Easy Fabric covered cushion

Our dog Recon is a very spoiled and pampered German Shepherd. He was even given this easy fabric covered cushion from our daughter’s bedroom when she moved out.

Not only is this a post about making an easy fabric covered cushion for my daughter’s bedroom when she was a young teenager, but it is also a funny post about how this cushion has been repurposed years later for my husband’s truck as a dog platform bed.

Read on for how and why this cushion was made and how it has evolved for a new purpose.

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My daughter’s former bedroom has this great, but high, window seat.

Even though the window area is way too high for a normal seat, my daughter still wanted to use it as a window seat and homework area.

To make it more comfortable, I made her this pretty and easy fabric covered cushion when she was a young teenager. Like most girls, she loved lots of bright colors in her room.

But the window seat in her bedroom has always been too high to comfortably use it as a seat in my opinion.

It is almost like the original homeowners had planned a window seat for their son’s bedroom, but in the end installed standard sized cabinets in the nook instead. Making the height just way too high for a seat. One day I will have to ask them why it was built this way.

Before I attempted this project, I had considered having a custom cushion made for the window. On a tight budget at the time, I couldn’t afford a custom made cushion anyway.

Inspired by similar posts on Pinterest, I decided I could make my own in less time and with much less money.

And like a lot of my projects, I purchased the foam and the fabric and then let it sit around – for weeks – just never getting around to it. Sound familiar?

Honestly, I am not lazy. Just have to finish too many other projects before I can take on the new one I bought supplies for.

Obviously I did finally finish the fabric covered cushion or I wouldn’t be resharing it today, even though it now has a new life as a truck dog bed cushion.

Easy Fabric Covered Cushion

For this project you will need:

Sharp Utility Knife or blade
Sharpie Marker
4″ Foam cushion from Joann’s.
Newspaper
Painter’s Tape
Spray Adhesive
Fabric of your choice

First thing I did was to make a pattern for the seat cushion size using newspaper and painters tape. This method was much easier and efficient than using a ruler or tape measure to mark on the foam and hope I got the markings correct. This way I had the exact size and template for the cuts needed.

Then using this template, I drew lines on the foam with a sharpie marker as a guide to make the cuts. To cut through dense foam you will need a very sharp knife and a steady hand.

The window seat is 5′ long x 3′ width. I purchased the foam at JoAnn’s when it was on sale and they only had the foam in 7′ long by 2′ width.

I cut the foam down to 5′ long as needed and then used spray adhesive to attach the two extra feet to the width to make the exact size of the window box.

The fabric my daughter selected was not wide enough to cover the whole cushion all the way around. My solution was to wrap the fabric on both sides like you do when wrapping gift and the wrapping paper isn’t the right size.

And another thing. This project needed to a no-sew project as well.

DIY and Handmade are always the best!

After wrapping the first side like a present, I then flipped the cushion over and wrapped the other side tucking in the ends underneath and using the spray adhesive to hold the fabric in place. I found that if I pulled the fabric too tightly that the edges of the foam curled up, so I left the fabric a little looser than I would have liked but the end product still looks pretty good.

The final product looks great in place and it feels even better to finish a project. It may not be perfect but with the way my daughter changes the decor in her room, it will be very easy to redo in another fabric whenever she finds a new look.

This is exactly how it has looked for over 10 years in her room. Well not exactly, it was usually covered in books and clutter and you couldn’t see all of the cushion most of the time.

My daughter was married a few years ago and moved out but the cushion stayed in the room.

That is until my husband decided to build a custom platform in place of the second row of seats in his truck and he mentioned he would need to have a custom sized cushion made.

At the time I suggested he temporarily use the cushion in her old bedroom, I didn’t think he would actually go for it because of the bright colors. Turns out he didn’t care because his fur baby needed it.