Diary of a DIY Pouf Repair Project

June 2019: Yikes, some of the threads on these poufs are coming loose. We need to be careful.

September 2019: Oh man, those poufs are looking a little worse for wear. I wonder if I could fix them.

January 2020: Wow, those poufs are looking a lot worse. I should really fix that. Shouldn’t be hard. All I have to do is attach a new fabric top.

April 2020: Maybe I should start looking at fabric… but there are soooooo many options…

May 22, 2020: Okay, I have GOT to do something. These are falling apart. Let’s look at fabric.

May 29, 2020: I found it!! I’m just going to order this fabric before I lose my nerve. Again.

May 30, 2020: <drives 35 minutes to store> Oh, they closed 5 minutes ago? Fabulous.

May 31, 2020: <drives 35 minutes back to store> Got it!! I can’t wait to get started!

June 1, 2020: Oooo, my new resin molds arrived! Eh, the poufs can wait.

June 9, 2020 1:48pm: OKAY. Enough stalling. I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m going to DO IT.

June 9, 2020 1:58pm: Here we go! Totally winging this.

June 9, 2020 3:52pm: 8 inches of stitches down, 184 to go!

June 9, 2020 5:01pm: OMG what was I thinking? This is going to take FOREVER.

June 10, 2020 1:29pm: One of them is done!!! Maybe the other one doesn’t look so ba—NO. Must. Keep. Going.

June 11, 2020 10:00am: I should really just get this done…

June 11, 2020 noon: Let’s do this!

June 11, 2020 4:24pm: D.O.N.E.!!! No more projects for a while.

June 12, 2020: Hey, I have some leftover fabric… I could make some pillows!

I truly had no idea what I was doing when I started this project. I’m happy with how they turned out though! And I’m especially happy that they’re done! Seriously.

These poufs are made of a bunch of strands woven together with thread, and as you can see, a bunch of the threads on top had broken, and the strands had separated. I didn’t even touch them. I knew I needed something durable, so I found this outdoor fabric that I’m hoping will hold up to kids and a dog. 

I ended up with two yards of fabric, because that’s the only way I could order it online. It’s 54” wide fabric, and it came folded over lengthwise, so I laid it on top of the pouf, centered it, and cut. Then I cut along the fold, so I had the fabric for both poufs ready to go.

From there I folded the fabric under itself and pinned along the pouf. Corners were a little tricky, but I just folded one side under and then the other and just tucked the fabric underneath. It actually looks pretty clean, I think. 

Then it was just a matter of sewing along the edge by hand. All 192” of edges, actually. Now I’m done, and the kids and dog were all over them immediately. So far so good! Not a professional job by a long shot, but they look a whole lot better than they did before.