Pentagon bean bag

Sometimes kids need a space of their own. With this quick and easy bean bag chair they can sit and read a book in comfort. Made from fabrics with large, printed patterns, it can be made to suit any room in the house

Essential Information DIFFICULTY Easy SIZE Approximately 68.5cm (27in) diameter MATERIALS Rotary cutter Cutting mat Quilter’s ruler Iron and ironing board One 30cm (12in) minimum long zip Approximately 0.12 cubic meter (4 cubic feet) of polystyrene beads for filling, available online Bean bag liner, available online (recommended) Sewing machine with zip foot Thread to match the fabrics FABRICS 12 fat quarters of coordinating cotton fabrics Approximately 300cm (118in) of heavy interfacing, or enough to cover your fat quarters SKILLS Set-in seams (see pp.102-103) SEAM ALLOWANCE 6mm (1⁄4 in) throughout Make the template Make a template for the pentagon pieces by enlarging the pentagon template on page 298 so that each side of the pentagon is 28cm (11in) long. If you’d like a larger bean bag, make the template larger, but don’t…

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