How to Make a Furniture Throw
September 28, 2009
Things You’ll Need:
- Fringes
- Trim
- Dressmaker Pins
- Dressmaker Shears
- Fabric Cutting Boards
- Fabric For Backing
- Fabric-marking Pens
- Ironing Boards
- Irons
- Sewing Machine
- Upholstery Fabrics
- Scissors
- Scissors
- Yardsticks
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Choose a fabric for your throw. Decide what length your throw will be – standard throw dimensions are approximately 60 inches by 50 inches. A length of 1 1/2 yards will do.
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Choose a backing fabric for your throw (optional). A lightweight cotton fabric such as calico will work best.
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Place your throw fabric, wrong side up, on a flat work surface. Use dressmaker shears to trim the edges of the throw fabric so that they are even. Use a fabric cutting board, yardstick and fabric marking pen to measure and mark out the edges if necessary.
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Cut your backing fabric to the same length and width as your throw fabric. If your fabrics match evenly along selvedge edges, great! Otherwise, you’ll need to cut your lining fabric 2 inches wider than the throw fabric to allow for hemming.
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Use an iron to press each raw fabric edge under 1/2 inch. Press that edge under once more. Pin all hems into place so that the dressmaker pins are perpendicular to the fabric edges.
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Use a sewing machine
to stitch the throw fabric hems and then the backing hems (if you have opted for a backing). Stitch a little less than 1/2 inch from the pressed edges. When you reach a corner, lift the presser foot of your sewing machine and swivel the fabric so that your stitching line remains straight. -
Place the backing fabric over the throw fabric, wrong sides together, and pin. Make sure that the edges match up evenly. Sew the pieces together along the stitch line made in the previous step.
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Add trim or decorative stitches to your throw as desired. Done.
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If you want your throws pre-made come by Ashley Furniture Homestore in Fort Smith!
(Advice coursey of eHow)
Check out new styles of throw at Ashley Furniture Homestore in Fort Smith
7800 Rogers Ave,
Fort Smith, AR 72904
Phone: (479) 424-2700
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