A Second Slipcover

I finished the second slipcover today! I had to cut it out, so I didn't finish until about 11:15 tonight! But I did it. And I can hardly believe it. It was so much easier than the slipcover for my couch. Maybe because they came with slipcovers and I used that as a pattern? That's what I'm thinking. So now I have completely finished all of the decor in the house. I am hoping that means that our house will sell! I know the room is a total mess, but I was working on the slipcover all afternoon and evening and Jeff was painting doors. Plus, Alona was home sick today so it got even more messy than usual with two kids at home. Tomorrow will be the cleaning frenzy to get ready for the Open House on Sunday! Hope someone will make an offer!

Slipcovers for the chairs

I bought these chairs back in July of 2008! I had to wait to order the fabric to make new slipcovers for quite a while. I think I finally got the fabric in February this year. I planned to make them and even cut out the pieces for one chair. I was trying to get a good start before morning sickness struck, but it just didn't happen. So now, with an open house looming this Sunday, I figured I should get on it. So I cut out the bias strips for the cording on Tuesday night. Wednesday was rather busy, so I didn't get any time to sew. Thursday- totally different story. I have been sewing up a storm!

First I started by sewing all of the bias strips together. Then I sewed the strips with the cording:


I only had a few inches of fabric left when I ran out of cording. I was so surprised. I just cut strips until I didn't want to anymore and it worked out about as perfectly as I could imagine! I usually have yards of bias strip left- either that or I am yards short. This picture shows the ends of the bias strip and the cording:

And just in case you were wondering, I have a special cording foot that I use. Some people use a zipper foot, but this is just so much easier when you are doing a lot of cording!

I then moved on to the actual slipcover. I started with the front side. I got the inside pieces put together:


I sewed the the back and sides together. Then I added the cording. Then I put it all together:


The skirt is the next part I worked on. I sewed the cording to the bottom of the main slipcover and then sewed the hemmed skirt pieces on. I am done! Oh, wait- I still have the cushion to sew. Oh well. Maybe I'll finish it tonight!!!!!


I put together all of the edge pieces for the cushion first. Then I sewed the cording to both sides of it. I sewed the top and bottom of the cushion on after that. And here it is- completed in one day! An amazing feat for me.

Another slipcover!

I finished this slipcover, too. The chair came with a slipcover (got it at ikea) but it was white. Natalie drew on it with black eyeliner. It wouldn't come out. So I made this one out of an Amy Butler fabric in about an hour. It was really easy compared to the sofa. This chair goes with our desk in the living room.

A couch is born!

I am finished! The slipcover is beautiful, if I do say so myself! I would be doing cartwheels if I could! I am so happy that I finally finished this! Yay!!!!!!!!

Projects (Past, Present, and Future)

This is a dress I made for Ashley several years ago. I also made one for Alona. Now Alona is wearing the one I made for Ashley!

Back view.


I also made this dress for Ashley and one for Alona to match. Alona is wearing the one I made for Ashley and Natalie wears Alona's.


Back view.


I got these chairs at Goodwill! They are Norwalk brand. They are slipcovered and the cushions are down! What a find for $70. I am going to make new slipcovers so they will go with my living room decor! The little chair next to them will get a slipcover and go in the girl's room.

Sofa Slipcover (for Catherine)

Here are 2 views of the sofa. As you can see, I am still not done. This slipcover is made from denim in Natural. I started this, oh, about, hmmm, over a year ago. We'll see if I get it done in another year or so. Actually, I plan to finish it in the next month or so. It's pretty much just the skirt that I have left to do.