To make an ottoman with your own hands, use plastic bottles, car tires. It is good to rest in soft ottomans and armchairs, watch TV, read. An ottoman is a very comfortable thing. You can place it in the corridor, it will be convenient to take off and put on your shoes on this. It is suitable for a children's room, and if you make an ottoman a bag, not only children, but also adults will like to sit on this, to relax after a hard day. If you make a structure from rotting materials, then you can place ottomans in summer cottages, thereby deciding whether to purchase outdoor furniture. Therefore, everyone will find here an idea that suits him. Costs will be minimal, and many materials are generally free.
Ottoman made of plastic bottles
In addition to this, the main material, to create such a thing, you need:
- wide tape;
- well sharpened knife or scissors;
- thick cardboard;
- for lining foam rubber or synthetic winterizer;
- needles with thread;
- the cloth.
If you know how to knit, you can decorate the ottoman with threads. Then you will need another crochet hook or knitting needles.
Typically, a medium-sized ottoman takes 14-30 bottles. Do not forget to screw the covers tightly to them so that the product turns out to be strong and all these elements are of the same height. If you are making an ottoman in winter, first place the bottles without caps in the cold, then bring them into the room and screw them down, then the base will be stronger. To make a round ottoman out of bottles, place one in the center. Cover it with other similar containers, wrap with tape. Now form the next row in the same way. When the width of the ottoman is enough, finish this stage of work.
The product can be not only round, but also square. In this case, position the bottles so that they form this shape.
But we do round. Put the resulting blank on a piece of cardboard, cut out 2 circles. One will become the top and the other the bottom of the product. Also tape these blanks to the base.
In the same way, cut out 2 circles of foam rubber or padding polyester for the top and bottom of the bottle ottoman. Measure the length of the arc of the circle - this is the length you will have a rectangle for the sides. Its height is equal to the height of the ottoman.
Cut out this part too, sew on the side and with the upper and lower circle.
It remains to carve out a cover, put it on the base, and a handmade ottoman made of bottles is ready.
If you want to make not only a round, but also a square pouf from plastic bottles, the photo will help you with this.
How to make a piece of furniture from a tire?
Here is such a wonderful ottoman made from a tire. It can be placed not only at home, but also on the veranda on the backyard or right on the street, replacing expensive rattan furniture for a summer residence with this one, almost free.
The following photo shows the stages of work.
For production you will need:
- car tire;
- twine;
- self-tapping screws;
- plywood;
- glue gun;
- 3-4 legs;
- varnish;
- brush.
Place the tire on the plywood, cut 2 circles. Attach them to the top and bottom of the tire and secure with self-tapping screws.
Attach the end of the string to the middle of the plywood circle and, glueing the string with a glue gun, decorate the entire top of the ottoman.
Then flip the ottoman over and continue decorating it with thread.
When the whole thing is framed with a cord, cover it with varnish.
To make the ottoman a little higher, screw 2 legs to it. Now you can sit down on your creation, of course, when the varnish dries.
Armchair with backrest for giving
If you do not know what gift to make with your own hands, if you were invited to a holiday at the dacha, make an ottoman with a back or soft.
In the first case, they take for work:
- 2 car tires;
- a sheet of bending plywood 100x90 cm in size;
- thin felt;
- thick furniture foam rubber;
- plywood;
- screwdriver and self-tapping screws;
- furniture stapler.
Car tires must be connected from the inside with self-tapping screws. Attach a piece of felt to the bottom cover using a furniture stapler, cutting it to fit the bottom of the cover to make it easier to move the ottoman on the floor.
If you have casters or can get them from your local hardware store, then screw them onto the bottom of the ottoman. In this case, such a piece of furniture will become even easier to move. Bend the flexible plywood and attach to the tires with large self-tapping screws.
Cut out of plywood and foam rubber in a circle equal to the diameter of the tire. First put plywood on top of the tire, thick foam rubber on it and secure with self-tapping screws. Attach the felt with a furniture stick to the back of the ottoman. It remains to sew a cover on the chair, put on this final detail and give a gift made with your own hands.
For an orange ottoman made of tires, the tires are also attached from the inside with self-tapping screws. Then plywood and foam rubber are cut out according to the size of the tire, a cover for the cover is sewn, which can be removable. In this case, you can store some things in the recess of the ottoman. Attach the foam rubber to the tires, put on the cover and cover.
How is a pear-shaped bean bag chair made?
You need a pattern to create this soft and comfortable piece. It is presented below.
And also these materials and related items:
- satin or coarse calico 3–3.5 meters long for the inner cover and the same amount for the outer one, but made of leatherette;
- lightning about a meter long;
- filler for armchairs;
- fabric for applique;
- threads;
- pins;
- scissors.
First you need to enlarge the pattern, for this number the squares on the one presented. Then draw larger squares on a Whatman paper or graph paper, lining up, and also number each. Now, looking at the first pattern, redraw it over your layout and cut out the details. Transfer them to fabric. You should get:
- 1 piece - a small circle for the top;
- 6 pieces of wedges;
- 1 large circle for the bottom.
If you wish, you can also sew such a pillow-bone, the pattern of which is also presented. To create this product, you need to cut 2 parts from faux fur and fill them with filler.
The bag chair is sewn as follows: stitch the wedges together on the sewing machine from the sides, stitch on the bottom. Sew the upper circle only halfway, put the filling for the chairs in the hole formed. These can be pieces of padding polyester or small foam balls. Sew the other half of the circle to the top of the gussets.
It is better to sew a chair bag so that there is not only an inner, but also an outer cover. Then it can be removed and washed. So don't forget to sew the zipper to the outer cover. If you want to decorate such an ottoman, then redraw this pattern.
You can make the same applique as in the photo or slightly modify it by taking fabrics of a different color. Sew the wedges together first, but do not grind the sides of the first and last yet. Expand the resulting canvas, stitch the details of the applique to it. Sew a half of the roof to the edge without stitching to the cover. Then you get a spacious pocket in which you can put your printed materials, and then read them while sitting in a comfortable chair.
How to sew another armchair with your own hands?
Here is the second option for making a piece of furniture. This is a rectangular beanbag chair. You need to stock up on such materials to sew it:
- fabrics for the outer and inner cover (you will need 2, 5–3 m each);
- strong threads;
- a zipper, the length of which is 50–100 cm;
- filler.
A pattern and a detailed description will also help to sew this soft chair. Redraw it on the newspaper, guided by the clues. On each part of the pattern it is written what size it is. As a result, you will have:
- 2 sidewalls;
- front detail;
- back;
- bottom;
- frontal detail.
Note that the two sidewalls are cut out in a mirror image. To do this, fold the fabric in half, place the appropriate pattern on top, attach it with pins. Draw and cut.
Sew the front piece with two sides on the wrong side. Sew the bottom to the resulting workpiece. Sew the back to it and two sides. Sew the front piece on top, but not completely, leave a hole through which you turn this inner cover. Place the filling for the chairs through it, but it should be enough to take up 2/3 of the interior space. Only then sew the seam to the end.
Using the same patterns, cut out the details for the chair's upper cover. Sew them as well, but do not sew up the junction of the back and bottom. Sew in the zipper here and turn the top cover out through this hole.
How to sew an ottoman bag?
It can be created in the shape of a ball or in plain fabric. For the first option, you need 2 colors - light and dark. You will need to cut 20 hexagons from light fabric, and 12 pentagons from dark fabric. Everything is extremely simple. Fold the fabric in half, attach a pattern, cut along it, leaving seam allowances.
So that the joints do not diverge, they are strong, it is better to use a "bed" seam. To do this, grind 2 parts together first on the face. Then iron the seam and sew on the wrong side. Also make 2 covers. Put the filling for the chairs through the inner one, and insert the zipper into the top one.
If you create a round ottoman from one fabric, such a product is also comfortable and looks great.
These are the ottomans, chair bags you have learned today to create with your own hands, the subtleties of workmanship and new ideas you will learn by watching the video:
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