This is THE BEST tutorial I've seen on sewing a box cushion cover. Been sewing for decades and I think you have a gift for teaching. This is such a clear, straight forward, EXCELLENT guide!
This is by far the best video I have ever seen. After struggling to wing making a seater cover for a campervan I followed these steps and it worked perfectly, especially the bit about the zip. I can't say under state how helpful this video is. Thank you for make it, it's amazing!
Thank you SO much for this video! I never in a million years thought that I could do something like this. But I have now made FOUR of these (the last 2 were for 8 foot long cushions and a 10 foot zipper!!). I watched this video every time, and they came out perfectly. You are an exceptional instructor!!
Excellent tutorial! As a novice sewer, I have always been intimidated by cushion covers and the prospect of zippers, wasted material or an overall embarrassing finished product. So I started in the shallow end making 1 from remnant material and that gave me the confidence to make a full set of 5 for our travel trailer. Thank you!!!
I was so nervous cutting the fabric as I bought it overseas so it was not replaceable. I had four cushions to make and followed this video step by step for each of them. They turned out perfectly! Other videos speeding through the process only make it daunting, stressful and confusing. Thank you so much for your clear, calm and precise instructions. I am thrilled!
it's easier to sew the zipper on before sewing the corners .... it makes it easier then you turn the cover inside out and sew the corners you'll have your cover boxed in ..
Thank you for this. I am going to attempt to make an 18x18x2 cover, with a zipper and boxed corners. I've never done this before. I appreciate the time you took to make this tutorial. 😊
Oh my god!Thank you so much sister. You just saved me a couple of hundreds dollars. I need to replace my cushions and even though I have sewing machine and I really don’t know how to use it;I’ll give it a try. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Your method is great. Because you cut the rectangles after you sew both sides, I could change it a little, so the stripes on the cushion matched. I also learned that it is not a problem if the measurements are a little bit smaller. The result was great, so thank you so much for this tutorial. I could not have done it without it! THANK YOU!
Thank you! I made new covers for a chair in my living room that the cat had destroyed. The new covers look wonderful! It was so easy and they turned out great! ❤🎉
LOVED LOVED LOVED the video. I decided to use a velcro closure in the back on the depth where the zipper would be however, and it worked perfectly. Hardest part is getting the cushion back on the form. I have had 3 zippers break on me on my patio furniture, one even melted so I wanted the velcro instead. Thank you so much for doing this. My cushions look great.
I have to comment again! making wheelchair cushion for my 88 yr old Daddy! Of course its not perfect, but I did a waterproof cover and a Looney Tunes cover! He's such a kid at heart! Thanks so much for your help. You've made Papa very happy!
Thank you so much for posting this excellent tutorial. I'd never sewn a zip, but needed to make box cushions. As a beginner scrolling through videos and instructions, which make it sound like you have to be an expert before attempting it. Your calmness and simplified instructions made it accessible. I have now made 12 which look amazing.. i have discovered that i like sewing zips and eyeing up any bits of foam that may need a box cushion .
Aww I’m so happy it worked so well for you! Yes! You start to get a sewing bug and think of all the things you can make! Congratulations on a job well done!
I am back here just to give my comment. After watching this video, I went to try by doing just one but it turned out to be so easy that I made 7. Wow! Thanks so much because I had watched other videos before but the maths was missing.
I watched your video 3 times.... and it was so easy to follow your instructions. Your voice is so calm. You are the only person that explained box cushion covers so well. Thank you.
I have just made a set of cushion covers for my camper van using your tutorial. I’d never put in a zip before, and they all turned out great! You have a talent for teaching. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Is there any way you can help me on the side part. After I sewed the zipper on and it's time to sew down the sides before doing the last 2 box corners is where I keep messing up. For some reason I sew down the side and then the zipper when I flip the cover right side out is messed up. Where the start or end of the zipper should be on the sides that's where I'm having issues. Not sure if I'm not sewing at the right spot or what I'm doing wrong. The video says sew from the zipper down the side but that's the only part of the video where it's not clearly shown where to start sewing.
@@heatherconte5445 I started sewing the side seam from directly to the side of where I'd finished sewing the zipper - so parallel to it, but around the 1/2 inch from the edge of the fabric> Make sure reverse sew that first bit. Should work - let me know if its still not clear and I'll try to explain it better. Good luck
@@abiellis-pz7ll thank you for your reply. Sorry I didnt see it sooner. I ended up trying other tutorials where the 2 side panels are sewn on seperately and that was a worse disaster so I'm going to try this Tutorial again but much smaller just to see if it works this time around. I dont know why I'm struggling so much but fingers crossed I'll get it this time around. I'll let you know if it works. Thanks again for your help.
@@abiellis-pz7ll just wanted to let you know I did it!! Thank you so much for your help! Came out great. I still have no idea what I was doing wrong on my first several attempts but at least I can now do it. My mom was laughing because when she called I was in tears and said "I dont understand how I can make bears and tons of things with different shapes but I cant make a boxed rectangle with a zipper" lol. I think I was just overthinking it
I've been sewing since I was 8 yrs. old. I am now 72. Oddly enough, I've never had occasion during all that time to make cushions with a box corner. I wanted to make new dining room chair cushions, but was lost when it came to making the box. I have to commend you on your easy instructions!! I made them all in about 30 minutes and they look wonderful. BTW, yours was the 4th RU-vid video I watched and the ONLY one that made sense to me and made me feel like I could do it. Thank you so much!
Just made the traditional box cover for the bottom cushion of my chair then used your method for the back cushion, it was so much simpler I will never go back to the traditional method. I like to finish a project quickly and this is a winner for me, thanks for the clear instructions.
Thank you for your helpful video. I have watched it every time I sew another cushion. It is so easy to follow and everyone is so amazed at the finished cushions.
Thank you for a great explanation. I've been sewing for 64 years and your explanation is so clear, very calm and a great confidence builder. I'll be sharing this every chance I get. Your relaxed approach, "not a perfectionist" is actually perfect for a newbie to sewing. It will keep them in the game. You are lovely. Thanks.
You are so sweet ! And you has just saved my old sofa. Last year I adopted two rescued female doggies. My Millie ( the Destroyer) chewed all the cushions on my sofa and love seat. You just taught me the easiest way to create new ones. Thanks so much! Never too old for a challenge, I am 80 yrs old. Thanks again, wishing you the very best for 2024.
You are so kind! I’m so glad the tutorial helped you. God bless you! You must be the coolest 80 year old around! Watching RU-vid and learning to make boxed cushions. You go girl!
Like others have said, this one one of the best tutorials on this subject. You might want to consider adding “How to make” at the beginning of your title to rank higher on the SEO for better discovery. Such great info. Thank you!
Thank you so much for explaining everything and showing it slowly. I was watching another tutorial and she had it on fast speed. I was so confused. Lol.
I have watched a lot of videos & I was truly overwhelmed, but your video was so easy to understand and your voice is so sweet and calm....it gives you confidence. I'm going to try and make these soon. Thank you so much!🌺
Yours is the best tutorial on YT on making boxed cushion covers. You explain it so easily. I couldn't understand the others. Yours is the only one I understand. My covers came out great. Thank you!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU - you have NO idea how brilliant this video is and I am so grateful!! I thought it was going to be so easy making covers for my daughter's kitchen bench cushions and then it seemed like dying and going to hell when I started. I spent quite a long time searching for video help, everything seemed so complicated and then suddenly......... ta dah!!!! So easy to follow and the results were AMAZING. I now know how to do it properly, thank you so much for making it so clear and for realising that not all home seamstresses are natural born wizards!!!
Oh my goodness! From when I hit play I liked you and I kept this video! I like how personable you are and very genuine. Even when you had the wrong end of the measuring tape...very likable. Thank you for the great video! I like you do a little bit of everything, but this box cover gave me anxiety!
Thank you for taking the fear out of sewing upolstry and zippers😅...started placing zippers in stitched enclosed pillows but nervous to redo cushions. I too am noy a pro, but I bought foam like over a year ago..lol... and just kept it in plastic and wouldnt touch it lol! Now im ready after watching your simple and easy to follow video. Thanks for useful tips too. No excessive talking and to the point! Happy sewing❤
Absolutely a novice here…totally appreciate Seth help…. It’s pretty scary doing it first time. Awesome ..simple to follow..can see why everyone likes 🫵🏼Seth 👍🏽🫶🏼 I’m sure my brother will be impressed once I’ve done his love seats x 4 and backs for his camper Wish me luck 🤞🏽
This is the best video I have seen for making fast and easy cushion covers. I stumbled upon your video while watching a complicated video from JoAnn Fabrics for making cushion covers. Your video is much easier to understand and a whole lot less work. You just saved a gliider on my deck from going to the dump.
You are the best. You see like I do. Your simple instructions are both easily understood and funny. You are REAL and make no excuses. Thanks for your help making my cusions for my couch
This was the most clear explanation of how to measure and cut out the corners for the box corner. First time upholsterer here, so was really anxious about wrecking expensive fabric. I made mine without zips, as I was using heavyweight fire retardant sofa style fabric, and they won't be taken off to wash, so hand sewed the last side where the zipper would be. Thank you for posting the tutorial.
After trying to find someone to sew cushion covers for two older sofas that I have in a meeting space that I'm opening soon, I was ready to give up. Then I found your video! I hadn't used a sewing machine in a really long time, but because you explain everything so clearly, I was able to complete the cushion covers myself. Thank you so much!
I have never ever sewn anything before and today I followed your step by step tutorial to sew a cushion and I have learnt so so much. I have sewn my first ever cushion let alone a zipper cushion. I am so chuffed. Thank you so much. Now I have four more to sew but with your tutorial I am feeling confident. Thank you so much
I was going to pay someone to make my campervan cushions until I seen this tutorial video, now I'm going to do them myself. Brilliant video you have explained it very well 👍
Absolutely the best tutorial video to make a box cushion cover. Very easy to follow, great teacher, great visuals and verbal instructions. I can not say enough. Just awesome. Thank very, very much.
THANK YOU!! Excellent video. Recovered my RV dinette cushions in one evening and am THRILLED!! Husband can't believe it. He thought it would take a long time and our trip in next week. YOU are the best!
This is the best cushion tutorial Ive seen. I was honestly so overwhelmed with how people explained it til I found this video...it's really not complicated and you showed that!! Thank you!
I'm a professional sewer .....well done omg I am impressed,, uv explained very well and made it so easy anyone could do it ,u have a soft voice and make people feel easy ...you should look into a teaching in sewing ,, I would employ u I'm in the UK... fantastic... uv got the undo zip or no turning out ,,, uv got the fabric ironing ,the pinning ,,the direction of fabric and much more an iron a sewers best friend and putting in a zip ...u have a very calming way of helping the nervous ....in my workplace I have come across so many that don't take up sewing big things like sofa covers curtains etc or sofas it's not hard like leaving to ride a bike once taught uv got it ,if it stays together uv got it ...iv been doing it all my life n now at tender age of 53 lol I teach as well as sew n I'm just surprised at how scared of learning the skill if u know what the end result is but it's a mind set n the industry needs ppl who can not only use a machine that easy but follow a pattern ..u have just explained a pattern and videoed a plan of action ... one day I might have time to video but iv learnd a different way n I'm 100 miles an hr at times a bit of heavy editing 😅 so absolutely we'll done impressive
Just made a little cushion for my cousin’s daughter vanity and used your video and I want to say thank you very helpful and for teaching me something new
After I murdered the first cushion (it took me 2 hours to figure out how to put on a zipper foot 🤣) it was a disaster of epic proportions. I mis measured. Once that was cut off and I regrouped, 2 cushion came out beautifully! This was the best and simplest tutorial for a novice, not even novice, sewer like myself. Thank you!!!
My bench cushions turned out beautifully! You're an excellent teacher. Thank you so much for showing me the math. Knowing how to calculate and add up my dimensions gave me the confidence I needed to tackle this project. I couldn't have made my cushions without you. Thanks again.
This is a wonderful tutorial! Thank you so much. I actually recovered ALL of my outdoor cushions using your tips and tricks. You have managed to simplify a very complicated process. Well done🥰
love the one piece construction rather than cutting separate pieces for the sides, top and bottom edges. Can't wait to try it to recover the cushions in my RV.
Thank you, thank you for sharing your how to make a boxed cushion cover. This was my first time attempting to make a cushion. It came out perfect!!!!!!
Watching this a year later and this is the most helpful video I’ve found on cushion covers like this. Love that you used one piece instead of the many I saw with multiple pieces 🙏🏼
I had my fabric and lots of enthusiasm, but that fizzled as I watched video after video and felt more and more confused. Then I found your tutorial! Thank you so much! You explain everything so clearly, especially the math, and it was as if a switch had been turned on in my head. I made all four cushion covers in one afternoon and couldn't be happier!
I agree the math is not overwhelming. Some videos tell you to use a calculator on their system which all seemed like greek to me. I was starting to feel discouraged. I'm hoping to start this reupholstering project within the next two weeks. I'm going in with so much more confidence.
This video actually saved my sanity!!!! I went from stressing over cutting a pattern to recover 11 cushions to completely recovering them in one afternoon. Exceptional job explaining to us how to make these....THANK YOU!!!
I'm happy to have found your tutorial on cushion covers. I am a beginner at sewing, and I struggle with zippers on my throw pillows. It's been about a year since I tried. I need cushion covers now, and they cost a lot. I will make them. Thanks.
I've watched a lot of videos on making bench cushions so I can make one for my grandson. This is BY FAR the easiest one I've seen. I started one with a different method and wound up ripping the entire thing apart... even the zipper! This also looks like it can be done in a short amount of time. I will definitely use this method and TRY TRY AGAIN!! Thanks so much!
@@StehHiesher My grandson liked the first one so much he asked me to make another one. A hint for adding straps to corners. I made matching tie straps and will place them in the boxed corners as I sew them (I think, lol). On the last one I kinda faked the straps... to hard to explain, but they turned out okay! Thanks again for such an easy to follow video!
Hey darl.. All the way from South Africa.. Just to let you know, as a seamstress.. Sometimes my brain doesn't work out the 3D and you explained the method of getting your measurements so well... I got it first time.. In fact, just to make sure I followed... I paused and played several times.. Just a massively big thank you for helping me get my yoga cushions done for my client.. Hopefully she will be syked to see the effort I put it😎💐😇👏💚 thank you again.. Be blessed.. Keep doing the good works 💐🎊👍🙏👌💞
I bought a futon couch for extra sleep space for guests. It's long and the legs are so short you feel like you're getting up off the floor every time you stand up. I decided to give it height by adding a 4" cushion. Got the foam, got the fabric, watched this video and now I have a cute futon cushion that "raises" my futon seat to a more normal height. Thanks for an easy to follow tutorial.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I watched this video numerous times. Then I watched it, paused it, completed a step, watched a little more, rewound, watched again, paused until I was finished with the first cushion. I'm making covers for dog beds custom sized to fit into crates for travel. I paid $25/yard for Sunbrella fabric on clearance so it would be durable and comfortable. I did not want to mess this up. Sewing is not my favorite thing. This video was perfect. I love how you encourage us through the video. You're so calm and easygoing about the process. Wish I could show you how wonderful they turned out.
My wife was absolutely delighted with your tutorial. Extremely professional results. Would recommend anyone doing it this way. Very easy to follow. Thank you.
This was a fabulous tutorial, thank you so much. Also thanks for showing how to manipulate the cover on, inside out is a much more efficient way to manage it. 🌹❤️
I LOVE her! She explains this process so well. She takes her time and explains everything so well. I've watched so many of these box cushion how-to videos and this is the only one that sunk in. THANK YOU!!!
I have watched soooo many videos on how to make a box cushion and this is the only one that is clear and straightforward. I appreciate your time in explaining exactly how to make this cushion. I am not an expert sewer, but I have sewed for over 50 years, just simple projects. I am saving this tutorial and thankfully make the box cushions I have been needing. Thank you so much for making this video.
As others have said, great video! I just wanted to cover a bench seat similar to those that you put in your truck camper and I wanted something very easy to follow. And you fit the bill! So thanks and if you’ve had about 10 million views on this in the last week it was me! I had to read the instruction manual for my sewing machine most of the way so it took me a while but after the first cushion your method made it very easy! Thanks again!
Thanks for the simple tutorial. I think I can do it. Please do more tutorials. I don't need fancy instructors.kinda like giving directions.no south,East, etc. Just make a right at the Dairy queen ,go straight until you see the Speedway 😂
