This fun Halloween chair cover would be great to use on your dining chairs to add a spooky touch to your home decor! Reverse them and use them on porch to greet little trick or treaters. Download printable instructions for other scary Halloween chair covers.
Materials:
- 1/2 Yard green fabric
- 1/4 Yard black fabric (for Frank’s hair and nose)
- Steam-a-Seam 2 (double stick fusible)
- 2-1”- 1 1/4” Buttons
- 2-1/2”- 5/8” Buttons
- 3 yards 7/8” Gross grain ribbon
- 1/3 yard Extra large rick-rack
- Marking pen or Sharpie®
- Air Erasable Fabric Marker Ruler
- Rotary Cutter
- Small Scissors
- All-purpose sewing thread to match fabric
- Iron and ironing board
- Hand sewing needle
Tools:
- Baby Lock Sewing Machine
Steps:
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Using the selvage as a guide trim the fabric for each chair back so the edges are clean and straight.
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Cut off the selvages and cut the length down to 36”. The finished size should be approximately 17” x 36”. The ruler and rotary cutter work great for this.
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Trim one of the ends so it is curved at the bottom.
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Fold the bottom edge under 1/4” and press. Fold under another 1/4” to edge finish the bottom.
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Set the machine up for straight stitch sewing using matching thread in the needle and bobbin
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Stitch along the bottom close to the top of the folded edge. Repeat these steps to edge finish the remaining sides of the chair back.
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Following the manufacturers’ instructions press a 6” x 24” piece of Steam-a-Seam 2 onto the section of black fabric.
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Do not remove the paper backing. To make it easier to work with cut this from the rest of the black fabric.
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To make Frank’s hair measure the width of the chair cover
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On the paper side of the black fabric draw a random zig-zag pattern along the bottom edge of the 6” x 24” piece of fabric the width of the chair cover.
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Draw a triangle to use for the nose from the remainder of the black fabric.
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From the extra large rick-rack cut a 10” piece of rick-rack for Frank.
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Fold the chair cover in half like it would be on your chair.
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Place the hair and nose where you would like them and press in place. Pin the rick-rack mouth below the nose.
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Thread your machine with contrasting thread in the needle. Top stitch the hair and nose in place 1/8” from the raw edge.
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Change the machine to a zigzag stitch with a stitch length and width set at 3.5mm. Stitch through the center of the rickrack mouth.
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Layer a small button on top of the larger button and sew on to the chair cover making the eyes.
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Cut four pieces of ribbon 24” each.
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Fold the chair cover in half again like it would be on your chair. Fold under 1/2” on one end of each of the ribbons. Pin a ribbon to each side on the front and back.
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Set up the machine for straight stitch sewing with matching thread in the needle and the bobbin.
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Attach the ribbons to the chair back sewing 1/4” from the fold.
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Press these with light starch so they have a little body tie them onto your chairs and get started on those costumes!
