Here are some more emails I’ve received lately about my “How To Slipcover” DVD. I always love to hear back and see pictures of what everyone’s done!

I recieved this email this morning from  Janet at The Empty Nest Blog. I was a little surprised to hear from her already because she just finished her first chair a few days ago, and now she has already finished her SECOND chair! I am so proud of her! She did such a great job! She used a drop cloth for her fabric.

Morning Shelley,
I just tackled my first Wingback!!!! I love the results..thanks for your DVD!!
janet xox
I’m addicted!

Carol

Hi Shelley!
Hope you are doing well! I always love stopping by your website…it is so inspiring!
I am doing well. Ruffled Linens on etsy is going well. I seem to stay booked about 2 weeks out. We just moved to Birmingham, so I am trying to get my name out for slipcovering…I have done a couple of pieces here. I have learned so much about myself during this whole business venture!

Your resources have been so helpful in getting my business started. Joe from Wherehouse fabrics and I chat a lot. I have ordered over 600 yards of linen so far (that is a lot for me!)…I can’t match the price anywhere…

Just wanted to say hey and thanks again for your resources…they have been so invaluable to helping get my sewing business going.

With many many thanks!!
christiana

This is one of Christiana’s listings on Etsy…you have to go check out her shop…she has some amazing tablecloths, curtains, pillows etc…almost all out of linen.

REMEMEBER when you purchase my DVD I send you my supplier list. Many of my suppliers are “mom and pop” type shops and aren’t online. I give you my suppliers for linen, custom down cushions, piping, and zippers.

To buy my DVD ($45 plus $3 shipping) click on the button below.

This client was ready for a change!!! Her designer jumped at the chance to redo these hunter green wingback chairs. They chose a neutral lighter weight chenille for the chairs and accented them with a steel blue chenille pillow that we put a boxpleat ruffle on.

Her ottoman was a great find on KSL.com (like craigslist) for $50. It was a bit too tall so she removed the wheels. That is why the skirt is flared out in the before picture. I then cut off the skirt and slipcovered it in some cheetah chenille fabric. I decided to clean up the lines and did a band around the top and copied the original skirt that pleated every 13″ all the way around.

Wingback chair BEFORE

Ottoman….BEFORE

AFTER…the set of wingback and the round cheetah ottoman. The fabric was pretty thick on the ottoman, so the tufting didn’t really show through. If it did…we were going to lay a thin piece of batting down before we put the slipcover on.

Close up of chair …..and look at the boxpleat ruffle on the pillow.

Another after shot

Front of arm

Closer up of ottoman.

I love how the room turned out! The pillows and the ottoman finished it off for me.

Don’t forget my DVD giveway is still going on until March 31st…we are in second place and need to pull ahead by Thursday night. (We are trying to win a free Ragnar Relay team…so come “like” my pic on facebook and I’ll enter you in my giveaway). Here is the Slipcover DVD giveaway link. Remember you get an entry for every person you get to “like” my photo as well.

Janet over at the Empty Nest did a little write up of her experience making her first slipcover with the help of my DVD. She’s a great story teller…so go check out her amazing blog!

This client had a room full of darling antique furniture, that she was covering up with quilts. Some of the pieces were quite worn, and she wanted to protect them from getting worse with her cats. She picked up 30 yds of cream duck cloth from Walmart for $5/yd and prewashed it all. Then I came and fit the couch and picked up the two chairs.

1st chair BEFORE. I loved all the wood work on this chair. The fabric was quite worn and thread bare in spots.

Couch BEFORE.

Couch and Chair #1 AFTER. I did a pleat skirt on the couch that goes all one way, and I was able to leave an opening to show off the wood arms on the chair. We chose to do no skirt on the chair and show off the legs.

Couch AFTER

Close up of Chair #1 exposing the wood arm (piped the opening) and the wood legs.

AFTER chair #1. I just ended the slipcover with piping and no skirt.

AFTER Chair #2. We chose to do a short pleat skirt that pleats all one way. This gives you a similar look to boxpleating all the way around, but it takes alot less time. Therefore less labor cost.