How to Make a Miniature Ikea Sofa

Hi, welcome to my miniature art and design channel. Today I'm going to be making my version of this IKEA sofa, using these measurements to help scale down. You will need this miniature lumber, and some crescent or mat board. For the fabric, I chose an IKEA pillowcase to closely resemble the real sofa. And I cut open an IKEA seat cushion for the foam inside. Start by cutting the wood for the sofa base at 3 by 6 inches. Now we're going to cut the back and the arms out of crescent board. Cut one piece at 5 by 1.5 inches, and two pieces by 3 by 1.5 inches. Then cut foam for each piece. Now you can glue the sofa back and arms to the foam. Fold the fabric over the sofa back and cut. I'm using wood glue that I have left out to get a little sticky, but you can also use fabric glue. Cut the four corners, fold, and glue, making sure the shorter flaps are on top. Now just repeat the process for the sofa arms. Don't forget to glue the shorter flaps on top. Now to hide the seams on the sofa arms, cut two pieces like I've done here. I'm using matte medium to first glue the shorter piece on. This fills in the gap to create an even surface. Now glue on the cover piece using the matte medium on the edges to prevent fraying. When gluing the back and the arms to the base, make sure the foam side is facing in. With the flat side facing out, it just creates a more tailored finish, and the soft cushion side is facing in for a softer look. With the sofa frame finished, we can now move on to the seat cushions. Cut crescent board and foam at 2.5 by 2.25 inches. You can see there's a little gap between the cushions, which allows space for the stuffing. Glue the crescent board and foam together. Fold the fabric over the seat cushion so there is no seam on the front. Pin the fabric together and cut a tiny square out of the corner. Sew down the side. Pinch the cut out and sew. Turn it inside out and you have made the tiniest box pleat. Put the seat cushion in to measure for the other side. Pin the fabric and trim the excess. Turn it inside out again. Cut the tiniest square for the box pleat. Sew it down the side. Pinch and sew. Turn it right side out and check that the cushion fits. Take the cushion out and stuff some batting in the front. Place the cushion and then add some batting on top of the foam. Now we're going to sew up the back of the cushion like I'm doing here. Trim off the excess fabric at the corners then sew them up. The seat cushions are done and so cute. For the back cushions cut two pieces of fabric at three by four inches. Fold the fabric in half and sew leaving two and a half inches in between. Cut the corners off then turn inside out. Use the end of a paintbrush to push the corners out. Use the batting to stuff the cushion but keep it flat because these are back cushions. Now fold the fabric like this and sew closed. Sew back and forth like this to keep the stitch hidden. I made some side pillows at one and a half by one and a half inches. Now cut half inch legs from a 1 16th inch dowel. This light tape helps me to space the legs while gluing. For the walls of the diorama I'm using this bright buttery yellow from Valspar Paints called Home Brew. Now for my favorite part. I made a few extra pillows for our sofa just to make it super cozy. Thank you for watching and I'll see you again soon.