How to make a beautiful and lightweight pouf with your own hands
This pouf design fits into any interior, and making it won't take you much time. Lightweight, simple, and stylish, this pouf is perfect for use in your apartment, at the dacha, or in a country house.
To create the pouf, we will need the simplest materials that you surely have at home:
- 37 plastic bottles (2L capacity);
- High-density cardboard (if you don't have any, you can use old cardboard boxes folded several times);
- A sheet or scraps of foam rubber/polyester batting;
- Adhesive tape (duct tape or masking tape is best for better adhesion);
- A piece of unwanted fabric (you can use old, unnecessary clothes);
- A piece of sturdy fabric for the bottom of the pouf (an old coat, burlap sack);
- Thread or fabric for decorating the pouf;
- Sewing or knitting supplies;
- A tape measure.
Arrange the empty bottles on the floor in a circle and wrap them with tape. It is best to start from a small circle and expand outward, wrapping each layer with tape (this will make it easier and sturdier). To prevent the bottles from squeaking when using the finished pouf, you can put old, unwanted socks on each one before wrapping them🙂🙂.
Cut two circles out of cardboard with a diameter equal to the diameter of the bottle base. One cardboard circle will be the bottom of the pouf, and the other will be the top. Wrap our structure with tape.
Using a tape measure, take measurements of the future pouf: we need the circumference and height. Based on the measurements, cut a rectangle of the required size from polyester batting or foam rubber, and two circles of the corresponding size. Don't forget to add a few centimeters for seams on the circles made of soft material.
Sew the pieces onto the frame using nylon thread threaded through a large upholstery needle.
From old clothes or unwanted fabric, cut out pieces of the same size as the batting. Sew a cover for the pouf on a sewing machine, leaving an opening at the side seam so you can insert the pouf base into the cover. After the pouf is dressed in the inner cover, sew the side seam by hand.
Now we can start sewing the outer cover, which will be the face of the pouf. To do this, cut one circle and one rectangle from the decorative fabric, and one circle from sturdy fabric for the bottom of the pouf. Perform all the same procedures we did with the inner cover. If you want the pouf to be unique or fluffy, you can make a knitted cover for it. To do this, you need to knit all the pieces and join them by hand with a needle and thread.
To prevent the crunching sound, each bottle needs to be "dressed" in an old sock or wrapped in several (this is important) layers of fabric. It can be scrap fabric, it doesn't matter. And starting from the first inner circle, you need to secure each one with tape. Ideally, you should wrap not only the center but also the edges at the bottom and top. This will provide better reinforcement of the base.
Also, it is important to ensure the necessary density of the seat and the bottom, so if you don't have high-quality construction cardboard or unwanted boxes from abroad, you will need to use five or even more layers of corrugated cardboard from our local boxes (our manufacturers just don't want to adopt Western technologies).