This pair of wingback chairs were for my friend Paula…who I met on a race. I ended up running on her team for Del Sol Ragnar earlier this year. I had a small problem at the cabin…no stove. Well the “REAL PROBLEM” was we didn’t have wiring to plug in the stove that I bought.

On the race when I found out Paula’s husband was an electrician I was super excited, and we decided to do trade.

Her princess chairs before…

After… she got this great pinstripe (brown/blue)…kind of like a menswear for $2/yd on clearance. Sorry the front is a bit wrinkled, I had them folded up in bags to bring back for a few weeks until our schedules worked out.

Another set of wingbacks with “telephone arms”…at least that’s what I call them. They look like the old school telephones.

We did a mini knife pleat on the skirt to feminine them up a bit. Paula is very girly, but was trying to please her husband too…since he did all the work for the trade. So that’s why she decided to go with the pinstripe rather than a green cheetah print.

Inside arm

Front…I did a row of piping along the front edge of the seat.

Here’s the pair of them in her bedroom.

I love the way they turned out. My favorite masculine fabric on a feminine shaped chair.

Side Note—
I am sure most of you are aware…I have 3 boys and no girls. I don’t make hair bows…I make “bullet belts”. Check out my latest creation!

An old cotton belt that I had kicking around plus some 1/2″ ribbon.

My youngest loves it! It holds all his dart gun bullets

I just stitched the end of the ribbon, then laid a bullet down to measure, slid the bullet out of the slot and backstitched a few times and kept doing it till it was full of bullet slots.

Great for birthday party gifts or Christmas gifts!

My sister has been wanting to change things up for awhile in her family room…we spent many a times on facebook messaging links from http://www.fabric.com/ of fabrics that we liked. She finally decided on doing Navy blue/ bright green…I call is “shelley green”, I got tired of saying, “you know the green I like”.

Anyhow…Nikki decided to do the green chevron on this LARGE ottoman that my mother-in-law gave to her. Then we found a great print that pulls in the colors together on her pillows.

Last weekend I headed up to Nik’s house to watch conference with the family. In between sessions, I made her ottoman and 3 pillows.

Here is the Before…. Large and Dated, but comfy and great scale for her room.

After…Green Chevron that pops off her brown slipcovered sectional.

I matched up the Chevron on the sides… I missed my industrial machines and cutting table during this project.

Look how great the print is on the pillows that pull it all together! And you can see the matching better in this photo.

Close up of pillow print… bit blurry sorry.

Loving it altogether!

Another after….

Side Note #1— Yesterday was my Birthday, and Heber was at work all day…so my darling boys made me a cake from scratch! Frosting and all. I think it was to make up for being so naughty at church. Either way, I’ll take it.

Here’s my oldest.

Double stacked round chocolate cake…my favorite. A little crumbly, it didn’t come out of the pan so well.

My youngest helped clean the bowl…

They couldn’t find candles…so they used matches after they already served up a few pieces….better late than never, right!

Side Note–#2
I got on a team to run Vegas….YEAH!!! I am taking two of my running partners with me to join in the fun. About 11 days till the race!

I did these pair of wingbacks for a past client. She loves white and Shabby Chic. She was given a pair of wingbacks from her mother-in-law. She loved them, but they were starting to show wear and tear. So she got some white duck cloth and a Rachel Ashwell blue/cream stripe fabric and lots of lining. She wanted both chairs lined to help cover the embroidery and to make them wear longer with her kids.

Here is the before…

Here is the after on one of them…white duck cloth lined with “telephone arms”…at least that’s what I call them. The skirt is raw silk. I did a 1.5” blind hem on the skirt to give it some weight.

Front…showing part of the arms and the cushion.

I love the blue skirt on the bottom.

Side view.

Second chair after…blue/cream stipe with no skirt and lined of course.

Telephone arms…..I run the vertical seam on the front of the arm to connect the outside arm and the inside arm.

Another after….

Shot of the room…with cream loveseat.

I love all her dark woods and antiques with the white and light blue.

Close up of front of chair.

Front of cushion.

After.

Close up of first chair skirt. I liked that she did each chair different and made the room look more eclectic.

Side note— I think I am going through race withdrawls, Vegas Ragnar is in two weeks from tomorrow and I am not on a team….yet.  I really think I want to run. So if any of you need a runner, let me know.

Side note #2— I now have a “Slipcovers by Shelley”  Facebook Page. Come “like” my page if you want to follow me on facebook.

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