This couch was for a client that I originally slipcovered about 8-9 years ago. She was ready for a change from the olive green chenille damask.

She also wanted to change the couch a bit too. She wanted to go from a two cushion seat to a one cushion seat. She also wanted to change the two back cushions to 3 Euro size pillows. She also decided to elminate the skirt and let the legs show.

Here’s the picture of the before…the seat covers were already off when I got there. I gave her homework (hand sew the two seat cushions together with upholstry thread or dental floss). Then I would batting wrap the large single cushion and put the new cushion cover on. She also removed the skirt underneath the slipcover to show off the legs.

Here you can see how she hand sewed the seat cushions together. I thought this would work best to keep from seeing a divet in the middle of the single cushion.

Here is the after. She was worried about the Euro pillows getting saggy (they are down filled) and being able to feel the frame of the couch through them. So I batting wrapped the pillows 1 1/2 times each to make them full and thicker. I thought the single seat cushion thing worked out beautifully! No divet!

Front of the arm with the exposed legs.

The couch in the room.

Close up to show the chenille texture.

Side note— Here we are at Luke’s kindergarten graduation.

Hey Ladies….Janet over at The Empty Nest is graciously hosting a slipcover DVD giveway for me…head on over and enter. Giveaway ends on Tuesday June 7th.

Here’s a picture of Janet’s latest slipcover that she has made for herself.

– Side Note #1— I have many of you on my list for when I return from my trip mid June, which means I am now booked until July 11th. If you want on my list for July send me and email. thanks

– Side Note #2– Luke graduated kindergarten today!!! He was darling in his little orange paper hat and tassel singing all the songs.

-Side Note #3 I am REALLY on the home stretch now…I only have a few more chairs to go before my trip next week. I am doing my last drop offs on Tuesday June 7th.

There was a pair of these chairs that Lila wanted me to slipcover, using some of her fabric that she designs for Riley Blake. She had a trade show coming up and wanted to use these chairs in her booth.

Here is the before…on old kitchen chair on wheels from the thrift store. Lila’s planning on using them in her office after the trade show…kind of like office chairs since they roll and spin.

Here is the after we piped with the on fabric and did the skirt in the other.

I was concerned how the tuck in would stay…so when I felt under the chair there was a small gap that led up through the tuck in area. I sewed a small piece of ribbon onto the seam allowance in the center back where the skirt was sewn on and then I sewed the other piece of ribbon on the section of the main body that tucked into the crevice. Then I put a safety pin on the end of the ribbon so I could feed it down the crevice and through the small gap….then the two ribbons met and I could tie them together to help keep the tuck in from coming out.

Skirt

Lila’s fabrics…how exciting to have your name on the selvage!!! Her fabric are quilt fabric that are 45″ wide…so I self lined the skirts to give them a little more weight.