Comments on: where and how to buy big cushions for sofa/couch? http://www.nrfoam.org/upholstery-foam/where-and-how-to-buy-big-cushions-for-sofacouch/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: c_kayak_fun http://www.nrfoam.org/upholstery-foam/where-and-how-to-buy-big-cushions-for-sofacouch/#comment-1550 c_kayak_fun Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:27:59 +0000 http://www.nrfoam.org/upholstery-foam/where-and-how-to-buy-big-cushions-for-sofacouch#comment-1550 Joanns sells solid foam in various sizes. You can cut it with a serrated bread knife and then glue layers of if together to get the shape and size you need. But you really don't want the back cushions to be foam ONLY as that will end up being rather uncomfortable -- the back cushions need to conform to your back more than foam does. The best combination is to use a core of solid foam about 20 to 30% smaller than the final cushion and then wrap it with several layers of polyester fiber filling (which you can also get at Joanns, back in the upholstery department. After you've got it the shape and density you like, make a cover for the stuffing out of muslin so you can slip off the outer cover to clean it. I've made sofa cushions this way several times.<br><b>References : </b><br> Joanns sells solid foam in various sizes. You can cut it with a serrated bread knife and then glue layers of if together to get the shape and size you need. But you really don’t want the back cushions to be foam ONLY as that will end up being rather uncomfortable — the back cushions need to conform to your back more than foam does. The best combination is to use a core of solid foam about 20 to 30% smaller than the final cushion and then wrap it with several layers of polyester fiber filling (which you can also get at Joanns, back in the upholstery department. After you’ve got it the shape and density you like, make a cover for the stuffing out of muslin so you can slip off the outer cover to clean it.

I’ve made sofa cushions this way several times.
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