This client found my blog as her husband was hauling this chair off to the curb…it was in a little rough shape. The yellow fabric was worn, stained, and shredding, but besides that it was great!

Here is the rocker before…

The arm was torn and her kids kept picking at the foam.

She chose a great random stripe from Home Fabrics in Salt Lake and prewashed it for me. I chose the large grey stripe as my center and went from there.

Ran piping along the bottom up and over the rockers.

I also ran piping on the inside arm seam…that way when the stripes run into eachother it looks more finished.

Outside arm

She’d putting it in her home office, so she can rock her baby in it.

I loved the fun colors in the stripe…and welcomed the matching of them after a really hard day of matching the day before on a 15″ stripe that waved back and forth.

Side Note— Yesterday I was featured on Addicted to Decorating Blog and Miss Mustard Seed Blog! Go and check it out!

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.