DIY Friday: Make Your Own Swarovski Style Deep Buttoned Chairs
If you fell in love with Monday’s feature on Swarovski crystal furniture, then you’re going to love this easy DIY tutorial. Make your own crystalized furniture by adding some deep buttoned rhinestones to a regular dining chair, sofa, or ottoman. Keep reading for full instructions!
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Designer Sofas UK
Materials:
- Rhinestone buttons
- Tapestry Needle
- Thick coated thread or dyed-to-match waxed dental floss
- Scissors
- Piping, trims, or other satin ribbon if desired
- Thread a tapestry needle with waxed coat thread or waxed dental floss dyed to match your upholstery. Before the upholstery for the back of your chosen furniture piece has been stapled or glued into place, push the tapestry needle through the back, into and through the cushion and out the other side.
- Move the needle over 1/8 inch in any direction from its entry point through the cushion, and push it back through to the starting point. Once you have chosen a direction, do the same for all the buttons you attach. Pull the thread through the cushion two more times, coming out and going into the same holes, pulling taut each time. This pulls the cushion tight and ensures that the button will have a strong attachment point.
- Thread a button onto your needle and pull the needle and thread back through the same points in the cushion. Repeat at least 4 times, going through the cushion and back through the button, then out the other side of your chosen furniture piece to ensure that the button is firmly attached. Tie off the thread and snip it close to the cushion, under the button.
- Continue to attach buttons until you have created the pattern you prefer. Tufting can be done in a single straight row across the back of a sofa, in a group of four on a toss pillow, or in a group of seven buttons connected by contrasting thread to give the appearance of daisy petals. You can also attach buttons in a single or double wave pattern.
- Use a stapler or hot melt glue gun to finish attaching the upholstery on the back of the furniture piece once you have attached all the buttons in your chosen pattern. Add piping between buttons to create a stem effect. You can also connect tufts using satin ribbon, rickrack or bead strings. Stitch ribbon roses around your buttons if desired, to further enhance the three-dimensional effect of your tufts and… voila!
Tutorial From Ehow.com
Hi,
I love this tutorial! What size buttons did you use?
Hi Quianah, 5/8″ size buttons should do the trick!
Suzy
i am so in love! i want to do a headboard! where can i find the rhinestone buttons?
Where did you find these tufting buttons? I found some online but they are crazy expensive.
Hi! Do a quick search on eBay, heres a great deal I found:
Hope this helps!
Hi how do I apply buttons if my sis got chair is just a foam backed chair? What do I put on the back? The chairs at the moment have a velvet button at the front and a velvet back on the back so how should I change these into the Diamante buttons that I want for my chairs ? Would really appreciate some advise thankyou
Hi Linzi,
Over at Houzz we have a tutorial that might help you right here. Let me know if this helps, thanks :))
if the chair is already assembled can i use glue