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Transform an Old Ottoman with a DIY Ruffled Slipcover

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Transform an Old Ottoman with a DIY Ruffled Slipcover

Is your living room ottoman looking a little worn out? Or maybe just the color or style of upholstery doesn’t match your décor any more.  It may be tempting to chuck the old ottoman and buy another, but don’t send that ottoman to the trash heap or donation bin!  You can transform that old worn out ottoman into a stylish new ottoman.  Collective Gen has a tutorial showing how you can sew a custom fit ruffled ottoman cover. 

You can purchase fabric yardage for this project, but depending on the size of your ottoman you might be able to use an old tablecloth just the author did in this post.  If you have a large tablecloth in good condition, that’s a great idea to save money! 

A ruffled ottoman like this would also be beautiful in a bedroom as a bench or extra seating.  And when you choose fabric that matches your bedroom décor it’ll look like it was custom made for that room. 

Because all ottomans are different sizes, there aren’t specific measurements for fabric cuts given in the tutorial.  But there are step by step instructions explaining how to drape the fabric over the ottoman to cut the right size pieces for this project.  That way your ottoman cover will have a custom fit.

And while you’ll be working with larger fabric pieces for this project, the sewing is actually fairly easy.  It’s all basic straight seams and some simple gathered fabric panels.  This is a project you could easily do in one weekend.

I love this project idea because I’m always in support of saving money and also keeping items out of the landfills.  Especially large items like an ottoman or footstool! 

Head over to Collective Gen for this ruffled ottoman slipcover sewing tutorial.

[photo credit: Collective Gen]

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Designer Spotlight: Bella Rose Craft

The designs from Bella Rose Craft look like they would be good for beginner cross stitchers and others who like relatively simple and small designs that are quick to finish for gifts or decor.

I’ll mention up front that this Etsy shop based in Indiana has no organization whatsoever. There are two categories: kits and patterns. So it’s a bit of a treasure hunt to find what you might be interested in.

As mentioned there are lots of minis and small looking projects with simple lines and minimal colors. There are holiday projects, animals, summer motifs like palm trees and beach umbrellas, a bathtub with a rubber duck, some text based designs (like hoppy spring and merry and bright), some biblical and religious designs, flowers, bunting and more.

On a site like this its difficult to pick something representative of the whole page, but I liked this bees and beehive design, so it’s the one I picked to share. This one illustrates a lot of my general points about the patterns from this shop. It’s small (2.79 by 2.57 inches, or about 7 by 6.5 cm on 14 count fabric), it looks like it’s all whole cross stitches and probably uses only six colors, and a couple of colors are only used for a handful of stitches.

Of the 300 plus cross stitch patterns available as of this writing, 140 are also available as cross stitch kits. These would be great to give as gifts if you’re trying to get someone interested in cross stitching. The kits include the pattern, fabric and floss, and you can choose to have it include a needle or not. The hoop is not included but the patterns explain what kind of hoop is shown if you want to get one to match.

So if you’re looking for cute, beginner friendly patterns for yourself or you’re trying to be a crafty enabler for someone else, check out Bella Rose Craft on Etsy.

[Photo: Bella Rose Craft]