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Couch and Chair redo

June 3, 2014 by Shelley

SOME TESTIMONIALS!

Hi Shelly I just wanted to drop you a little note to say thank you for you expert advice in the ebook that you put together “get it covered” I just completed my first “real” on site fitting and dropped it off today It went perfectly and I could not have done it without your direction.
so Thank you Thank you;)
Cyndi

Thank you Shelley!!! I am so incredibly grateful for you sharing your knowledge. Your slipcover video and ebooks have given me the confidence and few new skills to start my own little slipcover business…And it is taking off!!! Up until now, all of the slipcovers I have made have been pin, cut, and sew, piece by piece. As long as I trust my pinning at my machine, it turns out beautiful. Thank you. Autumn

Autumn’s SLIPCOVERS!!!

Again, I feel like a proud momma!! ~ Nothing makes me happier than to see you all learn a new skill and put it to good use, whether you are just updating your own furniture or starting a home based business and updating someone else’s furniture!

My slipcover DVD shows you the basics. With this you will be able to complete your first project. This DVD is great for beginners to intermediate sewers.

My Advanced guide builds on the skills you learned in my Slipcover DVD. I cover the detail techniques–patten matching, knife pleats, gathered skirts, different hem options, telephone arms, etc. Lots of what I show are aha moments to save you time and heartache.

My Pillow Talk ebook will teach you how to make your pillows with zippers.

My Whole 9 Yards PDF talks about how to start and run a successful Slipcover Business of your own–From legal stuff, tax stuff, equipment, scheduling. hiring help, and managing your time.

Now onto business—
My client wanted to freshen things up for summer. She had a beautiful velvet couch already, but she picked up a similar shaped chair at a local consignment shop. She chose a chair that had a similar shape to the couch. They both have my favorite english rolled arms.

Chair–BEFORE–brown corduroy.

BEFORE–brown velvet couch

AFTER–white cotton heavy canvas fabric

She had some amazing pieces–loved her coffee table in the rustic wood and the textured rug…PERFECT!

Also–how cute is that basket???

She decided she wanted to do tall skirts to mix up the look from before.

The slipcovers brightened up her whole space.

Side Note–Spent a fabulous weekend with Gina from Slipcover Chic and Kristi from Pink and Polka Dot doing a little continuing education–We spent our time on Waterfall skirts, parson chairs, wing backs, and pillows.

I took the redeye flight in to North Carolina and Kristi picked me and and we met Gina at Dockside for lunch on the water.

Gina had the cutest workroom, where we lounged, laughed, took pics, instagrammed, and worked.

We also spent some time at the beach! I love the beach. I grew up in Southern California, so the beach is my happy place! Utah is beautiful and the mountains are amazing–but there’s nothing like the beach. Can’t wait for our annual Carlsbad beach camping trip with my neighbors.

OF course we hit up the local fabric store as well!

Grey Linen Wingbacks

May 19, 2014 by Shelley

My clients Inspiration pic for her chairs. She wanted an upholstered look as much as possible.

BEFORE—a great set of unique squared wing backs.

AFTER–grey linen with 3.5″ white self lined linen band with a waterfall skirt.

My client is moving next month into a new house, so we just shoved these in her current front room to get a few pics. Can’t wait to see them in her new house!

On the Waterfall skirt, I decided to just have the front/back fold back and the sides act as the underlay.

I topstitched the band to add some extra detail and to help it lay nicer.

Side Notes—

1. Heading to North Carolina in a few days to meet up with Gina from Slipcover Chic and Kritsi from Pink and Polka Dot for a little slipcover girls weekend! Follow me on Instagram to see some of our adventures! Search “slipcovershelley”

2. Had a great girls weekend up at Wolf Creek, UT. Watched some of my girls come into the finish line for the Ogden Half. Then we hit up the local Salvation Army where I found this $5 bookshelf! Found a spot at the end of my hall for it. I LOVE IT!!! Then we paddle boarded, hot tubbed, and watched movies.

3. Camille and I are working on our next room Makeover! Turning this boys room into a baby girl nursery with hot pink and grey on a $200 budget. Hoping to install in the next few days!

And yes we’ve been making some progress on our “Styling Cents”–reuse, repurpose, and revive your space decorating guide. We have a few more pics to get, then we send it off to our layout designer to make it look pretty!

Heavyweight White Linen Slipcovers

May 8, 2014 by Shelley

My client had lots of items! 2 wing backs, 1 couch, 1 loveseat and 6 dining room chairs! We ordered some heavyweight white linen from Ulster Linen Company for about $28/yd….this stuff is BEAUTIFUL and heavy weight!!!

Wingbacks–BEFORE–worn teal velvet. All of this furniture was from her childhood growing up!

LOVESEAT–BEFORE–The linen was really heavy, but it still had a hard time covering up those dark flowers. I made a separate undergarment (like a slip) out of muslin for more coverage. Just a quick slipcover out of muslin with no piping and a simple hem–super fast.

DINING CHAIRS—BEFORE–Cruel covered seats that were getting worn. We actually just used a basic white twill cotton on these and self lined them. I thought the linen would be too heavy and the skirts wouldn’t hang right.