Hold on to the fabric because at this point you don’t want your fabric to move.

How to upholster a bench cushion. Cut your upholstery foam you'll cut your upholstery foam depending on the dimensions of your bench. The foam would have cost over $120 dollars from the craft. Use the seam ripper to cut through the other seams you come across if necessary.

With this type of bench design, the cushion is stapled to a backer board that is then attached to the bench's frame. Then, i went on a search for foam. Beware of window cranks or other hardware.

The first thing that i did was remove the seat cushion by turning the bench over and using a screwdriver to remove the four screws that attached the base to the seat. That means we only need to cut one top panel and the four boxing strips. Use the hole already formed at the bottom and bring the upholstery needle through the top.

Place the seat cushion upside down on some template. Follow the steps below on how to upholster a cushion 1. Measure your bench measure the length and depth of your bench top, and write it down.

On seats that aren't finished yet beware of added moldings along seat edge. Measure cardboard/plywood and cut it in size at first, you have to measure the benchtop you wanted. Remove the mounting screws securing the seat cushion to the bench frame with a screwdriver.

Materials 1/2″ plywood, cut exactly to the size of the top of your bench 2 yards of upholstery fabric 3″ medium density bench foam, cut exactly to the size of the top of your. It's best to take your bench measurements and subtract about an. Cut the plywood the plywood needs to be just a tiny bit smaller than the dimensions.