Bolster Cushion Cover

Description

Bolsters are the utility players of outdoor seating — lumbar roll on the sofa, neck support on the lounger, armrest on the daybed, visual bookends on the bench. Because they're small and constantly handled, their covers wear out faster than anything else in the set, and stores treat them as an afterthought. A custom bolster cushion cover treats the cylinder as a real pattern-making job: exact diameter, exact length, clean caps.

Small cushion, oversized visual impact. The bolster sits at eye level on most furniture, front and center, so a faded or mismatched one drags the whole arrangement down. Re-covering it in the same Sunbrella palette as your big cushions snaps the set back together.

One roll of good foam can outlive three covers, which is the entire case for a replacement bolster cushion cover — and if the roll lives poolside or under open sky, make it a waterproof bolster cushion cover in Horizon and stop thinking about rain at all.

Bolsters are usually the finishing touch — shop covers for every other cushion shape and pull the whole look together.

Why Choose Our Custom Bolster Cushion Covers?

Two Measurements, One True Cylinder

Diameter and length is all the pattern needs. The tube is cut to keep the foam perfectly round under tension, and the ends are set-in circles — the detail that separates tailored from homemade.

Made to Be Manhandled

No other cushion gets grabbed, squeezed, and repositioned as often. Double-stitched seams along the tube and around both caps take the handling; solution-dyed fabric takes the sun between grabs.

Caps That Shed Rain

Gathered ends funnel water into the fold and hold it against the foam. Flat-seamed caps give rain nothing to sit in — a small construction choice that decides whether a bolster smells fresh in August.

From Neck Roll to Daybed Anchor

A 4-inch neck roll and a 10-inch daybed bolster are the same pattern at different numbers. Whatever supporting role the cylinder plays on your furniture, the cover is cut to that exact scale.

Hardware You'll Never Feel

The corrosion-resistant YKK zipper lies flat under its flap along the tube. Lean, lie, or nap against any side — there's no cold metal line to find you.

Step-by-Step Measuring Guide

• Take the foam roll out of the old cover; measure the roll, not the fabric.

• Wrap the tape around the roll to get the circumference, then divide by 3.14 — or measure the diameter straight across the flat end.

• Measure the length from one flat end to the other.

• Round both numbers to the nearest quarter inch.

• Enter diameter and length at checkout exactly as measured — the tube and caps are cut from those two figures.

Fabric Information

A cylinder sounds simple until you sew one. Cut the tube a touch too narrow, and the foam compresses into an oval; cut it loose, and the bolster looks like a deflated pool toy. We work from two measurements — diameter and end-to-end length — and pattern the tube with set-in circular ends, seamed flat so the geometry stays true and water rolls off the caps instead of pooling in gathers.

Because bolsters get picked up, tucked behind backs, and tossed between loungers more than any other outdoor cushion, the fabric takes handling as well as weather. Horizon vinyl shrugs off both — waterproof, marine-grade, cleaned with a single wipe. Canvas offers the softer, woven alternative for necks and lower backs, water-repellent with the same locked-in solution-dyed color. Sunbrella warranties are either for 5 years, limited.

The YKK zipper runs the tube lengthwise and tucks under a flap, so however the bolster lands, hardware never presses into skin or scratches the lounger frame.

Feature Highlights

• Full-cylinder pattern from just two numbers: diameter and length

• Circular ends set in smooth — no gathered fabric, no rain-catching folds

• Choose wipe-clean Sunbrella Horizon vinyl or woven Sunbrella Canvas

• Sized from slim neck rolls to full armrest and daybed bolsters

• The small cushion that gets handled most — built to be grabbed, tossed, and leaned on

• Discreet YKK zipper running the length of the tube

• 5-year limited warranty on both fabrics