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.

These items were for a designers client for their office. This client likes to get all his drop cloths from Sherwin Williams, they seem to be a little bit better quality than the Home Depot or Lowes drop cloths…less flaws and bare/ thin spots.

Here is the chair before…light blue plaid with a coordinating floral.

And here is the matching couch in the same floral.

Chair after in drop cloths with french welt.

On the top back of the chair…I decided to keep the original seams and “boxed” the top edge. I played with it and decided it looked better to keep the original lines.

Close up of “french welt” which is basically piping with out the cording inside. So it’s a 2″ strip of fabric folded in half and sewn in the seams. Then on the corners you have to “kiss pleat” the french welting so it’ll bend around the corners.

Here is the couch AFTER. Love the cleaner look without the floral and plaid…much better for a man’s office.

Front of couch

Another front shot of the couch.

— Side note… I am on the home stretch, we leave to camp at Carlsbad State beach in 2 1/2 weeks. I still have several items I am trying to finish and drop off before we leave. I am utilizing Heber (husband) for most of my drop offs. I still have a couch, 3 chairs, and two ottomans that I need to get done this week, and then I have 2 chairs, some cushions, and some bedskirts to finish the following week. Then I am going to be hanging out on the beach in Southern California for a week. Nothing like working hard before a trip!!!!
Oh did I mention…Heber has enlisted me to make a cover for our new air mattress. The last one we bought only lasted for two uses. So this time he spent alot more money hoping the higher quality will help (maybe if the kids don’t jump on it…that might help too). I have some navy blue cable knit sweater looking fabric that’s soft and stretchy…so I think I may use it for this project. I don’t know when I am supposed to get it done though. Most likely the night before we leave.