Slipcovers and More Slipcovers!

A few weeks ago I  posted a couple of pictures of some slipcovers I finished and promised to follow-up with more.  So today I am sharing with you the largest slipcover job I have ever done.  It took me a couple of weeks to finish and deliver.  There were 11 slipcovers, several cushions, and pillows to be made.  The client brought out a few of the pieces and I picked up the rest when I delivered the first part of the job.

I started with the Dining room.  I snapped a few before pictures of the chairs.  I believe the client spent some time in Texas and Mexico, so a lot of her furniture is from that area.

 She showed me a picture of the slipcover she wanted and I went to work.  We used a fabric that she ordered and had delivered.

For the details, she requested a flange trim instead of the standard cording and she wanted a short skirt.

So this job had a lot of firsts for me.  I had never done a flange edge before, and I had also never done dining room chairs, and where you had cut outs around posts.

But she was pleased with how they came out.

There were 2 arm chairs also.

Which had to have back ties, which again I had never done before!

She also had me make a couple of  Lumbar pillows to go with them.

Now on to the Living Room.

I had 2 of these chairs and an ottoman.

These were also fun to do.  Earlier I had posted a picture  on Facebook, pin fitting one of the chairs.

So here is how they turned out.

More Flange edging!

She also had me make a new cushion for this bench!

Up to the upstairs Bedroom we go!  These slipcovers were also new to me, I have never done a slipcover where the wood had to show, so I did a lot of research to figure out the best way to do them and what kind of ties or tabs I wanted to hold them together.

On this one I did reglue the cording so I had a line to work with.  The interesting part was how to get the arm covers to stay on.  I finally decided to sew them on.  The fabric I used on these were her old drapes.

I decided to use smaller tabs, because the wood is so pretty and interesting.

On the ottoman I just made small ties at each leg to hold it on.

The other chair was just 2 cushions that I recovered.

I had another little stool that I also covered, but forgot to get a picture of it.  Client was happy and I learned a lot in this experience and won’t be as afraid to tackle this type of slipcover again.

Thanks for stopping by and if you have something needing slipcovered let me know!

P.S.  I am booked until after Christmas! 🙂