Part Four, "Leather" ottoman

Part Four

Trim the bottom points off, there should be enough glue to hold the edges together.












Fold the top point down and glue.
















Trim the top point off.
What are we going to use to cover all of this up with, boxing.
Measure a corner of the cushion, see the corner on the right hand side of the picture, this would be a good corner to measure. Measure top to bottom of the corner. Mine measured 5/16 inch.
Cut the fabric that width and long enough to go around the cushion plus a little extra to fold under both ends where they meet.




We do not turn the raw edges under on the long sides, this will be covered by trim or piping.
Glue the boxing on using the tacky glue, smear it before you press the boxing into place. You want a smooth surface, I hadn't smeared the glue yet when I took the picture.














Make sure all the edges of the boxing are glued down and smooth.

Glue the cushion to the top of the base.










Make piping according to a previous blog project.

Glue the piping on at the edge of the boxing on the top of the cushion and in the seam where the cushion meets the base.









Finished ottoman.

I used Tulip Dimensional Fabric Paint Metallics Gold for making the "nail heads" around the bottom. You can also use Classics #CLA 05558 for real nails.
This ottoman has the round beads for feet.
You could make this in other fabrics to match the furniture you have.

TTYL Kris

Part Three, "Leather" ottoman

On to Part Three

Set the ottoman base aside, we are making the cushion now.



I use Thermolam Plus for my batting, quilters use this. It's a compact batting.













Cut a 1 5/8 inch by 1 1/4 inch piece of the Thermolam plus and glue it to the top of the cushion. You are leaving about a 1/4" all around, this makes the pouf on the top of the cushion. I use tacky glue for this.






Cut a second piece of Thermolan Plus to go over the top with a little extra to be trimmed later.

Glue the Thermolan Plus down to the foam core sides.



Clip corners.













Trim the Thermolam Plus all around, even with the bottom of the cushion.














Lay the cushion onto the fabric and trim around leaving enough to be folded and glued to the under side of cushion.












Fold and glue the fabric to the bottom on the long sides cushion.














On the short ends, fold in from the sides. You've got 1 point on top and 2 points on the bottom.














Apply glue inside of the bottom points gluing the fabric together.

Do you see the bottom point open ready for glue and the other point is all ready glued together?

Press these points tightly together, close to the form core.

End of Part Three!

Part Two, Ottoman with "leather"

We are now to Part Two.
I used Aleene's No-Sew to glue the fabric up onto the foam core of the base, but any tacky will do. I use glue stick to glue fabric to the card stock.

Trim off the corners, do you see the little triangles on the table?











Now cut the card stock for the side of the ottoman. This strip is 11/16 inch wide.
This would change if you change the thickness of the fabric. If the fabric is thicker the strip would be thinner. It's all in dry fitting and trial and error. I've made a lot of furniture that ended up in the trash.
Cut the strip long enough to go around the ottoman.






Dry fit the strip to meet in the mddle at a long side of the ottoman.

Aren't my hands just terrible?













Cut a strip of fabric 1/4" larger all around the card stock strip.
With the "leather" you can use an exacto knife to cut it.
















Use glue stick on the card stock to glue the fabric to it.















Clip the corners and glue up using the tacky, 1 long side and the short sides.















Spread the tacky glue onto the sides of the ottoman and glue on the fabric covered card stock.

Be careful not to stretch the strip, you could make it too long, just want the ends to meet.












Clip out the corners and glue the extra fabric down to the top.



End of Part Two!

Ottoman to make with "leather" Part One

I am going to make this project a 4 part project. I have trouble with pictures dropping out.

For the feet you see I have used Classics newel posts #CLA 70200. I really like these newel posts and you also see that I have used the top part all ready and saved the rest. I didn't know what I was going to use them for, but knew I would use them.
By cutting the posts the way I did I got feet for the ottoman. The foot is 5/16" tall.



I make a hole with a "T" pin first so my drill has a place to start.

















I use my trusty toothpicks for dowels, I use wood glue to glue the toothpicks into the drilled holes.














For those of you without saws a wooden bead can be used just as well. The holes in the beads are bigger than toothpicks, you can use 1/8" dowels or wooden skewers from the grocery store. We get our supplies from anywhere. sometimes you can get the beads all ready stained. You can stain the feet now.







Keep your pencil sharp and keep a damp rag handy to wipe glue from your fingers.
Make a pattern for the ottoman from card board.

1 5/8 inch by 2 1/8 inch. This measurement in not carved in granite, you can change it to suit your needs.









The base of the ottoman is 3 layers of foam core plus 1 layer mat board. You can cut these separately with an exacto knife, then glue them together.

The foam core is the 3/16" kind, and it's available pretty much everywhere. The mat board is 1/16" thick, you can glue something up to equal this and use it instead.
You can use tacky glue to glue all this up.






Use the pattern again to make the cushion, It's 1 layer of foam core and 1 layer mat board.













Trace the pattern again onto card stock and cut out. Use glue stick to glue fabric to the card stock, leaving about a 1/4" all around.

End of Part One!