Shelley, Author at Slipcovers by Shelley

Home Fabrics in Orem $3/yd sale on cotton prints

July 16, 2011 by Shelley

This is for all the local ladies….Home Fabrics in Orem is having all their cotton prints on sale for $3/yd (50% off) this weekend only. Well they aren’t open on Sundays, so for tomorrow only.

I wish I could stop in, but Heber is working and a fabric store with three boys is pure torture.

Side note #1- Here are some pics from my family reunion at Bear Lake.

Here’s Luke…he’s ready to hit the pool….again (3 times per day)

Here I am with Logan…getting ready to see the fireworks over the Lake. It was an amazing show.

Heber and I at the firework show.

Some of the cousins stealing a snuggle from Milo.

Me with two of my sisters.

Heber loved the jet skiis so much…he wanted to go without me, so he wouldn’t have to drive slow.

We headed up into the mountains for a campfire and got eaten alive by mosquitos!

Here’s Carter with his little cousin.

Here’s my whole family….6 kids and momma. 2 boys and 4 girls.

My boys loved the jet skiis too…except Luke, he’d only let me take him for a ride because he knew I’d drive slow.

Here’s Logan holding baby Milo. Milo was hanging onto Logan’s ears for dear life.

Luke lounging with Mr. Blankie on the beach.

Here are 8 of the 21 grandkids.

Logan talked Grandma into going for a ride. We all had a great time even though the Lake was really high and most of the beach was gone.

I am excited to say that after planning the last 4 reunions…my brother has offered to plan the next one!!!!

Slipcovers in Switzerland for Ikea Ektorp Chair

July 14, 2011 by Shelley

Hey Everyone….

So here’s the story…a few months ago, Camille’s (my running partner) aunt Susan was visiting from Colorado. She saw Camille’s slipcovers and called me. I told her I couldn’t help, because she was out of state…I need the chair, she persisted and said her chair was from Ikea. I told her she could mail me the original slipcover and I could make a pattern. So we chatted on the phone a few times and she ordered fabric.

Then that night I got a message from Susan on Facebook asking me if my dad was on a mission in Switzerland? She saw one of Camille’s pictures on Facebook that I was tagged in with the maiden name “Chatterley”, so she messaged me to see if it was a small world. Susan sat next to my dad’s wife in church the Sunday before.

Susan was visiting Switzerland, because her husband was getting relocated there for work.

At this point she just thought I (Rochelle Chatterley Anderson) was one of Camille’s friends whose maiden name was Chatterley. She was confused when I messaged her back and told her that I couldn’t wait to see her cute fabric….She messaged back, “are you related to Shelley, why would you be excited to see my fabric”. I then had to inform her that Rochelle was Shelley….TOO FUNNY!

SO dad was at their house last weekend and she took a picture of him sitting in the chair I slipcovered. Melts my heart.

Here is my Dad sitting in the chair I slipcovered for a client that moved to Switerland and by chance met my dad at church….small world!!! My dad is serving a mission in Switerland with his wife for our church.

I did a pair of chair slipcovers for Susan for her new place in Switzerland, she liked this pattern because it wasn’t the typical damask or toile, and seemed “French” to her.

You can find the fabric here. It’s from fabric.com. If you remember I used this same fabric in Turquoise on the upholstered rocker below

EKTORP Chair, Idemo black Width: 41 3/8 " Depth: 35 3/8 " Height: 34 5/8 " Seat width: 22 1/2 " Seat depth: 19 5/8 " Seat height: 17 3/4 " Width: 105 cm Depth: 90 cm Height: 88 cm Seat width: 57 cm Seat depth: 50 cm Seat height: 45 cm

This is the Ektorp Club Chair from Ikea. It has a seat and back cushion.

To see full post click the following Upholstered Pottery Barn Rocker Post

Oversized Chair and Some DVD Testimonials

July 10, 2011 by Shelley

This chair was for a client…she wanted a change, something more simple. She bought some dropcloths from a specialty paint store. They didn’t look like any dropcloth I had ever seen, they were more like a poplin instead of chunky woven canvas. They worked out great.

Before….

After…done up in a cream poplin type dropcloth with a gathered skirt.

Another after

Close up to show the back

Front of the arm.

*SOME “How to Slipcover DVD” Testimonials that I have received lately*

#1 Cassi over at Something for the Road just finished making this slipcover after watching my “How to Slipcover DVD”. I am so proud…it looks GREAT!

#2 Rachel over at The Life and Times of a World Traveler just finished her first slipcover with the help of my DVD. She did great on her first slipcover ever! The second one always comes a lot easier. After my first… I said, I’d never do another…hahaha…that’s funny now huh?

#3…from Maria

I was so excited to get your DVD, and can’t wait to start sewing slipcovers for my wingback chairs. Your DVD is great! It’s given me the confidence to sew my own…feels like I’ve opened a window to a whole new sewing adventure!

Side Note– #1 Just got back from my family reunion at Bear Lake…we had some good times on the Lake and at the indoor pool. The fireworks over the lake were pretty great too. Then at 6:30am this morning we drove straight from Bear Lake to Heber’s Grandmas 98th birthday party which was 4.5 hrs away. Now I am home returning emails and checking all my messages.