How to Sew a Highchair Seat Cushion

By Debbie Colgrove

Sewing Expert

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Create a Custom Pattern and Sew a Highchair Seat Cushion

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Custon Wooden Highchair Cushion - Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

Wooden Highchair Cushion. Photo Credit: Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

Updated March 05, 2015.

Wooden highchairs get passed down through generations but the cushion doesn't always survive as well as the chair. All highchairs are not the same. These directions will guide you through the steps to create a custom pattern and sew a custom cushion for a highchair.
You will need:

Pattern making material such as newspaper or Pattern Tracing Cloth
Fabric of your choice - an ample amount for your pattern, ties and trim

Batting or pads
Cording or piping
Thread

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Create the Pattern

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Create the Pattern. Photo Credit: Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

Fold paper to "sit" in the chair the way you will want the cushion to fit. (Use tape if needed to hold the pattern material in place.)
Trace the outline of the desired finished cushions. (You may want to fold the pattern in half to be sure you are even on both sides)
Add a 1/4" to 1/2" seam allowance to all edges of the pattern.
Mark the location that you will need to attach ties to hold the cushions in place.

Mark anywhere you need an opening for a strap, a fold or other need.

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Fabric and Cutting

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Fabric and Cutting. Photo Credit: Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

Lay out the pattern on doubled fabric (You will need two of each pattern piece.)
Cut 1" bias strips for ties
For a corded edge -- Cut bias strips for piping cover - (How to Cover Cording to Create Piping)
or
For ruffle edge -- Measure around the edge of the pattern and cut strips that are double the length of the edge of the pattern and wide enough to be folded in half for the desired ruffle and seam allowance. Sew a ruffle in place of piping for the remaining instructions.

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Create the Ties

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Create the Ties. Photo Credit: Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

Fold the tie strips in half with the wrong sides together.
Press well!
Open the strip and fold the edges in to the newly created fold line.
Press well!
Re-fold the first fold and press well. Cut the strip into desired length for the ties, leaving extra to turn in one end of the strip.
On one end of each strip, turn in the end to enclose the raw edges.
Sew close to the folded edge to hold the tie closed.

Sew the unturned end of the ties to the back fabric pieces where you marked on the pattern pieces.

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Join the Seat and Back

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Join the Seat and Back. Photo Credit: Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

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The Piping

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The Piping. Photo Credit: Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

Create the piping (How to Cover Cording to Create Piping)
Decide which edges will be have a piping edge. (In the cushion shown here, the seat is sewn to the back at the rear of the seat so I will not be attaching piping to that seam. If you choose to have two separate cushions, you may want the piping on all edges.)
Attach the piping to the front fabric pieces, using the seam allowance that you chose when creating the pattern.