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Old 03-21-2011, 07:34 AM
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How do you do that?? Your avatar is a couch and now this chair??? I am amazed and wish you would come to my house for a while, I have a horrible couch, loveseat and chair that could use that kinda makeover. Care to share how you do it??? Please!!!
Y'all are so great! All I did was make a small quilt the width of the chair. I used polar fleece for the batting and did not put a backing on it. The fleece really clings to the chair upholstery! The arm covers are just a square of the upholstery fabric a wide casing on one end that I fed a string through and tacked down on each end to make it conform to the shape of the arm a little.
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I love it.
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You really spiced it up! Love the OBW on the wall too.
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OK, let me just say you are the "Queen of Sofas and Chairs"!

This is AMAZING! Can you take a close up picture of what you did to the arms to add that black ruffle?

Also, can you explain a little bit on how you went about doing your sofa and your chair? How does one even begin to cover something like that? Do you need special tools, skills?

We have such a nice sofa and chair, however, we also have 2 cats that have done exactly what the animals that used to be in control of that chair you have did. I want new, but can't justify it because it is only 2 years old AND I would throw away my furniture before I threw away my cats.

Any assistance you could give to any of us on what you did to cover your sofa and chair would be appreciated.

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Old 03-21-2011, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Suzanne in VT
OK, let me just say you are the "Queen of Sofas and Chairs"!

This is AMAZING! Can you take a close up picture of what you did to the arms to add that black ruffle?

Also, can you explain a little bit on how you went about doing your sofa and your chair? How does one even begin to cover something like that? Do you need special tools, skills?

We have such a nice sofa and chair, however, we also have 2 cats that have done exactly what the animals that used to be in control of that chair you have did. I want new, but can't justify it because it is only 2 years old AND I would throw away my furniture before I threw away my cats.

Any assistance you could give to any of us on what you did to cover your sofa and chair would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Suzanne in VT
There is a little more detail on the couch on my blog
http://sew-what-nanner.blogspot.com/...ned-couch.html
for the base of the couch and the arms I quilted whole cloth and then cut it out like a pattern and loosly tacked it on so that it can be removed for washing. Also I quilted the arms with polar fleece and no backing fabric. The fleece clings to the couch very well and helps it stay put!

Here is a closeup of the arm covers for the chair. Very quickly done. A 6 inch wide strip of fabric folded over and stitched like a casing. You could use elastic to gather it up, but I just used a piece of string (a piece of cut selvage edge).
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You did a great job!
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Ooh I love it.
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You are very talented! I love the look you achieved!
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Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!
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