How to sew a cover on a highchair?

Did the old fabric cover on the highchair become unusable? Your budget does not allow you to purchase a new one, so why spend money on a new child’s chair if your baby is comfortable and safe in the old? Do not rush to be upset - there is always a way out. We advise you to try to sew a similar cover with your own hands, while saving a decent amount that can be spent on other needs of the child. To update the surface you only need to purchase a suitable fabric, insulation, and all other tools can be found at home. Today we will share several ways how to sew a cover on a do-it-yourself highchair.

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What is a highchair cover for?

A cover for a baby chair is an indispensable thing for both mom and baby. Many mothers do not understand what functions a cover in a baby chair performs. This is a very important point to pay attention to. We will try to help you with this difficult issue.

The baby chair is necessary for the following reasons:

• In order to grow quickly, the child should eat well. Often when feeding the baby gets dirty himself and the objects surrounding him. Therefore, in order to reduce cleaning time, a highchair was created, which at any time can be washed or wiped with a damp cloth. Its cleaning depends on the material of manufacture.
• It will be uncomfortable for the child to sit in a chair where there is no cover. Sitting on a hard surface is extremely uncomfortable, so the baby will constantly move out, be capricious, and as a result of this, he can completely refuse to use this type of furniture. The mood, state of health and appetite of your child depends on the comfort of the highchair.
• The cover increases the safety of the child and protects him from possible bumps and falls. Many manufacturers equip highchairs with safety belts so that mom can leave the baby for a while, without worrying that something might happen to him during her absence.

As you can see, the cover on the highchair plays a very important role in the life of your baby, so we recommend paying special attention to sewing techniques.

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How to sew a cover on a highchair with your own hands?

Before sewing a cover, you need to think about how you want to see the future product. The most comfortable option is considered such covers for feeding, which can be worn on the upper and lower parts of the back of the chair with a special pocket. It is desirable that their design be supplemented with safety belts that protect the child from various injuries. For cleaning and washing the entire cover should be removed quickly and easily.

Preparation for cutting

To make the cover comfortable enough, try using 2 layers of fabric:

• For the upper layer, a natural soft fabric or oilcloth with a fringing is suitable - it all depends on how you want to clean the product.
• The inner layer is made of foam rubber or synthetic winterizer, which makes the baby's seat as comfortable as possible.

For work, prepare the following materials and tools:

• Durable cotton fabric.
• The synthetic winterizer for an internal layer.
• Scissors.
• Chalk or remnant.
• Tailor pins.
• Threads.
• Needle.
• Paper or non-woven fabric to build patterns.
• A simple pencil.
• Centimeter.
• Sewing machine.

Pattern

To quickly sew a cover on a highchair with your own hands, make an old model for sewing a new one. This is done as follows:

1. Carefully remove the old cover from the child seat.
2. Flatten all its parts, lay them on a flat surface.
3. Attach paper or non-woven to the cutting, draw its contours with a pencil. So we get a pattern of the future cover.
4. Mark on the pattern the places of the previous lines and mark the holes for the seat belts. To do this, you need to impose a cover pattern on a child’s chair, and then spread the pattern on top. We measure on the pattern of the place of the slots and bends of the seat.

Cutting and sewing

When the pattern is ready, you can start sewing the cover:

• We cut out the pockets and lining, for which we will use cotton fabric. With the help of large pockets, you can put a cover on the back, armrests and a seat for a high chair. To do this, using a pattern, cut 4 parts: two sidewalls, the upper and lower parts of the cover.

Important! Do not forget to make allowances for seams on the pattern from the contour of the pattern of 1 cm.

• After cutting the pockets, bend their lower part several times, and sew with a typewriter. We put pockets on the front side of the upper fabric and sew everything together using a sewing machine.
• On the wrong side, we impose the top layer of fabric with pockets on the synthetic winterizer, cleave the structure with pins, sweep and cut. After the actions are done, we sew all the details around the entire perimeter of the cover. We leave a small hole in the bottom of the product to turn the cover on the outside.
• We turn the cover so that the seal remains under the cotton cloth.
• According to previously made marks, we sweep, and then we attach the lines on the sewing machine.

Additional Actions

There is very little left to receive a new cover for a high chair:

1. Now we need to close the hole with which we turned the product. The best way is to close it with a blind seam. If you do not know how to do it, then sew a hole in any way. As a result, you should get a neat and discreet seam.
2. Sew the elastic on the wrong side of the seat for the baby.
3. We cut through the previously marked holes for seat belts, process them with a buttonhole, pass the child's clips through them.

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We sew a cover on a baby chair for self-feeding - a master class step by step

This method is suitable for those who had a raincoat stool. Torn oilcloth can injure the baby - scratch, cause allergic skin irritations. Therefore, we advise you not to hesitate to replace the cover with a highchair. If you settled on the choice of such fabric, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with step-by-step instructions for sewing a raincoat cover.

For work, take:

• Raincoat fabric.
• Fabric to choose from.
• Threads.
• Kant.
• Gum.
• A piece of chalk.
• Tracing paper or polyethylene.
• Felt-tip pen.
• Synthetic winterizer.

Algorithm of actions:

1. We start with the choice of fabric. It all depends on your preference. In this case, we will use raincoat fabric - it is durable, wear-resistant and easy to clean. But it may happen that the child will be uncomfortable to sit, since such material often sticks and is cold to the touch. We recommend using softer fabrics - velveteen, velvet or flannel. Such a cover will be comfortable, but it will be difficult to care for. An alternative is crepe, which is not as durable as a raincoat fabric, but pleasant to the body, is easy to wash and does not wrinkle at all.
2. We begin to make a pattern of the future cover. For this purpose, you can use the old case or, if it is badly damaged, cut the case out of oilcloth. To do this, we take a suitable section of oilcloth and put it on top of the chair, press it well, forming all the reliefs of the old cover. We draw a felt-tip pen around all the parts and details of the chair where the future cover will be fixed.We cut out an oilcloth sample, once again apply it to the chair and check the similarity of the location of the parts.
3. Now we take the required amount of fabric, fold it in half. We put on the old cover from the stool and begin to transfer the contours to the fabric. After that, we cut out the pattern, taking into account allowances for the seams and synthetic winterizer.
4. We do the same manipulations with sintepon. It must be cut strictly along the lines of the pattern, without adding additional allowances.
5. According to the above scheme, we make a pattern of the back (1 part) and side (two parts on each side) fixing the cover.
6. We cut out the holes for the belts on the back and on the seat of the stool, and after that we grind it in a zigzag seam or overlock.
7. We put the synthetic winterizer under the fabric layer of the cover and grind it, leaving a small hole for further inversion of the product.
8. Now you need to turn the entire product on the front side through the left small cutout.
9. Sew the hole with a blind stitch.
10. We flash the entire structure, taking into account the visible lines on the front side.

That's it, the new highchair cover for your baby is ready for new challenges!

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Easy way to sew a cover

Now we will share the fastest and easiest way to sew such a necessary product.

Take the following materials and tools:

• 2 pieces of foam rubber square shape (size depends on the back and seat of the chair).
• 1 cut of any very dense fabric to choose from.
• Slanting inlay.
• Narrow satin ribbon.
• Threads in tone of fabric.
• Needle.
• Scissors.
• Sewing machine.

Getting started:

1. Now we need to measure the length of the baby’s seat in the stool: the back and the seat. After that, add 15 cm to the bottom and top of the cover - this will serve as pockets for putting on a chair. The result should be one whole cut.
2. From the upper and lower edges of the canvas, we retreat 15 cm, fold the fabric along the line. After that, we make a seam on the side, forming a pocket for a cape on a stool.
3. We process the edges of the fabric with an inlay around the entire perimeter of the cover.
4. Now we need to make the ties to fix the cover on the stool. To do this, take a satin ribbon and cut it into 6 equal segments 10 cm long. We bend and sew the edges of the bands or process it with an overlock.
5. We attach or sew the ties to the cover manually so that 2 of them fix the back, 2 - the side parts, and the rest - the seat of the stool.
6. In order for your baby to start using the chair for feeding, attach the cut foam rubber to the seat and back of the chair.
7. Put on the stitched cover on top and tie all the ties to the bow.

A beautiful case is ready to do its job!

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Now you are convinced that it is not necessary to buy a new cover for a highchair. Sewing such a product with your own hands is much more pleasant, since the soul and the warmest feelings will be invested in it. We wish your baby a great appetite and good mood!