With instructions: Six sewing ideas for your home

2015

With these simple sewing ideas beautify your home quickly
Photo: deco & style

DIY ideas with fabric

Little effort, big impact: With these six simple sewing ideas, you can easily give your home a new look.

What you need for the door curtain:

2.50 m fabric, 135 cm wide (eg of fabric and style)
2.10 m Pom Pom Triangle in black
1 m ocher-colored band
2 large wooden balls (craft shop)
fabric scissors
pins
Sewing machine and color matching yarn

And that's how easy it is:

1. Turn the sides of the fabric 2 times for 1 cm each and stitch.

2. Fix the pompom border with pins on one side of the fabric and sew on.

Turn the top edge 1 cm, then 9 cm for the tunnel and stitch.

4. Turn over the bottom edge of the fabric twice depending on the desired curtain length and sew on.

5. Pull the curtain onto the curtain rod.

6. Pull the wooden balls on the ribbon and secure the balls with knots.

Props: Chair: Älmsta of Ikea, approx. € 89.00, Image: Human Empire, approx. € 15.00, Lamp: by Hübsch Interior via Car-moebel.de, approx. € 64.90, coat hook Branch: over www.car-moebel.de, about 36, 90 €, carpet: about www.car-moebel.de, ca.229, 00 €, lanterns: Au Maison, z. 37.00 €, chest of drawers: via www.car-moebel.de, approx. € 319.00, curtain rod: from Ikea, approx. € 3.99, curtain end pieces: from Ikea, approx. 1.00 €, Curtain suspension: from Ikea, approx. € 1.50 each

What you need for the armchair groove silo:

pink fabric, approx. 40 cm wide, approx. 30 cm long
gray fabric, approx. 40 cm wide, 27 cm long
solid yellow fabric, approx. 40 cm wide, approx. 80 long (eg corduroy or corduroy)
black bias tape
tape measure
fabric scissors
pins
Sewing machine and color matching yarn

And that's how easy it is:

1. Place the pink fabric with the right side on the right side of the gray fabric and sew on with 1 cm seam allowance.

2. Iron the pink fabric and, 3 cm from the seam, beat the fabric back and iron again.

3. Use pins to fix the gray fabric on the yellow fabric (left to right). At the bottom, the fabrics lie parallel to each other.

4.Connect with 1 cm seam allowance. Double wrap the yellow fabric to the back and hem.

5. Sew longitudinally over the gray fabric to divide the bag into 2 areas.

6. Grasp the pages with the bias binding and sew everything together.

7. Put the finished utensil with one end under the pillow.

Prop: chair: about www.car-moebel.de, about 299, 00 €, table: Au Maison carafe and glass: Bloomingville picture: Sunset about Human Empire, about 20, 00 €

You need this for the footstool:

And that's how easy it is:

1. Cut the foam board to the size of the table and stick it on with double-sided adhesive tape.

2. Lay the fabric smoothly on the foam surface. Pull the ends onto the underside of the table and tie them up.

3. Staple each from one edge and then fix the opposite side. Fix the other two sides as well.

Prop: table: lacquer from Ikea, about 14, 99 €, sofa: www.car-moebel.de, about 499, 00 €, tray: Madam Stoltz about www.car-moebel.de, about 32, 50 €, Commode: Stolmen von Ikea, ca. 79, 00 €, Image: www.humanempire.de, ca. 15, 00 €, picture frame: Ribba from Ikea, ca. 13, 99 €, glass: Iittala, ca. 13, 00 €, vase: Bloomingville

You need this for the lamp:

striped jersey, approx. 30 cm
pink jersey, approx. 10 cm
old table lamp
double-sided adhesive tape (eg from tesa)
tape measure
French chalk
fabric scissors
pins
Sewing machine and color matching yarn

And that's how easy it is:

1. Sew the two fabrics right side together.

2. Measure the circumference of the lampshade and remove about 8 cm from it. Transfer to the fabric (so that the stripes are transverse) and cut out. Sew fabric right to right together to the hose.

3. Turn the fabric over the lampshade so that everything is smooth and even.

4. If necessary cut off the fabric at the top and bottom approx. 3 cm so that it rests tightly.

5. Glue double-sided tape around the top and bottom of the lampshade. Beat the fabric inwards and fix it on the tape.

Requisite: Penholder: from Serax on www.humanempireshop.com, about 12, 90 €, boxes: Rissla of Ikea, about 14, 99 €, yellow bowl: Marimekko on www.humanempire.com, about 12, 50 €

What you need for the cabinet curtain:

And that's how easy it is:

1. Measure the shelf / cabinet and transfer the measurements to the left side of the fabric with a tailor's chalk.

2. Add seam allowance on the left and right, 2 cm at the top and 5 cm at the bottom. Cut the fabric.

3. Turn left and right two times 1 cm and fix. Turn over 2.5 cm at the bottom twice and fix. Turn over 2 cm at the top and put on the curtain tape from the left side. Sew everything in the lockstitch.

4. Gather the curtain tape so that the curtain fits exactly the width of the shelf .

5. Stick one side of the Velcro strip to the upper edge of the shelf, the other sew on the curtain tape.

6. Sew the point on the right side so that the seams are hidden.

7. Bolt the curtain to the shelf.

Prop: Regal: Besta by Ikea, ca. 65, 00 €, console: via www.car-moebel.de, ca. 399, 00 €, lamp: via www.car-moebel.de, ca. 39, 90 €, Clock: Köhler on www.geliebteszuhause.de, about 74.90 €, Image: Bloomingville on www.geliebteszuhause.de, about 15.90 €, chair: Idolf of Ikea, about 49.00 €, stool: via www.car-moebel.de, vase: Meyer Lavigne, Sofia Flower from www.humanempireshop.com, about 60, 00 €

You need this for the table runner:

4 tea towels
Sewing machine and color matching yarn
scissors

And that's how easy it is:

1. Place the short sides of 2 tea towels together and sew them together.

2. Iron the table runner and place it on the table .

Props: dishcloths: Bloomingville, approx. 8.50 €, plate: Lambert, approx. 7.20 €, fork: Lambert, approx. 9.20 €, knife: Lambert, approx. 9.20 €, teaspoon: Lambert, 7, 20 €, vase: Bloomingville (D3410802 / 03), pitcher: Liv-interior