characteristics. The chair cover is sewn by one craftsman from start to finish; it is he who controls and is responsible for the quality of the entire product. We provide a 1 year warranty on new covers. Already now, some cases can be ordered in our online store with the condition of payment upon receipt (for example, Tulsta, Ennilund, Solsta,).

The “4 Divan” store was created in 2014. We saw our main task as providing the opportunity for IKEA furniture owners to receive unusual and beautiful chair covers at a reasonable price. Later, we began to “rescue” IKEA chairs that had left the IKEA store’s assortment, and the covers had become unusable or were no longer sold at IKEA. It came as a big surprise to us that our customers were residents of all of Russia: from Vladivostok to Yalta. We create together with our customers, who constantly give us new ideas: how to fix the cover so that it doesn’t wrinkle, where a particular chair has a “weak spot” and how to fix it. Reviews and photos from our customers give us the strength to develop and create something new. We complement the palette with new fabrics and patterns, and are constantly expanding the range of chair covers, including very “ancient” chair models. So feel free to ask us questions and suggest something new. We are waiting for this. Well, we will try to make your dream a reality.

Corner sofas IKEA

Thanks to their unusual shape, corner sofas from IKEA can be located in small spaces and used to zone combined rooms.

The advantages are the following factors:

A large amount of free space in the room due to the successful location of adjacent corners of the sofa.
The presence of built-in drawers for storing linen also saves space.
The corner design practically folds out into a full-size bed with two sleeping places.

All IKEA corner models are distinguished by rich decor, designed in accordance with individual design styles.