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Making outdoor patio furniture covers is easier than you think. By making your own covers you get the design and colors that you want. Making your own covers will also save you money. I have seen patio set covers made out of a variety of different fabrics. There is no right fabric. The choice of fabric is up to the individual taste.

Keeping your furniture protected from the elements is an important task if you want to avoid unnecessary damage caused by exposure. Depending on how far south you are, the sun can be extremely hard on your wood or metal furniture as well as its protective coating, whether that is oil, sealer or paint. For many of us who live close to the ocean, salt spray is an additional concern which will prematurely age your furniture, causing it’s lifespan to be shortened, or increasing maintenance time and costs; both of which can be avoided by protecting it before it gets damaged.

Step one to designing and making furniture covers for your patio set is choosing your material. This is probably the most important step, since this is where most of the cost is factored in, and it will also determine the longevity of the covers that you end up with. You might not want to choose the cheapest available material, since non sun-resistant and flimsy material will be broken down by the sun and wind sooner than you might expect. Look into finding materials with special weather resistant qualities, such as SunBrella ?, and your covers will protect your furniture for a lot longer.

Now you are ready to design the shape of your patio covers, and take measurements to cut your material and assemble it. When creating custom designed covers, you must think in terms of the volume that your furniture occupies. Most pieces can be simplified into very basic shapes, such as rectangles, cubes and tubes. Covering a table will require you to create a simple box, cutting the top and side cut a few inches larger than the table measurement to allow for seams and a little extra ‘wiggle-room’. You will also want to create a slight widening taper towards the bottom so the cover slides easily over the table without getting stuck halfway down.

Creating custom covers for your chairs will require a little extra measuring and constructing. Your options for creating chair covers will be to create either a custom shaped cover for each chair style, or to create a generic bag size which will cover a variety of chairs. To create a bag style cover, it is as simple as cutting a rectangle of material the same width as your chair height, and as long as the measurement around the circumference of your chair, with a few inches extra for seams and breathing room. Sew this into a tube. Then cut a circle with a circumference the same as the length of the side material (minus the seam width), and then stitch them together. Another hem at the bottom will allow a drawstring to be added if your covers need to be secured to the chairs.

With a little planning, and a little measuring and a little sewing, you can see how easy it is to create your own set of completely custom outdoor patio furniture covers. The best part about making your own set is the ability you will have to create an entirely unique look for your back yard or patio, not to mention the cost savings compared to having a custom set of furniture covers made to order.

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