Cushion

The following weekend, we took the two cushion pillows from Gary that looked the most worn. One, a seat cushion, had two long slits and definitely needed to be repaired. The second was a back cushion which had a tear on the back; although you couldn't see it when it was on the bench, when you sat on it, the visible cushion cover at the front kept slipping down, and you could see the cushion peek out at the top. This could not remain as it was. Sebb removed the covers and sat down at his sewing machine. First, he worked on the seat cushion, reinforcing the slits with a piece of denim and applying a zigzag stitch with matching thread along the entire length of the damage. So far, so good. Unfortunately, it became evident that the cushion fabric was too worn out. If you pulled on the fabric, it tore beside the seam. So that wouldn’t work; a new cover had to go over it. But how? Make it ourselves? That surely wouldn’t look like what we imagined. To a upholsterer? Although that would surely be the nicest option, it would also definitely be the most expensive. After some research, we found the report of a caravan owner who had simply covered his cushions with cuff fabric. No sewing involved. The fabrics were produced as a tube and could easily be secured on the back with safety pins. That sounded like a method for us. So, we would soon head to the fabric store to check out the cuff fabrics there.

On the other hand, Ines' mom had already offered to sit at the sewing machine for us and sew cushion covers. However, we would still need to obtain the fabric, unless we wanted each cushion to be covered with a different leftover piece of fabric.