Now on to the craftasticalness that was my weekend!! On Friday I stopped at the local thrift store on a whim. I've been wanting to get a nice comfy chair to put in Little M's room but I don't want to pay a whole lot. And since we weren't doing anything that day, why not!!
Well I did get a chair. But it's not for grown ups! I found the cutest little arm chair and it's just Little M's size! Only problem is it had a pink butterfly slip cover. GROSS!! But, in a moment of ambition and a feeling of I can totally re-make this!, I bought it. Plus it was only $10 so I couldn't pass up this deal!
When I got the chair home, I realized that I could easily just re-upholster the whole thing. I've done that before! But with a two year old boy, washable is everything!! So slip cover it was going to have to be.
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I consulted Aunt Jen, a.k.a. sewing GURU. She confirmed that yes, I could just pick apart the butterfly cover and use it as a pattern. Patterns intimidate me. But I soldiered on! Once Little M was down for a nap I picked the whole thing apart and cut out a pattern. And since Little M opted for the Marathon nap that day, I got to sew about half of it back together before he woke up!
It took me 5 hours start to finish. It's not perfect. But Little M LOVES it!! And the whole thing is washable!!!! Even the cushion cover because I sewed in a zipper for the first time ever in my life!! :)
sewing guru???? I've never reupholstered a chair before. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm liking the kicked back in his chair look he's got going on there.