LilyGrace's quilted grid-panel platform cover.
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Back of platform cover showing how it is slipped into the two edge "pockets".
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Close-up showing grid placed inside side "pocket".
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Dara on the covered platform.
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LilyGrace's Futon Cover ... all of the futon covers in this album are also by LilyGrace.
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Back of futon cover showing how to place the grid panel inside the cover. Futon is held on by a large hem on the base and two side pockets.
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Side view
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The futon covers do not have a "top pocket." They have a bottom and two side pockets. The tops have only a edge hem. No top pocket because the bent-grid is cable tied at the top. Dara on the futon.
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Another quilted futon cover by LilyGrace.
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Pearly and LittleRickie's new futon covers.
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Close-up of Pearly and her new quilted futon cover.
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Daisy on her three-daisy quilted futon. Base of futon has a quilted-daisy design.
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This quilted futon cover utilizes the fabric design ... the flowers are quilted. All of Daisy's covers are made like a "sock" because she needs to be able see over the edge into the O'Guinea home.
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Bridget's Cocoa
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Bridget's Babie
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In order to bend a grid, first look for the grid's "joint-line." If you bend the grid the wrong direction, the grid will break along it's joint-line. The joint-line looks like an imperfection in the plastic coating; a line encircling one of the outer edges of the grid.
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Close-up of the grid's joint-line.
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While sitting down, place your feet on the side of the grid closest to your body. With your hands, hold the side farthest away from you. The side with the joint-line should either be in your hands or under your feet. While holding down the grid with your feet, pull the grid towards you with your hands. It should bend.
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After the grid is a bit bent, you can remove your feet and press down toward the floor to bend it further. Bend it just a little at a time and keep checking to see if want to bend it more or stop.
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This is what the grid looks like after it has been bent.
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To create a futon, attach bent grid to the sides of the cage with cable ties.
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To make the futon seat flat and smooth, line the seat with cardboard and secured with a cable-tie.
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