My client got this chair from Home Goods…she loved the lines and knew she could have it slipcovered for her little boys room. I thought the chair was beautiful…I loved the lines and the tan fabric and the detail seaming on the inside back, but once it was slipcovered it was even more amazing! The blue fabric she used was from Joanns, and we used 3 yards. It was a 45″ wide home decor print.

Chair before.

Chair after

I ran piping up along the back, top edge of the front  (made band along the front edge)and followed the original seams going down the inside back .

Here is the front showing the “band” that I matched up.

I loved the dark legs on this chair with the blue fabric.

You can see the piping that I ran down the inside back…I just followed the original stitching on the chair. When in doubt, follow the original lines.

Another after.
Side Note #1– Sew Can Do is hosting a giveaway for my “How to Slipcover” DVD. Head on over and check it out.  To enter, she’s having people leave a comment about one of your first projects.

This wasn’t my first project, but it was one of my earlier ones.

When I was in highschool, I decided to make something for my little sister, Angie. I bought some towels (hunter green) and made her a pair of shorts and a shirt….to be worn after she got out of the shower…kind of like a robe. hahahaha!

This client needed a new slipcover for her couch that had worn through on the arms and cushions…she decided to do her chairs as well  out of the same fabric to unify the whole room. She chose a tan jaguard fabric that washed up beautifully.

The room had a floor to ceiling wall of windows, so I had a hard time with my pics because of the sun.

Chair before….

Couch before

The arms had were done…time for something new. While I was fitting her couch Jen’s 6 yr old son came home and brought his friends with him. When I came out from behind the couch I caught three of them unraveling my large roll of piping and trying to cut off a piece of “rope”.  I helped them cut off a piece…too funny, my boys at home are always stealing my piping and using it for various projects. My boys have tied all the cardboard fabric tubes together to form a teepee. Then they drape every blanket/sheet that we own over the top of it for a fort.

Here is the room finished with all new matching slipcovers on. Sorry about the sunlight.

Front of the arm on the couch.

Couch…she had these great hand painted pillows

Couch after.

Couch cushions

After of chair.

The chairs had english rolled arms, which are my favorite. She wanted to let the dark wood legs show, so I ended the slipcover with piping.

Chairs had the scroll back….so I piped up and around the scroll and down the inside arm. I also piped the outside edge of the arm.

Chair after

Another shot of couch.

Drop off story—-

This client was leaving out of town and said she’d leave the door open for me and she’d leave a check on the table. I got there and the door was locked, and I could see my check through the window on the entry table.

I live about an hour from her…I didn’t want to make another trip, so I went around back and luckily the back door was open. I let myself in, unlocked the front door and somehow managed to carry that heavy chair all by myself into the house. I think it was bigger than me. I was only panting a little bit by the time I got it in place. hahahha. I could only imagine what someone would say if they watched that whole saga.

Side Note— I am booked till January…email me if you want on my list for January.

This was Ida’s loveseat that went in the same room as the striped setee. She had 11 yds of this off white linen from her store after she closed it, so she wanted to put it to good use and reslipcover her loveseat that was showing wear and tear.

We knew it was going to be tight, orginally she wanted to let the legs show…so I did my fitting , marked the bottom and went home. Then the next day she called and wanted to see if we could do a little skirt on the bottom. I cut out everything else first to see what we had left. I was able to do the skirt and had 4″ left of fabric to spare!

Her loveseat before was muslin covered with honey colored straight legs. Sorry forgot to take the pic.

Here is the after! I love her coffee table…it’s kind of a half moon shape.

Pillows always finish it off. Her daughter made the middle one…layered some ribbon and lace and sewed it all on.

Front of the arm

The pillow on the left is a work in progress…she has pinned everything on. I love all the ribbon, lace, and doilies.

The pillow on the right she picked up from TJMAXX.

I ran piping on the inside arm along the back to add some more detail for her.

Cushions

The skirt we were able to add. She wanted some variety since the settee had dark legs showing. Ida was darling and completely thrilled with the outcome of both pieces…she was so excited she was texting pics to her daughter in AZ while I was taking pictures.

Funny thing is we had the appointment fitting scheduled, and she called my home phone to cancel because she didn’t think the 11 yards were going to be enough…I was already out and about doing all my other appointments and never got the message. I could tell on her face when I showed up she wasn’t expecting me, she had me come in anyway to just look at what she had.

I thought we’d have enough for the loveseat, so she changed her mind and had me get started…she wanted to hold off on the setee though. But by the end of the fitting she decided she wanted me to take the setee too. She helped me load it up. I am so glad it all panned out…her room looks AMAZING!!!

Side Note#1— Here are some pics from the Vegas Ragnar Relay Race.

Here I am waiting to run my last (3rd) leg. I was running 6.1 miles into the finish line. 85-90 degrees out 3pm.

Here I am running into the finish line….averaged 9:02 per mile on this leg…not too bad for the heat and last run. My first run was 6.5 miles on a trail and I average 8:46/mile. My second run was 4.1 miles in the middle of the night with a view of the lights from the strip…averaged 8:25/mile.

My uncle Dewaine and Aunt Judy that live in Vegas came to cheer for me at the finish line! They brought a huge baggie of cut up apples for us! Craziest thing they’d seen…made their weekend. We ended up staying the night at their house after the race before we drove back to Utah.

Side Note #2…

Making some progress on the bathroom at the cabin. Ceiling is up… I finished painting all the walls cream. Heber got the light fixtures back up and a little bit of trim. We got the chandelier hung above the sink….highlight of the weekend for me! It was beautiful. Can’t wait to finish getting all the trim up and hang my shower curtain. I don’t think Heber is as excited as me though.

In this pic you can see the turquoise ceiling, cream walls and dark trim (walnut stain on 1×2 boards)