HOW TO MAKE A BOX CUSHION COVER FROM SCRATCH | UPHOLSTERY FOR BEGINNERS | FaceliftInteriors

[@rosetropea]

💯 The best most informative sewing tutorial out there. Real and down to earth, best 39 minutes online ever. Thank you so much🙏🤩

[@faceliftinteriors]

That’s actually the best comment I’ve ever received - thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed! If you fancy learning more from us, consider joining out academy - www.thefaceliftacademy.com - come and have a look 😊🙏🏻

[@irenavresk4351]

This was a really helpful guide. Thanks for sharing all your tips, especially for the corners and aligning the fabric correctly! I'm researching to reupholster my sectional. I've done small reupholstery projects, but nothing this big before, wish me luck! 😅

[@faceliftinteriors]

Ahh glad you found it helpful, thanks for stopping by Irena! We’ve got some super in-depth tutorials and courses on our Facelift Academy if you’re looking for some more help before you get started (and during as I’m only an email away for help with projects once you join!) - come and have a look - www.thefaceliftacademy.com hope to see you there 😊🙏🏻

[@llchenko6380]

You are the best. Thank you for all the details and step by step 😊❤😊❤

[@faceliftinteriors]

Ahh so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏻

[@tormodgustavsen9249]

🏆A perfect box cushion 👏 thank you very much!

[@faceliftinteriors]

Glad you enjoyed!! Thank you for watching 😊🙏🏻

[@Pangloss98]

Perfect tutorial. I'll give it a try. Thank you!

[@faceliftinteriors]

Glad you enjoyed and found it helpful! Good luck and thanks for watching 😊🙏🏻

[@Helenita_]

Helloooo,, wonderful and very explained. Thank you very much for the teaching. I´m learning with you and I appreciate your classes. Greetings from a distance and blessings.

[@faceliftinteriors]

So glad to hear it Helenita! So happy you find the videos helpful 😊🙏🏻

[@johnwolffe8473]

Cutest box cushion guy on KZbin. Total babe 😁

[@faceliftinteriors]

Haha!! I’ll take it 🤣👍🏻

[@Iamam313]

took the words right from my mouth...

[@Kasir22Medan]

Thank you very much, so awesome you show me the great way and super easy to followed the step

[@faceliftinteriors]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 😊🙏🏻

[@Hacker3588]

Thank you so much for your videos and the academy. I have learned a lot and will keep working to learn more.

[@faceliftinteriors]

Ahh this is exactly what I like to hear, keep going! Thank you so much 😊🙏🏻

[@nancyhessler3358]

Now this is the PERFECT tutorial!!!!! Explained in detail and reiterated (perfect for a newbie like myself). Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! Also … Would you be able to do a tutorial on a T box cushion please.?

[@faceliftinteriors]

That’s very very kind, thank you!! We do actually have a T shaped box cushion tutorial on our academy if you wanted to have a look - www.thefaceliftacademy.com - it’s super detailed and probably a bit too long for the KZbin algorithm to favour (as I’ve sadly learnt over the years!) but have a look if you’re interested in joining 😊🙏🏻 Thank you for watching!! 😊🙏🏻

[@PsychicTeeth]

Great video, thank you. That top stitch foot is new to me and I'm going to dig around see if I've got one.

[@faceliftinteriors]

Thank you for watching! It makes the top stitching process so much easier!

[@Newspacehospitality]

Good upholstery skill

[@tkottupholstery]

Thank you for sharing 👌👌👌

[@faceliftinteriors]

Thank you for watching!! 😊🙏🏻

[@helencoppard8059]

And thank you so much for sharing. I’m learning a lot from you 🙏

[@faceliftinteriors]

Ahh I’m so glad!! Thank you for watching Helen 😊🙏🏻

[@matthewforbes7378]

Thank you so much. Perfect video🙏

[@faceliftinteriors]

Thanks Matthew, glad you enjoyed 😊🙏🏻

[@altasofa]

Grazie mille 🙏

[@stevegreig8324]

Thanks for a very clear video. Why do you need the short border pieces? Why not join the long border piece directly to the ends of the zipper border piece?

[@faceliftinteriors]

Hi Steve! Thanks for watching! It’s because the width of fabric isn’t long enough to cut the border and go all the way around to meet the zip. The only way you could do that is if you cut the fabric diagonally, which means the grain of the fabric wouldn’t match the top and the bottom of the cushion (there would be colour differences, pattern differences etc). So you add small pieces to reach the the zip. I hope this makes sense! Let me know if you have more questions 😊👍🏻

[@faceliftinteriors]

Obviously if you have a smaller cushion and the width of the fabric is the right size for the border to reach the zip, you wouldn’t need to add the pieces in. It just depends on the size of your cushion.

[@stevegreig8324]

@@faceliftinteriors Ahhh! I was following your video making a very small box cushion as a practice which is probably why it didn't occur to me. Thanks a lot!

[@faceliftinteriors]

@ ahh this makes sense! Glad you found the video useful enough to follow and make your own 😊

[@stevegreig8324]

@@faceliftinteriors It came out OK(ish). Thanks again

[@ritaalbert2159]

I"m a begginer and this was a tough video for me to understand. I looked at this video a couple of times but I decided that I will have to look at other videos and come back to this one. What was confustion for me was the side panels, and adding that extra pieces and the extra fabric, gosh,

[@faceliftinteriors]

Totally understand that, it's a lot to take in. 👍😊

[@EternalBliss-z3d]

I'm doing my first sofa ever and first sewing ever, so this video was perfect for beginner to learn. Thank you! 🙂🙏But do you also make top sewing for back cushion covers? Or is it only for sitting covers?

[@faceliftinteriors]

Exciting!! Glad you found it helpful 😊🙏🏻 remember the academy will help you even more if you would like it - www.thefaceliftacademy.com - there’s a 50% Black Friday discount available too if you use the code FRIDAY6 at the checkout 😊👍🏻

[@faceliftinteriors]

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[@sannekemartha7737]

Thank you !!!

[@faceliftinteriors]

Thank you for watching!! 😊🙏🏻

[@burlymugg]

HES BAAAACK

[@faceliftinteriors]

👋🏻🤣

[@Karen-d]

Ooh I’ve been looking to make these. Thanks so much for the tutorial. Id love to know how you got the cushion back in though. I always find that too hard. Any tips??

[@faceliftinteriors]

Hi Karen, glad you found it helpful, thank you for watching! We will actually be doing a tutorial on how to fill a seat cushion on the channel shortly, keep your eyes peeled 😊

[@Karen-d]

@ Aw that’s brilliant. Thanks very much 😃

[@lesleywatkins1172]

Do you use a special thread for stitching these cushions? Or just a suitable thread for the fabric?

[@faceliftinteriors]

I use a 36 or 40 thread for upholstery. 36 is the most popular 👍🧵✂️🪡⛏️

[@esther8897]

You don´t zig zag?

[@faceliftinteriors]

What's Zig Zag?

[@KarlSmith-p5r]

At every corner you kind of fudge it and don't show us exactly how to sew that part which it really the trickiest part of the the process.

[@faceliftinteriors]

Sorry Karl - there’s probably much better free tutorials out there for you, I hope you find one. I can’t please everyone, every time. All the best 👍🏻

[@KarlSmith-p5r]

@@faceliftinteriors Nom I like it and it is very good and very clear and helpful - so thank you! I just wish you hadn't edited out all the tricky bits when sewing round the corners.

[@faceliftinteriors]

@@KarlSmith-p5r I’m glad you enjoyed the rest, thank you for watching. There are corners that aren’t edited out but it is tricky to get a good shot of it with the fabric bunching up and my fingers in the way. My tip is to just go slowly around the corners - manually wind the needle if you need to, make nips in the fabric so the fabric moves around the corner easier and just go slowly and carefully.

[@PsychicTeeth]

The advice to only adjust with the needle down is pure gold. If you lift the foot and the needle's up, it's all gonna go everywhere. If in doubt use the hand wheel to go one stitch at a time and my big takeaway is I'm going to start making those nips in the fabric from now on so it bends round the corner without moving into the third dimension.