How to Make a Flip Chair

You can easily sew a flip chair.

A flip chair is a simple three-sectioned piece of furniture that can unfold from a chair into a bed. Flip chairs are lightweight, easy to transport, and you don't need to inflate or deflate them. Many people use them to accommodate overnight guests and enjoy the easy set up and clean up they allow. This is a simple project, and you only need a few materials to make and customize your own flip chair.

Things You'll Need

• Fabric
• 3 foam squares
• 1 foam cylinder
• Measuring tape
• Scissors
• Needle
• Thread
• 6 fabric ties

Instructions

1. Gather all of your supplies. You should be able to find everything you need at your local craft store. Choose the size of the fabric squares you prefer but make sure they are all the same size and that, when laid out, they will be large enough to sleep on.

2. Measure the dimensions of the foam pieces with your measuring tape and use your scissors to cut out the corresponding sizes from your fabric. You will want to make the fabric pieces slightly larger -- add one inch on each side -- than the foam dimensions to allow room for your seams.

3. Stitch together the right sides of the fabric pieces to create covers for the foam squares. If you sew by hand you will need to sew a straight seam. Thread your needle and tie a knot at the end, then run your needle through the two pieces of fabric, determining your stitch length. Leave one side of the square cover open, turn the cover inside out and place the foam piece inside. Sew up the open piece so that your foam square is completely covered. Repeat this step for the remaining pieces.

4. Create a cover for the cylinder foam piece using the same method.

5. Attach fabric ties to the three cushions so that they stay connected to one another when they are folded into a chair or laid out flat for a bed. Sew two ties on one side of each square. You will be sewing the ties to the height side of the cube. You can stack the square cushions on top of each other to align the placement for the ties.

6. Stitch your cylinder piece to the flat end of a square piece. You will want to position the cylinder toward the top of the square. This will act as a back rest when your cushions are folded into a chair and it will be a pillow when the cushions are laid out into a bed.

References

• Cyberseams: How to Sew By Hand
• SATlearnhub: 3d Math Figures