A comfortable do-it-yourself bean bag chair in just half an hour. DIY bag chair: materials and assembly steps How to make a DIY seat bag

The soft and cozy chair will become irreplaceable entertainment for your children. After all, such a chair has no sharp corners and takes any shape of the body.

Necessary materials
- Fabric (breathable, dense) two-thread (3 meters).
- Plastic zipper.
- Cloth (dense) oxford. Black - 2.5 meters, white - 1 meter, and orange - 50x50 cm.
- Filler (polystyrene foam) (200 liters). Can be purchased at a hardware store.
- Sewing machine.
- Threads, needles.
- Velcro (10-20 cm).

Manufacturing

We sew an outer cover

1. We cut out 6 side parts from black fabric and “two-thread” fabric. They will serve as our inner and outer cover. The sides should be pear-shaped. They are larger on the bottom and smaller on the top.

2. Cut out the bottom from the same fabrics. The bottom should be larger than our lid.

3. Cut out the lid from the same materials. In order for our parts to converge, it needs to be made in a hexagonal shape.

P.s. The sides of the hexagon should be equal to the top and base of the pear.

4. Cut out the tummy for our penguin, from white fabric. And sew it with black fabric.

6. Then we sew the side parts to our zipper, and the tummy.

7. Cut out the paws, from orange fabric, 4 things, and sew them together.

8. Cut out the eyes. To do this, take a white fabric, and cut out an irregular figure eight from it, and then two small, black circles. They also need to be connected.

9. Cut out the nose, two triangular areas. We also sew two parts. We sew the nose to our tummy, and sew the eyes on top of the nose.

10. We also cut out the wings from the fabric, 4 triangular areas, and sew them to our torso.

P.s. Before stitching the orange fabric and wings, you need to fill them with cotton wool or polystyrene foam.

After all the steps, we should get such an outer cover.

We sew an inner cover

It needs to be sewn so that our little foam polystyrene balls do not crumble.

11. It is sewn in the same way as the outer cover. In addition to attaching the bottom.

12. We will make the bottom with Velcro to fill the cover. We cut the bottom into two parts, the first part should be smaller than the second. We attach our Velcro to both parts, putting the parts on top of each other.

You can sew a frameless bag chair filled with polystyrene foam balls with your own hands. The benefit of patterns of different shapes for these chairs on the Internet is a dime a dozen. I decided to sew for my daughter in the nursery.

DIY bag chair: materials used

• The fabric for the inner cover (I used a regular duvet cover from a set of linen, which I don’t like at all), it is important that the fabric is breathable and smooth. The inner cover is needed so that the outer one can be safely removed and washed.
• Fabric for the outer cover, I used furniture fabric, thermo jacquard (1.5 m * 3.5 m), if anyone is interested in where it was purchased in Chelyabinsk, this is a store Bel-Tex on the street. Kosarev. It cost me about 1000 rubles and a few kopecks. But quality, dense and funny colors. Just right for a bean bag chair in a kid's room!
• 2 zippers: preferably 100 cm for the outer cover and 30-50 cm for the inner one.
• Threads, scissors.
• Sewing machine and pattern paper, but you can immediately build a pattern on the fabric (as I did).
• Filler for pear chair (foam balls). I share information where they can be purchased in Chelyabinsk, next to the Shershni dam, there is a miracle company in the ring area, Thermoplastic, there you can buy these granules of 0.1 cubic meters in a bag.

Now, according to my own “bitter” experience 🙂, I’ll tell you how many such bags are needed. Initially, this pear chair was conceived in children's sizes, so I decided that two bags of 0.1 cubic meters would be enough, I sewed the inner cover according to the pattern below and ... OH GOD!! it turned out just huge, I could curl up in this chair, of course, these two bags were not enough for me and I went for two additional ones.

As a result, 4 bags of balls were purchased, 200 rubles per bag.

By the way, 4 bags of such balls will easily fit into a car, into an ordinary sedan, 2 go into the trunk with a whistle.

Pattern details and placement on the fabric

So, I give a pattern of a pear chair with the dimensions of the parts.

Also, like a decent lady, I made allowances for the seams, and it turned out well, very large. Here is a photo with an inner case and filled with 4 (!) bags of balloons. Of course, the photo on the background of the wall (with daughter's art 🙂) does not convey all scales, but still! Until she sewed the outer cover, my daughter came up with such an idea for herself: she pushed it to the sofa and jumped from it into this chair with a battle cry 🙂 When I sat in it, it gently enveloped me from all sides 🙂

I give an example of the location of the details of the pattern on the fabric:

While cutting out the details, I ran into a problem. How to draw a regular hexagon. I make it easy for you. To draw a regular rectangle with a predetermined side, we have it for example 10 cm (the side of the top of the chair). You just need to draw a circle with the same radius (10 cm).

Then make notches along the entire length of the circle - these will be the tops of our hexagon. Then we connect adjacent vertices and get the desired hexagon.

The sequence of sewing a pear chair with your own hands

1. We cut out the details for the inner and outer cover from the fabric, I repeat once again, if you use this pattern with these dimensions, it is better not to make allowances for the seams.
2. Details for outer case:
   • - 6 side wedges;
   • - 1 hexagon with a side of 40 cm for the base of the chair (depending on the location of the parts on the fabric, you will have it in one piece or consist of 2 parts);
   • - 1 hexagon with a side of 10 cm for the top;
   • - 1 handle for carrying the chair - a regular rectangle with dimensions of 5 * 12 cm;
   • - for the inner cover, all the same details of the pattern are used, with the exception of the handle for carrying the chair.
3. If the fabric is loose, then it is better to process the sections of the parts on an overlock (if any) or with a regular zigzag on sewing machine.
4. We take two side wedges, fold them face to face, grind 15 cm from the top and 15 cm from the bottom along the long side of the parts.
   
5. We make bartacks at the end and beginning of the seams. We form a cavity for stitching a zipper.
   Attention: The length of these seams depends on the length of your zipper and the length of the side of the piece.
   
   
6. Next, sew on the zipper.
   
   
   
   
7. We take the next wedge, grind the side seams. All side seams are ironed and smoothed to one side. On the front side, we make a delay along each seam, capturing the smoothed allowances.
   
   
   
   
   This is how neat it should be.
   
   
8. Now we will sew a handle for our bag chair. To do this, take the part, fold it in half along the long side, sew a seam on a typewriter.
   
   
9. We turn it inside out, iron it so that the machine seam is in the middle of the part. We make a stitch on it.
10. We sew the upper part of the bag, not forgetting to lay a handle for carrying the chair between the parts, smooth the allowances, and make stitching.
    
    
11. Now let's start grinding the base of the chair. For convenience, open the zipper.

We sew the inner cover in the same way. Now the final part of our master class. And the most entertaining part of it: filling the inner case with foam balls.

Filling a frameless chair with styrofoam balls

It is important that the bag is filled to 2/3 of its volume.

Why entertaining?

Yes, because without skill these balls just do not fall asleep in a case, they strive to scatter around the room, stick to your fingers. In general, they behave ugly! In order not to have to run around the apartment with a vacuum cleaner later, I recommend taking the usual plastic bottle, for example, 1.5 liters. Cut off the bottom and top from it, so that you get a pipe. Slightly open the zipper of the case so that you can put a bottle through the hole and tape it to the case with tape! We attach the other end of the pipe with adhesive tape to a bag of polystyrene foam balls, in which you previously made a small hole, for example, in one of the corners. Check that there are no slits where these sticky balls could penetrate 🙂 Now we start pouring their bag into the case! The first bag, the second, the third ... We follow the filling of the cover so that it is not very stuffed and not strongly squeezed. After manipulating the foam granules, it remains to fasten the zipper of the inner cover tightly, put on a beautiful outer cover and fall apart in a hand-sewn bag chair. Let your household also love to spend time in it.

P.S.: I deliberately made my outer case made of thermo-jacquard smaller so that it would suit more a child than an adult, so I had to pour the granules back into the bags. My husband undertook to do this, who did not see my machinations with a bottle, scotch tape and balls. Therefore, to the delight of my daughter, the balls rolled all over the apartment! 🙂 Not without adventure! Although the pear chair turned out to be smaller than the previously sewn inner cover, I still feel comfortable sitting and relaxing in it.

I hope my MK will be useful to you. I'd love to hear your feedback below in the comments!

Ho-ho! Dreams tend to come true, especially if you really want them to come true. For hoo years Kostya and I have been looking at the bean bag chair, or as it is also called: bean chair, pear chair, frameless chair, Big Ben, cushion chair, etc. And somehow it didn’t work out to get this coveted thing: either there was a catastrophic lack of space in the last apartment, or there was no repair to accommodate such beauty, or we simply couldn’t find polystyrene foam anywhere (those same foam balls that fill bag chair).

During the time of nurturing the idea of ​​​​creating a bean bag with our own hands, we managed to accumulate enough information about how and from what to sew it, how to stuff it, how to choose the size. In addition, we found a beautiful natural fabric for the outer cover and an ugly, but knitted fabric for the inner cover. And we also found out that granulated polystyrene foam entered the permanent sale of the Epicenter retail chain. And when there was time and Kostya was accidentally brought to the nearest "Epicenter", from where he dragged 200 liters of white balls, it became clear that we would be sewing a bean bag chair very urgently. And so it happened.

So, how we made a bean bag chair with our own hands.

We needed:

• Fabric for the inner cover (2.5m x 1.4m). It should be a well-stretched fabric. We took an old knitted sheet.
• Fabric for outer cover (2.5m x 1.4m). Any dense non-stretch fabric (cotton, velor, furniture fabric, even leatherette) will do. Our fabric is thick cotton, it turned out to be very pleasant and soft on the finished chair.
• Expanded polystyrene 200-300 l. These are the balls into which we used to break unnecessary packaging foam plastic in childhood :) In construction stores, this happiness is sold in large bags. It is better to take smaller balls, they stray less. In Kiev, as I already wrote, we found a suitable polystyrene foam for stuffing a bean bag with our own hands at the Epicenter (200 l - 95 UAH), Leroy Merlin also has polystyrene foam, but not always in larger granules (300 l - 120 UAH). We bought 1 bag of 200 liters, although it was written in the recommendations that we would need 300-400 liters. When we stuffed the bean bag chair and began to test it, we came to the conclusion that it was just enough for us, because soft bag takes the shape of the body better than elastic. The back rests very well on such a chair, and for a pregnant tummy it is generally an indispensable thing :)

• 2 zippers. For the inner cover - 50 cm, for the outer - 100 cm.
• Strong threads
• Paper for large patterns. We took craft. You can take old wallpaper.
• 2 Velcro 10 cm long. They will be needed to connect the inner and outer covers.
• Sewing machine. Manually, in my opinion, sewing all this is unrealistic ...

Stages of work:

1. Build a pattern. A standard bean bag chair consists of 6 wedges and 2 round or hexagonal parts (the upper one is small, the lower one is large), and a handle is also attached on top. There are a lot of different patterns of a frameless chair on the Internet, but the meaning is the same. Appearance the bean bag does not change much whether the bottom is a circle or a hexagon, the width of the wedges will be 40 or 50 cm. Of course, the main dimensions greatly affect the size of the finished product, but I mean that the type of wedges and the bottom does not drastically affect how your chair will end up looking.

We found and finalized the pattern of the middle bean chair (120 x 90 cm). I think that standard width quite enough. If you increase only the height of the wedges to about 140 cm, then the length of the headrest will increase, that is, the chair is suitable for a taller person.

Bean bag patterns

To transfer the wedge pattern to a large sheet, you need to draw the middle of the wedge - the axis, put marks on it at a distance of every 10 cm and measure the widths indicated on our pattern, and then connect them in one line. This will be the side bend of the wedge. Then we fold the pattern along the axis and draw the second half of the wedge symmetrically. There is a deflection on the bottom of the pattern. We measure the specified deflection size from the height of the axis. Then we apply the ruler to the two lower edges of the pattern and bend it to the specified deflection mark and draw a deflection under the ruler. Cut out the finished pattern.

How to draw a deflection on a wedge pattern

In order to draw a circle, we take a non-stretching thread and tie a loop at one end (we will thread a pencil into it). We measure the length of the radius of the circle from the pencil to the finger on the ruler. We press one end of the thread to the center of the circle, thread a pencil into the second and draw a circle. Cut out.

How to draw a bottom pattern for a bean bag chair

To build a hexagon, you need to draw a rectangle, and then place the hexagon in it according to the specified dimensions. Cut out the detail.

Don't forget about the rectangle pattern for the handle.

Patterns for a frameless chair

2. Now we place the patterns on the fabric, as in the figure. It is needed for more rational use material. For the same purpose, the round part is cut into 4 parts. Before sewing a bean bag chair, they need to be sewn into a full circle. When cutting the fabric for the inner cover, we did not divide the bottom part, because the old sheet was large, and it was enough for us to place all the patterns in full size.

Placement of bean bag chair patterns on fabric

3. Cut out all the details, not forgetting the seam allowances (1-1.5 cm).

4. We sew the inner cover first. We sew the wedges together, sew a 50 cm zipper into the last seam.

This is what the outer case looks like without a bottom and top

5. Sew on the bottom. For convenience, it is worth connecting the wedges and the bottom with pins.

6. Then sew on the top hexagon. On this part, do not forget to sew 2 Velcro.

7. In the same way, we sew the outer cover. On the inside of the hexagon, we sew 2 Velcro, and on its outer side we sew the handle of the bean bag chair (first, fold the rectangle in half with the wrong side up, sew along the edge, turn it inside out, and then sew it to the hexagon).

Finished inner and outer covers

8. When 2 cases are ready, it's time to stuff the inner case with Styrofoam balls. To do this, I advise you to go out into the entrance, or at least into the corridor, since the balls tend to crumble and scatter in different directions. Have a vacuum cleaner or broom and dustpan handy. The package with balls needs to be cut in the upper corner quite a bit. Otherwise, cutting off the entire top of the package, you run the risk of spilling a lot of balls past the cover. And this means that it will take a long, long time to clean them. Insert the opening of the bag into the cover of the bean bag chair and slightly shaking the bag, slowly pour the contents. This action is best done together. After filling the chair, fasten the clasp.

9. Insert the inner cover with balls into the outer one, fasten the upper parts of both covers together with Velcro. Zip up the zipper and enjoy your big bean bag, which you did make yourself :)

Velcro to connect two cases

Kostya is holding a bob-chair by the handle

All three of us spent the whole day testing this miracle of comfort and discovered the additional functionality of Big Ben. In addition to being a 2 in 1 chair and couch, it has a very good body streamlining, which allows pregnant women to finally place their stomach in a comfortable position.

Bean bag - the joy of the child :)

In addition, Xenia appreciated the bean and began to use it as almost a trampoline, slide and sofa at the same time. It is noteworthy that it is quite difficult for her to get out of the arms of the chair, which means that she strains her muscles and this is very useful. It is very funny to watch how a baby bogged down in a bag flounders, rolls over, pushes off and squeals with delight. In addition, the bumpy texture of the balls is still felt through the covers, and for small children's legs this is a wonderful massage.

Evening family reading

By evening, it was discovered that the enveloping effect of the chair helps to put the obstinate baby to sleep :) A couple of cartoon episodes, a comfortable position in the chair next to the mother and the cub is sleeping. Another property of the chair will please those who love warmth. It is very warm. As you know, polystyrene is an excellent insulation, and polystyrene balls that cover the body from all sides are warm so that you will not freeze, even if you really want to. Just remember to bring a cozy blanket with you.

like this new item we recently got an interior. We immediately appreciated its merits and made it habitable, even sometimes arguing who will sit on it. If you have any questions when creating a bean bag with your own hands, write to us and we will definitely answer them.

We wish you inspiration to create wonderful cozy things!

P.S. After 5 months of active use.

Multifunctional - the bag is at the peak of its popularity. It has many advantages over other models.

The absence of a frame allows the product to completely repeat the curves of the body.

In addition, the chair is characterized by mobility, light weight and ease of use.

The design feature is the absence of a rigid frame. The bean bag is made in two sizes - 50 and 100 cm in diameter. It depends on the height and weight of the users, as well as the purpose of the room.

This frameless furniture consists of two covers: internal and external. Removable cover is sewn from different materials (cotton, linen, velvet, fur, leatherette).

And the main requirement for the inner cover is strength and high density fabrics. The main thing is that the selected materials are practical, durable, pleasant to the touch and harmoniously fit into the environment.

Attention: After some time of use, the chair may shrink. The situation is corrected by adding filler to the inner case.

The features of a frameless chair include the fact that under the weight of a person, it completely takes on the shape of a vacationer. On such products, people can completely relax and unwind with a book or laptop in their hands.

The advantages of frameless furniture should be added:

Shapes: pear, ball and drop

The bean bag chair may have different forms. But the most popular and sought after are:

materials

For sewing the outer cover, apply different materials. The main thing is that they have:

• abrasion resistance and high strength;
• ease of care;
• attractiveness.

What to make a cover from?

As a removable cover, different materials are used to make a bean bag chair:

Advice: The inner cover is sewn from thicker fabrics. good choice will be spunbond with perforation for ventilation. This fabric is sold in rolls and is characterized by low cost and high technical qualities.

Filler

As for fillers, you can use:

Pattern with detailed sizes for children and adults

To make a pear chair, you will need to make a pattern. You can draw it yourself or find a ready-made version on the Internet.

The pattern is drawn on graph paper. And then transferred to the fabric. Details are cut along the contour.

Attention: when transferring the pattern to the fabric, do not forget to leave allowances of a few centimeters on each side.

A chair pattern for an adult will consist of the following details:

• 6 pieces of wedge-shaped parts, 15 cm wide and 40 at the ends, 50 cm in diameter and 130 cm long;
• diamond-shaped top 15 cm on each side;
• diamond-shaped bottom 40 cm on each side.

The baby seat pattern will consist of the following 6 wedge-shaped parts:

• height - 90 cm;
• diameter - 45 cm;
• wide - 40-22 cm.

The bean bag chair consists of:

• Inner zippered pouch filled with polystyrene foam. Here you should choose thick cotton or raincoat fabric.
• outer cover. Suitable for manufacturing: velveteen, leather, velor. On a removable cover, you will need to sew a zipper, 1 meter long.

Master class on how to sew yourself at home step by step

After making a pattern on the material, it's time to sew a bean bag chair with your own hands:

Now it remains to fill the chair with polystyrene foam and you can install a piece of furniture in the interior.

Attention: Styrofoam clings to all surfaces. If it is scattered around the room, the cleaning process will take a long time.

Step by step instruction manual

In order for the furniture item to serve the owners as long as possible, it is recommended:

As can be seen from the above, bean bag chair does not require much work. And with proper maintenance, it will serve its owners for many years.

Photo

Your efforts will be rewarded - you will receive stylish and comfortable furniture that will decorate any interior:

Useful video

A detailed description of the manufacturing process with a description of little tricks can be viewed in the following video:

Conclusion

In conclusion, it is worth noting that the bean bag chair has a lot of advantages. It will give its owners maximum comfort during their stay, and the original design solutions, allow you to harmoniously fit it into any environment.

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The bean bag chair combines practicality, convenience, beauty. It will fit into any modern interior and will save space. The main thing is that everyone can make a bean bag chair with their own hands. You just need to stock up on time, patience and, of course, the necessary materials.

Bean bag: design features

Do-it-yourself frameless furniture has a lot of advantages. She:

• ergonomic;
• looks great both in the living room and in the children's room;
• easily transported within the apartment;
• easy to clean due to the presence of a removable cover;
• even a beginner handmade master can make it.

Before you start a master class on the topic "How to sew a bean bag chair at home", you should consider it design features.

The product consists of two parts: the upper cover and the inner one. The top one has a zipper, so it can be removed and cleaned if necessary. The bottom cover is tightly sewn, filled with 2/3 foam polystyrene balls.

Balls - soft, elastic, in diameter do not exceed 5 mm. They roll freely inside the cover, acquiring the shape of a human body. Thanks to this feature, it is very comfortable to sit in a bean bag chair.

When making a bean bag chair with your own hands, you can make it in the shape of: a pear, a ball, a rectangle, etc. The most popular model of frameless chairs is the “pear”.

Making a pear chair at home

A master class on how to sew a bag chair yourself begins with the preparation of materials. You will need:

• fabric for the outer cover (cut 1.5x3.5 m);
• fabric for the inner cover (choose any fabric that is breathable and has a smooth texture);
• 2 zippers: 100 cm for the outer cover, 30 cm for the inner one (if you decide to sew the inner cover tightly, you can not buy a short zipper);
• filler for pear chairs (foam balls);
• threads.

From the tools that you will need to sew a bean bag chair with your own hands, prepare:

• sewing machine,
• graph paper for a pattern (if you are confident in your abilities, you can make patterns immediately on the fabric),
• scissors,
• pencil,
• roulette.

Stages of work

Step-by-step instruction for the manufacture of a frameless pear chair:

1. On graph paper, a pattern of one wedge, the bottom and top of the future chair is built.
2. Transfer the pattern to the fabric. Please note that 2 sets of parts need to be made - for the inner and outer pear case.
3. Cut out leaving 1.5 cm seam allowances. For the outer cover you will have the following details:

• 6 side wedges,
• 1 hexagon (base),
• 1 hexagon (with a smaller diameter - top),
• 1 handle for carrying the pear chair.

For the inner case, cut out the same details, except for the handle.

1. Use a zigzag sewing machine or overlocker to finish the edges of the pieces.
2. Take 2 side wedges, fold them face to face, grind 15 cm from the top and bottom along the long side. The length of the seam is equal to the length of the zipper.
3. At the end and beginning of the seams, make rivets and sew on a zipper.
4. Take the next wedge, grind down the side seams. On the front side you need to make a stitching.
5. We sew a carrying handle. Fold the cut piece in half along the long side, sew on a typewriter. Then we turn it out, iron it, stitch it again.
6. We sew the upper, lower parts of the bag, not forgetting to lay a carrying handle between the parts.
7. The inner cover is sewn in the same way.

This master class on how to sew a bean bag does not end there. The most interesting thing is ahead - filling the “pear” with balls.

How easy it is to fill a bag with balloons: a useful tip

The easiest way to put the balls inside the bag and prevent them from scattering all over the room is to use an ordinary plastic bottle. The bottom and neck should be cut off from it, making a kind of connecting tube. Insert one end of the tube into the inner cover of the chair, wrap it with tape. The other end is placed in a bag with polystyrene balls and also fixed with tape. Check that there are no gaps left, and the balls do not start to spill out. Slowly pour the filler through the connecting tube from the bag into the case.

When all the balls are in the case, the master class on making the chair can be considered over. Now it remains to fasten the zipper or sew up the inner cover, put the top cover on it, sit in the finished pear chair and relax.

Making a ball chair at home

In addition to the “pear”, it will be interesting to look at a frameless chair in the shape of a ball.

The tailoring of the ball chair is identical to the tailoring of the pear chair. 2 covers are also made, the inner one is filled with balls.

1. On graph paper, you need to make a pattern of details and transfer it to the fabric.

To sew a chair, you have to cut 12 or 20 parts (depending on the size you want to get). Leave 1.3 cm for allowances on each side.

1. Treat the edges of the fabric cuts from fraying using an overlock, zigzag stitch or piping.
2. We chop off the processed parts with pins and only after that we begin to sew. In this way, the pattern will be avoided.
3. Lightning in one face will not fit in you, so place it with a “snake” between the two parts.
4. Fill the bottom case with balloons, as in the previous example, put on the top case.

Do-it-yourself frameless furniture made by yourself will definitely become an original and useful piece of furniture. Relaxing in this chair will appeal to both adults and children.