Sewing a Reversible High Chair Pad

If you have a high chair with a worn-out or missing cover, sew up a new one in an afternoon. Make a high chair cover that is reversible so you can switch it around to suit your mood and your decor. You will need basic-level sewing skills in order to make a reversible pad for your child's high chair.

Old high chair pad
Fabrics, two patterns or prints
Pen or pencil
Scissors
Foam padding, 1/2-in. thickness
Straight pins
Sewing machine
Thread
Hand sewing needle

Instructions

- 1
  Remove the old high chair pad to use as a template to create a pattern for the new one. Turn one piece of fabric upside down and place it on a table with the wrong or back side facing up. Place the old high chair pad on top of this, near the edge of the fabric, and trace around it with a pen or a pencil.
- 2
  Cut out the pattern for the high chair pad from the first piece of fabric, then use that piece to trace and cut a second piece from a coordinating fabric. To do this, place the new fabric right side down on the table and put the template on top, wrong side down.
- 3
  Pin the two pieces of fabric together with the right sides facing one another. Use straight pins positioned around the perimeter of the pattern to secure the fabrics.
- 4
  Use your sewing machine to sew a straight seam around the edges of your project. Position your seam approximately 1/4 inch away from the raw edges of the fabric. Leave an 8-inch length of one side open, without a seam, so you can turn the piece right side out.
- 5
  Turn the high chair pad cover right side out through the hole you left. Use your hand to push out the edges and corners of the piece.
- 6
  Cut a piece of 1/2-inch foam padding to fit inside the cover you have sewn. Squeeze the padding inside the cover through the hole you left for turning.
- 7
  Use a hand-sewing needle to close the hole in the side of the pad cover.

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