We’re expecting some company soon (9 people in our little place!), and have a distinct lack of cozy seating. So I’ve been making crochet rag rugs and—a pouf!
This one is made of two fun printed thrift store pillow cases. I made it by cutting two 36 inch circles, then stitching the edges together, except for a stuffing gap (and with two rows of stitching so it won’t burst open!). It’s filled loosely with some awful merino wool I got mistakenly last year, and then the gap is sewn closed.
Now, a 36 inch cushion is huge! I actually meant to cut 18 inch circles. Oops. But it’s made much smaller by the thread that creates the “petals”. To make the petals, you knot the end of a double thickness of upholstery thread on a sharp needle, then run it up through the center of the pouf, out around it, then back in the same direction you began, pulling the thread quite tightly. Do this 8 times, bisecting the circle each time. Tie off strongly, then sew a cute button in the center. Simple (mostly anyway), firm, comfy and cute!
