My client inherited this crib from her mom and didn’t want to paint it. She decided that she’d slipcover it instead. She had a drawing showing how she wanted it done.

The two short ends are separate pieces that I boxed and piped on the top and then the ties hold it together from the sides. I also did ties on the bottom under the skirt that tied to the inside piece to keep it held down and in place.

Then I made a regular crib skirt for the crib…well not completely regular, I only did a skirt on the two long sides instead of all four.

Crib before

Crib after with slipcover

I ran a row of piping at the top of the skirt on the outside piece to make it more finished

I ran piping up the sides and over the top, I topstitched the next to the piping to keep the seam allowance from hanging out.

I boxed the top with piping so it wouldn’t slide off the 1 1/4″ thick wood on the top.

First of all, I fell in love with this fabric! I love the turquoise,mustard and gray together. Since there was no cushion on the seat I had to do tuck in around the seat. I also ended up using velcro on the bottom edges of the slipcover to hold it down and keep the concave curve on the front of the chair. If that makes sense.

Sorry these pics are in my garage and not in my clients beautiful home, but my fabulous husband is dropping this off for me. So if I wanted a pic I had to do it before he left. I can’t expect him to do my drop off and take pictures for me too.

Chair before

Chair after

My client has had this chair forever and it has been reupholstered quite a few times. This time she decided to have it slipcovered in a chocolate brown cotton fabric. We did a box pleat skirt all the way around the bottom and let the legs show. She said she’ll probably paint the legs cream to create more of a contrast with the brown fabric. I loved the idea, I am sure it’ll look great.

Chair Before

Chair After

Close up

another closeup of the skirt.