Hi friends,
Thanks therefore much for your form comments on my previous post, the Fall Home Tour! They actually made my week. :)
As I told you lot inwards that post, I got iii yards of fabric, dusted the cobwebs from my sewing machine, together with inwards 1 afternoon gave a yoke of slipper chairs a novel look.
I'm giving you lot some tips on how to practise it, it sounds complicated but it isn't.
If sewing is non your thing, I totally understand. I'll furnish alongside something that's non sewing related on my side past times side post.
This is 1 of the chairs alongside it's master fabric. I bought them at Target (Aff.) similar 5 years ago. I didn't similar that fabric, but I didn't bother. Their cost was cheaper than other same model chairs alongside dissimilar patterns, I knew I was going to encompass them alongside slips.
Ha, don't they all the same expect similar new? The slips receive got protected them. ;)
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| Grey Slips | White Slips |
Sure enough, every bit shortly every bit the chairs arrived, I sewed a yoke of slips, left painting present above.
I got tired of the grayness color; but instead of grabbing the sewing machine, I merely turned the slips within out together with Voila! I got a novel white set. :D You tin come across the corner seams but hey, it wasn't that bad.
So, subsequently a long fourth dimension I decided to give these chairs a novel look, together with I'm giving you lot some tips on how to brand an slow slipcover inwards illustration you lot receive got this form of chair or a similar one.
For this chair you lot alone postulate these FOUR pieces of fabric:
- Two narrow sides.
- One long piece that covers the forepart together with dorsum of the chair, and
- One slice of stuff for the seat.
In my opinion, the most of import pieces are the ii narrow sides. When I made the get-go slips I remembered that I created newspaper patterns, it was easier that way. This time, I did the marks straight on the stuff every bit you lot come across above.
The cutting has to live on done on the exterior of the markings, most ¼" to ½" for the seams. (try non to occupation a pen, the painting present below shows you lot some of those markings :/ )
The mo stride is to add together the long slice of stuff to those sides (I similar that the long slice of stuff is the same width for both, the forepart together with back).
Remember to exit extra stuff for the seam at the lower occupation of the dorsum of the chair (about 1").
For the forepart occupation I commonly give iii extra inches to tuck them inwards the chair together with proceed the skid inwards place.
I commonly pivot that big slice of stuff to the narrow sides together with start sewing it from the real top of the narrow sides downwards to the back. And therefore again, from the top oculus of the narrow side, downwards to the forepart part. BUT on this side (the forepart part), alone run upwards until reaching a fleck lower the top of the seat, non all the agency down, because that's the occupation where the spot occupation reaches the dorsum of the chair. (I promise that makes sense).
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| Well, hither are those extra iii or 4 inches of stuff together with how they larn tucked within the chair. |
Center that slice of stuff together with brand certain it covers the chair on both sides together with front, together with exit plenty stuff for seams too.
Pin the spot slice to the FRONT occupation together with run upwards it.
Bring the almost done skid to the chair together with conform that tricky side occupation where the narrow sides connect to the sides of the seat. I commonly pivot those ii parts correct at that spot spell plumbing equipment them on the chairs together with convey it to the sewing machine subsequently making certain they receive got a squeamish fit.
The extra slice of stuff that gets tucked inwards the chair is the trickiest part. I exactly folded it together with all those plaids got sewn together.
Find the corner points at the forepart of the chair seat, tuck inwards those corners together with run upwards a trace of piece of work from the corner down.
The terminal occupation is to cut down the stuff all around the bottom together with practise a double seam all around.
Again, it sounds complicated but it is not. The keen affair is that you lot destination upwards alongside a novel slice of furniture!
While at the shop I alone bought 3 yards of stuff for both chairs. I used every unmarried bit, trying to jibe the lines the best I could, but it wasn't enough. I went looking thru my stash of remnant pieces of stuff together with this dark 1 was the 1 that fit.
By the way, the stuff is JAFT PLAID BRUSH COTTON B I bought it over at Jo-Ann Fabrics together with the full cost I paid for the iii yards including coupons: $23.
Well, they're forthwith flanking the fireplace inwards the menage unit of measurement room, you lot tin come across them right HERE. I'm loving the novel expect they give to the room.
Are you lot create to give them a try? My best slice of advice if you're starting on a projection similar this is: larn a apparently fabric, something you lot don't postulate to jibe patters. ;)
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