The Poang chair is available from Ikea and comes with a natural cotton cover. The fabric used to recover it is Sprig from our Modern Flora collection.

I will attempt to give you a general idea of how I recovered this chair without drowning you in minute details. And if you don't have this chair, you might be able to apply these techniques to another one.

When I took the chair out of the box, this weird bag made of some plastic material fell out. I finally figured out it is what supports the sitter. It slips over a metal frame and velcros on. The cushion then velcros to that. I put it on the frame and realized that the entire back of the chair was going to be this plastic stuff. Yuck. So, I measured the bag and made an identical bag out of canvas. I even stole the velcro off the plastic bag that holds on the cushion. However, in the picture I show it on the top of the bag and it needs to be on other side. And don't stitch up the bottom of the bag until you've attached the velcro because otherwise, it is impossible to get at. I used bias tape to finish the edges at the top and used new velcro to close my canvas bag. I also followed their example of putting the seam down the front center- it will be covered by the cushion and I think it would receive too much stress on the sides. I then slipped the plastic bag and then my canvas bag onto the frame. I kept the plastic bag on the chair because I was afraid the canvas would stretch too much to support the sitter.

This picture shows the chair up on the ironing board where I was attaching the covered frame to the wood frame. The wood frame attaches with screws that go through the canvas and plastic into the metal frame.

The front cushion had been quilted to fiberfill. I lay my fabric on top and carefully pinned in the quilting "channels". I started with the center channel and stitched it on the machine. I then pinned and stitched the outer two channels. I stitched all the channels the same direction (from the bottom to the top) to prevent the fabric from gunching up. I also stitched it with the fabric on top and the fiberfill on the bottom. My machine fed it okay after I released the feed dog pressure (check your owner's manual to see if you machine has this setting) and used my hands to ensure the fabric kept feeding.

The original cushion had been sewn together from the outside. The front and back cushions had their edges turned under and then were sewn together with the right sides out. I determined that was just asking for trouble because of the thickness in the machine and how obvious it would be if the stitching didn't look nice. So I sewed it together like a pillow-- right sides together, leaving a big opening (about 12" wide) on the side to turn it right side out. I used the "hump" left from the stitching on the original cushion as a guide for my stitching. I just put my pins there and followed them as I stitched the pieces together. This picture shows the cushion sewn together waiting to be turned right side out.

Now you see the cushion turned right side out with the opening on the side. At this point, do try it on the frame to see if it fits. If not, turn wrong side out again and start ripping. I sewed up my opening by hand very poorly, but it doesn't show. Another method would be to use Heat 'n Bond adhesive and iron the opening closed or use velcro.