I can't tell you what a feeling of accomplishment this is. I have read books and blogs
on how to make a slipcover for a wing chair but just never started. It's pretty scary
but once I started it went pretty quickly.
at upholstery but quickly changed my mind and opted to try a slipcover, instead.
When you have four cats who love to lounge on anything upholstered it makes more sense
to slip instead of permanent upholstery. The chair was poorly recovered in the pink/green floral which my husband quickly removed.
Since the fabric was dark I covered it in cheap muslin so it wouldn't
show through the slipcover.
Already the chair looks better.
will be the button/velcro opening.
Here is the back piece pinned to front pieces.
more fitting and pinning pieces.
After pinning most of the pieces I added the piping into the seams then basted them together with embroidery cotton. It really held the pieces together more securely than pins and gave me a good sewing guide.
more basting
basted gathers at the arm.
I sewed the main pieces together and made a muslin cushion cover
to hold the feathers I had to add to it.
I then made a made a ruffle and more piping to edge it with.
For the back I made burlap piping and burlap
covered buttons to match.
Actually, I tried to make burlap covered
buttons but they were too flimsy and it didn't work. I went to
my local upholsterer who made them for me for 50 cents apiece. Can't beat that!
The do-it-yourself buttons were $2.79 for THREE and they just collapsed when I
tried to cover them in burlap.
I couldn't be happier with how this turned out and how much I learned doing it.
My new Burlap "Paris" Pillow that I made looks pretty good on it!
Oliver can't wait to get on it! It's his favorite chair.
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