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Wood armed chair

November 29, 2015 by Shelley

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4.Whole 9 yards–starting and running a successful slipcover business

My client picked up this wood armed chair off a local Facebook Yardsale page. She wanted to redo it in a brushed white denim with ties and box pleat skirt.

Chair BEFORE

Chair–AFTER! Her room was BEAUTIFUL!! It fit right in! We decided to ditch the saggy back cushion and replace it with a 24″ down pillow with 1″ ruffle.

I did 1.5″ blind hem on the skirt to eliminate bulk. The fabric was a decent weight and with the pleating–self lined wouldn’t have worked.

Side note #1— Many of you know of my bestie, running partner, other half– Camille about 4 years ago I slipcovered her sectional in a turquoise canvas. She loved it, but it has faded being next to the window and she decided to switch it up! She tested the arm pads 1st with some Navy Rit Dye to see how it would work out. AMAZING!!!

She dyed the whole slipcover Navy blue with Rit Dye. Here’s her instagram post! It is seriously AMAZING in person. Best idea ever! Now it’ll hold up at least a few more years, and every time she washes it she can add some more dye to keep it from looking faded and worn.

Side Note #2– Last month I turned 40! I decided to plan my own party! Eight of us girls flew to LAX and rented a beach house in Newport beach for 3 nights. BEST TIME EVER! Hot tub, beach, bikes, ferris wheel, treats, naps, and sleeping in!

bikes on the boardwalk

Side note #3–the week after my bday in LA, my family and I drove to Seattle for my nephews wedding. It was an amazing wedding with the best Dance Party EVER! My boys didn’t know what to think watching their mom and dad dance like it was 1999!

Side note #4- My little guy is still making knives! Check out his latest! He cuts saw blades with his Dremel that my brother gave him.

blue pinstripe loveseat

September 22, 2015 by Shelley

My client wanted a blue pinstripe loveseat in her daughters room. She had an old pink loveseat that had been in storage, so she decided to update it.

Pink loveseat–BEFORE—I removed the skirt to expose the darling legs.

Loveseat–AFTER—blue pinstripe with a 2.5″ pleat ruffle along the base

Since the loveseat was a kidney shape with curves along the front, I installed some velcro to help the slipcover hug to those inside curves.

I made a few pillows to go with it as well.

Her daughters room is darling with a built in bunkbed and loft–lucky girl! Love that chandelier as well!

Side Notes–Need your furniture slipcovered before the holidays? Email (heberj1@yahoo.com) me ASAP to get yardage/labor quotes.

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 :).