Happy Upcycling!

Happy Friday everyone! For the first time in a while I genuinely have that Friday feeling! The thought of a whole weekend off is lush! Now those of you who know me know that I’m a fan of a good old upcycle project and this week’s blog is about one of my favourites. A lush sewing stool… Well I guess it’s essentially a regular stool but I use it as my sewing stool!!

First up you’ll need to scale the local charity shops or your house for an old stool with a pop out cushion. (Please excuse my wrinkly hands! I dont think I’ll make it as a hand model!!)

Then pick some lovely fabrics to create the patchwork top. I made sure I made my patchwork almost one square bigger than the surface so that there was plenty of material left to cover the sides and to attach it to the back of the seat.

Once you have decided on a size of square, lay them out to make sure you’re happy with the patchwork lay out before sewing each line of squares together. I then removed the fabric from the previous stool cover. You could in theory leave this in place, just depends on how dark the fabric is underneath and it might pucker up underneath.

Then lay your patchwork material over the padded seat, making sure that it’s straight, before using a staple gun to fix the material to the back of the seat. Be sure to hold the material taught as you staple to avoid looseness. (I do love a staple gun… it’s a great stress reliever in crafting!!