{"id":20763,"date":"2016-03-03T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com?p=20763&#038;preview_id=20763"},"modified":"2025-03-16T03:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T03:22:24","slug":"no-sew-recovering-with-upholstery-pins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/2016\/03\/03\/no-sew-recovering-with-upholstery-pins\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Sew Recovering With Upholstery Pins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21394\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins.png\" alt=\"No-Sew Recovering With Upholstery Pins\" width=\"630\" height=\"793\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/>My office has a small window seat. The cushion itself was made using a plain piece of thick foam that was cut to fit, then a slipcover was sewn\u00a0 to go over it.\u00a0 (My dad had made it for me.) I recently redid my entire office and I wanted to do a quick recover of it so it would match my new decor. I had recently learned about upholstery pins which are basically small spiral thumbtacks.\u00a0 I had previously used them to hold a bed ruffle in place and decided to see how they would work to recover my window seat cushion. (Spoiler alert: They worked great!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;d like to see some of the other things I created to match my office check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/2016\/01\/12\/make-your-own-large-diy-mouse-pad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIY Large Mouse Pad<\/a> and my <a href=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/2016\/02\/04\/organize-office-supplies-with-parts-chest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organize Office Supplies in Style<\/a> posts!\u00a0 This post also qualifies for our <a href=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/2015\/09\/28\/buff-your-stuff-cheap-decor-transforming-old-into-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buff Your Stuff<\/a> series where we give a face-lift to things we already have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16024\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider.png\" alt=\"dotted.divider\" width=\"640\" height=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider.png 640w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-600x4.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-300x2.png 300w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-24x1.png 24w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-36x1.png 36w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-48x1.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<!--- Media Net Black---><br \/>\n<script id=\"mNCC\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ medianet_width='600'; medianet_height= '120'; medianet_crid='245145660'; \/\/ ]]><\/script><script id=\"mNSC\" src=\"http:\/\/contextual.media.net\/nmedianet.js?cid=8CU4X179M\"><\/script><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16024\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider.png\" alt=\"dotted.divider\" width=\"640\" height=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider.png 640w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-600x4.png 600w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-300x2.png 300w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-24x1.png 24w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-36x1.png 36w, https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dotted.divider-48x1.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21412 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/knobby-twist.png\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\" \/>Upholstery Pins Recovering<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Material of choice<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1QQdecy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upholstery Pins<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Instructions<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My window seat before recovering.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21396\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-1.jpg\" alt=\"No-Sew Recovering With Upholstery Pins 1\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The material I chose plus a pack of upholstery pins. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21397\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-3.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"604\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21398\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-4.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"563\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21399\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-5.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"429\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Push the pins in.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21400\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-6.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"548\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Twist them until they are inserted tight.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21401\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-7.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"551\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21402\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-8.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"574\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21403\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-9.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"482\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21404\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-10.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"543\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21405\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-11.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"540\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21406\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-12.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"435\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21407\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-13.jpg\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"625\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21408\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-14.png\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"696\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21411\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-18.png\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21331\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Barnaby approves. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21410\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/No-Sew-Recovering-With-Upholstery-Pins-16.png\" alt=\"Upholstery pins are are an incredibly simple yet versatile tool for doing some quick no-sew recovering in your home. We recovered a window seat in minutes!\" width=\"630\" height=\"521\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My office has a small window seat. The cushion itself was made using a plain piece of thick foam that was cut to fit, then a slipcover was sewn\u00a0 to go over it.\u00a0 (My dad had made it for me.) I recently redid my entire office and I wanted to do a quick recover of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603,1623,1610,1611,1672,1885],"tags":[1704],"class_list":["post-20763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-blog","category-buff-your-stuff","category-crafts","category-diy-decor","category-furniture","category-whimsical-home-office-posts","tag-whimsical-home-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36602,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20763\/revisions\/36602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}