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Repairing Patio Chair Cushions At Home

Patio chairs are not really all that comfortable if they don’t have some sort of cushion on them. We all know the cushion is there for comfort but do you know that they actually serve to protect your patio chairs as well? Patio cushions don’t last forever though, and with constant use they are bound to have wears are tears. Repairs are easy enough to do by yourself so don’t fret that its doing to cost a lot of money to get things back to their original condition. Patio furniture cushions are relatively small so repairs are minor and can be done at home with very little skill required.

In repairing your patio chair cushions you will need:

  • A similar color thread (same as the cushion fabric)
  • Needle
  • Sharp scissors
  • Iron on patches (identical or close to the cushion cover’s color)
  • Iron
  • Seam ripper

Steps to repair your patio chair cushion:

  1. Find the ripped side of the cushion and open the seam closest to it using your seam ripper
  2. With the seams open, take out the foam inside and lay the cloth flat (inside out)
  3. Put the iron-on patch on the tear and apply heat and pressure over it using the iron for a minute. Make sure there are no wrinkles before you apply the iron. You really don’t want to messy folds on your cushion cover.
  4. When the patch is attached to the cloth, trim it up nicely for a clean look. If done properly, your cushion cover should look perfect and the hole practically invisible.
  5. The iron-on patch will make your cushion cover sturdier because it’s double layered.
  6. Once you’re satisfied with it, you can now re apply or refill the foam that you took out a while ago. Make sure that they are uniformly distributed to avoid clumps. Clumps on seating can really be uncomfortable and should be avoided.
  7. Use your needle and thread to now close the seam up. Use a similar shade thread so your repair won’t look to obvious or conspicuous.

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