dining chair Archives - Slipcovers by Shelley

shabby chic ruffled slipcovers

January 1, 2016 by Shelley

My Client wanted to keep the shabby chic ruffled slipcovers–but wanted them in white linen instead. She actually made the existing yellow slipcovers herself years ago—she did a great job! But this time she didn’t want to make them herself. Which is great! I always love visiting her in her beautiful home and catching up on our families.

Chair–BEFORE– these chairs are a family heirloom, rust and all! Simply beautiful!

Chairs–AFTER!

I did 1.5″ blind hem and ironed all the gathers down, so they would drape down nicely and not be poofy.

I tied the bows directly onto the posts–to eliminate bulk on the slipcovers themselves. Bonus–when you wash the slipcovers the ties won’t need to be ironed flat to look good again. I can’t take credit for this idea–my client did the original slipcovers that way. She wanted everything to be exactly the same, except smaller piping and white linen.

Her home is truly amazing! All the natural light with the fresh snow outside made for great pictures!

Side Notes–Had some great time off with my family this holiday season!

We stayed at the cabin on Christmas night–there was about 3 ft of fresh powder! The boys couldn’t resist jumping from the deck into it.

We hiked up to Diamond Fork Hot springs–which is in Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah. It was amazing! We even stripped down to our suits and got in. 20 degrees outside and 12 mile roundtrip hike. I am always up for an adventure.

The cousins came to the cabin to play time in the snow. It was pretty cold outside about 15 degrees, so not much sledding happened. The boys worked with Heber on turning their teepee into an igloo.

It’s not Christmas without a family party and ugly Christmas Sweaters…

Or kissing pictures!

scrolled back parson chairs

May 30, 2015 by Shelley

My client had a set of scrolled back parson chairs that she wanted redone in white duck cloth. I did these awhile back and realized I never posted about them. Chair–BEFORE

Chairs–AFTER–whole new look!

Did pleat on back corners only and wrapped a whole skirt section around the front to keep the look more simple.

Ballerina tie dining chair

April 17, 2015 by Shelley

My client wanted me to make some Ballerina tie dining chair covers for her sister as a gift. I’ve done these chairs before. The sisters both have the same chairs! They live in different states, but have the same chairs–so I was able to use the in state sisters chair to make them.

We did a ballerina tie on the back legs and a box pleat skirt all the way around.

There were 8 chairs! Love seeing them all lined up together!

Side note #1—My workshop is in a week! I am super excited to meet everyone and share my sewing skills and slipcover business knowledge that I’ve accumulated over the last 14 years.

Side Note #2–Spring break was last week! We took the kids to St. George, Ut. We decided to camp at Sand Hollow State Park. We had a great time, but the wind was CRAZY! Especially in a tent! We ended up leaving a night early–We couldn’t take another sleepless night with the tent flapping viciously.

But all in all it was great, the boys and I played a lot of card games, we found some natural hot spots, explored a cool waterfall, rappelled, paddle boarded, and ate smores. I always try to see the bright side of things on not dwell on the crappy parts–unless they are funny. Normally when things are crappy–it just makes for a great story later. “Remember that time we camped at Sand Hollow and it was SO WINDY, our dinner was cold in the two seconds it took to scoop food from the camping stove onto our plates”

We did some hiking and climbing on huge rocks at Pioneer park.

Heber also brought some ropes and let the boys do some rappelling.

Sand Hollow reservoir is BEAUTIFUL. We did a bit of paddle boarding one morning before the wind picked up. The boys did some rock jumping into the freezing water. I did it last year, so didn’t feel the need to prove myself again :).