In just 1 evening mistress realized his dream. You have no idea WHAT she got!

In 1968, designers from Italy, Francisco Teodoro, Cesare Paolini and Piero Gatti has decided to challenge the furniture industry, having built something that did not look like the usual boring chairs and sofas...

They came up with to fill the PVC bag with water. Innovative idea like industrialist Aurelio Zanotta, who offered to replace the film on a soft cloth and the water the foam filler. The thing was so simple and brilliant at the same time, which immediately became megapopular.





As soon as the beanbag chair did not call: chair-Bob, armchair pear frameless chair, big Ben, the chair pillow... the Essence of it remains the same — to give comfort. With instruction from the "Website" you can easily get is made by yourself!





Bean bag chair your lucamichelle the manufacture of frameless seat fairly simple to do, anyone who had to wield a needle.

You need
  • 2.5 x 1.4 m fabric for inner cover (sufficiently dense and stretchable)
  • 2.5 x 1.4 m fabric for outer cover (will fit thick cotton velour fabric for upholstery, synthetic leather)
  • 200-300 liters of expanded polystyrene (filler in the form of foam balls)
  • 1 zipper 50 cm for the inner case
  • 1 zipper 100 cm for the outer cover
  • strong thread
  • paper for the construction of the pattern (will fit old Wallpaper or newspaper)
  • 2 Velcro straps with a length of 10 cm (for fastening covers to each other)


Progress
  1. Build the pattern. The standard bean bag chair consists of 6 wedges, 2 round or hexagonal parts (upper more, lower less) and handles. Of the chair is not going to change the fact, whether the bottom of a round or hexagonal.


  2. Transfer the pattern to fabric and cut out all the details, not forgetting the seam (1-1. 5 cm).
  3. Sew first inner case, coupling wedges. In recent lice seam zipper smaller size.
  4. Sew the bottom, for the convenience of pre-attached with pins to the wedges.
  5. In the same way, sew the outer cover. To the inner side of the top 2 sewn Velcro, and from the outside, sew the handle. To do it simply: cut out the fabric rectangle, fold in half wrong side up, prostrate on the edge and turn out.


  6. 2 when the case will be finished, you can fill the bag with polystyrene foam. A very important moment, because the smaller balls tend to crumble and stick to all surfaces and collecting them is extremely difficult! In the hole insert the zipper upside down cut a plastic bottle (something like a funnel), and slowly fill powder filler, bag filling 2/3 volume. You can make a funnel out of paper. Filling the bag, zip it.




  7. Put the outer cover, connect the Velcro. Zip it and enjoy the wonderful chair made with your own hands!




The epitome of comfort and coziness! Downright fun to back and waist, and for a pregnant tummy — even an indispensable thing. However, over time, you will need to add more filler to the chair kept the form.

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Marina Artemova Loves to photograph the beauty of nature, enjoys handmade. Son Vanya had taught the mother to cope with any household tasks effortlessly: Marina knows how to get the most stubborn stains and to clean the house in minutes. Interested in the most acute, various life issues, never remain aloof from what actually matters! Favorite book Marina — "gone with the wind" by M. Mitchell.