Don't get confused! This is an old project which I moved here because of the renewings the blog is going through. I know it is important to know you can still save your IKEA Klippan sofa for 4 persons by new cover. I destroyed the Sewing site where this was so it can be found here now.
This is an
old IKEA Klippan sofa in new clothes and pillows for 4 person. We bought
it over 6 years ago. It was on sale and I didn't understand they were
going to stop selling it. That's why I bought only one cover for it. Now
the life with the cat has lead us to the point despite of desperate
seeking I ended up the fact we need new sofa or cover for the old one.
It would have been shame to throw the old sofa away because finally now
it has got a bit soft and cosy; besides the damages were done just on
one corner of the cover. So, I bought the fabric and spent three days
with the project. I wasted just 70€ and the result is good. :)
Making
new cover for a sofa is easy. Especially if it is one you can take away
and wash easily. This cover & pillows pictured above are my own design
but anyone can do the same. You can get the patterns from the old
cover. You can cut them out from the old cover by cutting the pieces by
the seams. If the cover is symmetric at both sides you need to cut only
half out off it. If you are ever again going to make another cover I
recommend you draw the patterns on the paper so that they are easier to
storage. Save the "whole part" of the half cover as an example of it how
you must sew it all to get similar. :) After finishing the new cover
you can throw the old away.
You
should wash the fabric before using it to make it shrink (if it will).
But still you can add some extra centimeters keeping your eye on
shrinking abilities. The fabrics shrinks more to its lenght direction
than width. Including a bit extra is important even you had shrink the
fabric before sewing. All the shrinking may not happen at one time and
later in the future it might happen that you need to try to save the
cover by washing it in hotter temperature than allowed to... The easiest
way to add this extra is to add bigger sewing allowances but use the
normal of them; for example add 2cm but use only 1cm. (If you have ever
washed the old cover it have shrunk a bit.)
If
you want to make some pillows for the sofa you can use the left over
fabric. If you want fat and soft pillows easiest way to make them is to
make the pillow cases too small. The pillow cases pictured above are
38cm x 40cm (finished size) and the pillows inside are actually 45cm x
45cm. When the pillow cases are approximately 5cm smaller than the
pillows inside they keep up the thick fat soft shape very easily. And
believe me -it all fits in there very well. The pillows can have
different kind of background so that you can use
both sides. I made the pillows which have just jeans blue fabric on the
back side. If I feel too striped I can calm down the style just by
turning the pillows. :)
