Cushions

I have completed the new dinette cushions!
They were actually much easier than I thought they would be.
The original cushions:

In the search for new foam I realized how expensive it was!  WOW! 

It would cost almost $100 just for the foam from JoAnn fabrics, and that was if I got it on sale.

There were cheaper online sites, but then I had to pay shipping. 

So after some thought I was wondering if there was a mattress that may be cheaper and I could cut it into sections.  I checked out IKEA - And found the perfect size - no waste!

 It is a fouton cover, and along with the foam I also got the mattress cover! 

 I was the perfect width - 31"  None of the other foam options came in that width
So out of the one mattress I cut two seats and two backs and had about 3 " of foam left over.

The trick to cutting foam?  Electric knife!  Who knew - well I guess everyone but me - anyway it was well worth the $12 investment. 

It cut the foam "like butter" - really -

I used the two zipper portions of the mattress pad for the seat cushions since I thought they may need to be removed and washed more often.  I sewed the missing edge out of muslin.  For the backs I just whip stitched the edges closed and figured if I needed to remove the covers and wash them it would be easy enough to resew them.

So I purchased this fabric and I decided instead of zippers I would use velcro.
One cushion:

 Two cushions:

 Completed cushions:

there is a little fabric left, I think I might use it to make some roman type shades for the windows.