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How-to: Sushi-Inspired Day Bed

December 20, 2010 1 Comment

Last May, my fiance and I decided to get rid of our crappy couch and replace it with my old daybed that was sitting unused in the basement. After recycling our old couch in to dog beds and pillow forms, we had space for a twin-sized bed in our living room. The problem? It looked a lot like a regular bed. The solution? An old full-sized bedspread, a few more pillow forms, and a lot of pillowcases.

We had my fiance’s old bedspread and the cushions from the old couch. Luckily, JoAnn Fabrics had these ready-to-go pillow forms on sale the day I went to go couchbed supply hunting.

The Pattern

I used the same pattern for the comforter’s duvet cover as I did for the square pillow forms. It’s the easiest pattern to follow. No closures are needed at all, which is a relief if you’re a novice sewer (one who sews, not a sewage funneler).

The biggest struggle I had with this project was MacGyvering the covers for the armrests together. The cushions from the old couch were really odd and NOT square. They were kind of rectangular, tubey, and deformed from being sat on for 30 years. (Seriously, the old couch was my mom’s first furniture purchase ever. Circa 1977.) I really don’t know how to replicate the pattern, but I can say that a lot of trial and error was involved.

Sushi Inspiration

The square pillows were inspired by seaweed-wrapped sushi, and the rectangular armrests were inspired by sashimi. Like these from calgaryreviews and puck777 on Flickr.

The finished product is great, especially now that it’s winter and I can cuddle up in a bed with my dogs to watch TV or work on some projects. The extra-great thing about the couchbed is that I can wash and mend everything easily, which is wonderful when you’ve got two dogs!

Filed Under: How-to Tagged With: couch, day bed, douvet cover, Sewing, slipcover

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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