Just got back from running Wasatch Back Relay this past weekend…had a blast like always. This race is from Logan to Park City, Ut. The best part was Heber pacing me on a bike during my ten mile night run at 3am on a trail beside Echo Resevoir with the full moon. My legs were 3.2 miles flat, 10 miles with a little bit of uphill, and 3.2 miles super steep the whole way (Ragnar hill).

Anyhow onto my slipcover post…this was for my upholster’s client. I loved the orange leather and joked about redoing one of my chairs for the clinet if I could keep this orange one.

They chose a dark denim for the main body and used a navy/white ticking stripe for the piping. I loved the way the contrasting piping framed the chair, and showed off the great lines of it.

Before…Orange Leather

After with dark denim with ticking stripe piping. Sorry another picture in the driveway…which means Heber was dropping this one off for me.

Sorry the ticking stripe doesn’t show so well in this pic.

I loved the lines of this chair…we did end up doing velcro under the very edge of the chair, and I sewed the other side of the velcro the the seam allowance on the piping along the bottom edge. This way it keeps the slipcover in place after it’s sat in. The leather made it sort of slippery and would slide up.

Back corner

Front edge…I angled the seam from the inside arm to the outer edge, so the bottom edge would look cleaner.

I made it back from my trip to California…the beach was great, I haven’t slept that good in weeks. My mind was free from all thoughts and worries, and the sound of the waves helped too, as well as my two oldest boys sleeping in their own tent.

Anyhow…these chairs were for a client in Park City. Her designer chose a neutral chenille fabric, and we kept the skirt height the same.

Sorry more pics in the driveway, I have been swamped, so when possible Heber has been doing my drop offs for me…I can’t expect him to take my pictures for me too.

Chair before

Chair after

I decided to do a double row of piping down the arms…because the original lines would only work for upholstry. I like the way it turned out. The fabric was a little thick, so I wasn’t sure how it was going to lay…but it layed smooth and hugged the lines of the chair.

Here you can see the double piping on the arms

I did a set of them…so here you can see them side by side after and before

Here’s the original arm…that wasn’t going to work for me with a slipcover, see how it’s piped around the arm about 3 inches down?

This was for a repeat client…I think the first couch I did for her was 7- 8 years ago..and we’ve done some other things in between, she just moved into a new house up in the avenues in SLC. So it was time to redo a few things. I think these chairs were from her mother in law. Anyhow, she chose a great paisley fabric to replace the black floral.

Chair Before

Chair after

Of course I had to do some matching….