These are my patio chairs. I have had them for quite some time. They have seen many family parties! They have also seen better days. The sun has done a number on them. I finally turned them over so the under side would be on top and all of the sun damage and wear wasn’t as obvious.

If you look close here, you’ll see tears on the seat.

And in this picture you can’t miss them.

 I wanted to buy some new chair cushions, but that is not an option. We are sending our “Bonus Baby” off on her mission in a week and a half, and our “First Born” is getting married two days before that. My money is ear marked for other things.

Then I had a thought…”I could just cover them!” I went through my fabric. I had didn’t have enough of either of the fabrics I chose to cover all of them, so I decided to put one fabric on the front and the other on the back.

I laid the pad out on the fabric and cut around it leaving a few inches for seam allowance.

I cut 24 inch strips to make ties for the pad cover.

Oh, and I used the velcro piece from the original pad and attached it to the underside fabric. I figured, why not?

I pinned front and back together with the tie in place. Then I sewed it up like a pillow case. Turned it inside out and put the original chair pad inside the cover. It was a little work getting it in, but I just did it like I do when I’m putting a pillow into a pillow case.

Once it was in I sewed up the end kinda like a present. The straight part with the machine, and the angle parts by hand.

I think they turned out great!!!

I didn’t spend anything. I used what I already had. Neat!