Yellow Striped Chintz

I am always drawn to photos of chaises longue with yellow striped cushions or yellow striped awnings.

The photo above is from Design.Inc (Canada) and Sarah Richardson. Cushions are by Ikea. You can see the story and details here: Yellow Striped Chaise

Some time back I bought several yards of yellow striped chintz. What I bought was whatever was left on the bolt. I already had two folding chaises bought on clearance.

I am making simple knife edged pads -- no boxing and piping for me -- just straight seams which are difficult enough. The polyester padding is from a mattress pad that never was large enough for a queen bed.

The length of the mattress pad is longer than the chaise, so the extra is turned back and two 4" pieces of elastic webbing sewn between the folded end and the body of the pad make a pocket to pull over the end of the chaise.

Sears sells something called chair towels which have a similar pocket that goes over a beach chair or the back of a car seat, so I'm not really that original. I found those after I made my first chaise pad.

I can't do tutorials -- use your imagination and what's at hand.