Modern Outdoor Furniture Tutorial: Part 2

Cushions:

For the cushions I usually use balsa wood.  It's really light weight and easy to cut.

 First I covered the ends with a small piece of fabric and use a little extra bit of glue at the corners and pinch the corners closed.

 Once the glue is dried I snip off the extra fabric.

Then I cut a piece of fabric roughly the right size to cover the rest of the cushion the press the edges under to the correct size.  I found this awesome tiny iron at JoAnn Fabrics.  I believe it's for pressing quilting seams.  Of course I used a 40% off coupon.

 

 I line up the fabric then glue just along the edges.

 

 Finished cushion.

 

Here are the cushions on the chair base.

 

For this sofa, I used Carol's (Pepper from Mitchy Moo Miniatures) method of upholstering.  She has a great tutorial.

 

 

Legs:

 

For the legs, I usually use dowels or aluminum tubing.  I was out of the right sized aluminum tubing so I used an aluminum channel from the hardware store.

 

 Using a metal cutting bit on my little saw from Harbor Freight Tools, I cut small pieces from the aluminum channeling.

Then I filed the rough edges.

 

 Then I glued the legs to the bottom using Quick Grip.

 

Voila!