Categories: Decor, Tuffet

These beautiful Starry Night Tuffets are designed by Pattie Wilkinson with a new and exciting use for Purely Cotton Batting! These tuffets are easy to create, especially with the project ready Tuffet Kit.

What you need to make this project

Materials: (2) Square Tuffet Kits; (1) Purely Cotton Quilt Batting; (1) Noire Cotton Quilt Batting; (4) Packages of Oly-Fun Craft Sheets; 1/2 Yard Oly-Fun Craft Material; 2 Yards - Black Cotton Twill Fabric

Supplies: (2) Turquoise – Tulip® One-Step Dye; (2) Orange – Tulip® One-Step Dye; (2) Red – Tulip® One-Step Dye; (3) Disposable Bowls; Rotary Cutter/Mat; Straight Pins; 12” x 12” Foam Board; Aleene’s® Clear Tacky Spray Adhesive; Glue Resistant Scissors; (2) Sets/4 Hairpin Legs; Drill; Hot Glue and Hot Glue Gun

Instructions

Step One

Gather all of your materials and supplies to create the DIY Starry Night Tuffets. All materials and supplies described above are enough to create two Tuffets.

Step Two

Take the batting out of the package and cut it into thirds to dye the three different colors. Once the batting is cut then wet and saturate the batting in water, then squeeze out water. Place wet batting in a disposable bowl and cover with plastic in dye kit. Repeat for the other two pieces of battings.

Step Three

Wearing gloves from the dye kit, mix water in dye bottles according to directions, and apply the dye to the batting in the tray. Work the dye into each of the battings until it is saturated, repeat with the other two battings. Cover the dyed batting in bowls with plastic and let it sit overnight for the color to completely set.

Step Four

Once your batting has set overnight, rinse the batting in running water until the water runs clear. Hang it outdoors to dry.

Step Five

Fold the dried, dyed batting so you can cut it. Cut the dyed batting into 3/8″ strips with a rotary cutter on a mat. Also, take the black Noir Batting and cut that into 3/8″ strips as well.
Cut to 3/8"

Step Six

Pin end of the black strip in the center of foam board. Spiral the strip around until completely spiraled, pinning in place as needed. Continue spiraling alternating colors around the spiral and pin in place as needed until the spiral is the desired size. Press batting with fingers to mold together, and carefully take out the pins.

Step Seven

In a well-ventilated area, spray glue onto the black Oly*Fun sheet. Carefully adhere the Oly*Fun sheet to the unpinned spiral. Press with fingers to make sure the spiral is fully glued. Once that is done, cut around the Oly*Fun sheet, with glue resistant scissors, to trim the excess material to make it fit the spiral.

Step Eight

Repeat steps 6 and 7 for additional spirals. Have fun with it, and make them different color combinations and different sizes to truly personalize your Starry Night Tuffet.

Step Nine

Now gather all of the material to assemble the Tuffet Kit. Start by gluing the foam tuffet cushion to the wooden base with spray adhesive.

Step Ten

Tightly wrap the provided Cushion Wrap around the foam wooden base. Secure the Cushion Wrap by stapling it to the wood and cut off any excess. Trim the Cushion Wrap on the corners to have a finished flat look.

Step Eleven

Place the Black Cotton Twill Fabric over the cushion, cut to fit 3” from the edge and secure with staples. Pleat the corners of the Black Cotton Twill Fabric to fit as you staple it into place.

Step Twelve

Cut a 16″ x 16″ square of the gray Oly*Fun. Apply spray glue to Oly*Fun in a well-ventilated area and adhere it to the bottom of the Tuffet.

Step Thirteen

Place the legs on the Tuffet, and then screw them into the base of the wood.

Step Fourteen

Pin the finished spirals to the Tuffet for placement. Hot glue the spirals to complete your Tuffet. (Note: fabric glue can be used in place of hot glue). Repeat steps 6 through 13 for your second Tuffet.

Starry Night Tuffets