Dining Room Chairs

My DH finished six dining room chairs for us.  They are wonderful.  He used some poplar (aspen) wood that had been harvested by my sis-in-law's father in the 1950s. So well tempered...

The wood has such gorgeous grain that he just put a clear finish on them.

Some of the knots he left with a rustic look.  Oh, yes and I made the cushion covers from some fabric I had in my stash.

Baskets for the Row Along

I must soon be done.  But here is the next row.

As you know I am following the row along at Bee in my Bonnet.  I love her instructions.  Easy peasy.

Slip Covers DONE

Yeah, me.  I am happy to report that with lots of encouragement from my dear sister - ok, she's in Texas and not actually here (so I couldn't actually see the finger wagging) - I have finished. Taa daa.

I was right tho, the carcass cover was by far the hardest.  But I think worth the effort.

As you can see it works great as my prime reading spot.  This is the first time I have done the cover with the wooden legs exposed.  My poor old Henredon couch is now showing its ankles....

More Slip Cover Progress

The slip covers for my old couch are coming along.  The gold fabric is the new slip cover the plaid is the old.

Looks good, huh?  The fabric is the nicest I have used for slip covering.  Mostly I use a woven cotton but this is more than 50 percent poly and its bonded.  Super easy.  Doesn't slip around and yet it has give - so far in all the right places.  Very forgiving.  Just the way I like it.

More Couch Slip Covers

Then you need 5-6 metres of zipper...

These are much harder to do than they sound.  I had to strong arm the boys into using their, ahem, strong arms to remove enough teeth to get a zipper pull going...

But worth the effort I think.  One cushion covered = more to come.

Recovering my Couch

I bought this wonderful couch many years ago, and I still love it so I am trying to make a new slip cover (again- this will be round 4 I think)

To begin you make 30 metres of piping....

Then you start cutting up the cover fabric.  Every time I see that old sheet I used as a pattern I am taken back to the just married days.