Why I have and love slipcovers

yup this is the reason that I am loving my slipcovers right now!

 Here he is (my sweet grandson) at his birthday party he is two now ... need I say more!

 he is busy busy busy  I had taken my slipcovers off the dinning room chairs for a couple of weeks and he found them to be the perfect canvas for his art work!  its just chalk and you would think I could get it out but NO!

so the slipcovers are back where they are suppose to be~
what do you love about your slipcovers?

A sweet little rocker

Recently I had a friend ask me if I could do a reupholstering  job for a client that she had met threw her store and although I don't do upholstery I gave it a shot

 I love the fabric that was chosen  and I think it turned out cute. The arms will be added on later by the client.

A sweet little rocker

Muted Fall Fabric Slipcover.

Fun Fall Chair for the Hog Shed using a fun muted fall fabric. This is what the chair looked like before it's Re-Creation,

 This is a great outdoor fabric from P Kaufman  It washes up beautifully and is a great weight
fabric to work with for slipcovers. They really are making great outdoor fabric these days
its so nice and soft not that plasticie feel that it used to have.

 A simple back this time with just a zipper up the side  and a simple kick pleat skirt.

and some pillows inspired by this fabric that will also be available at  the Hog Shed's September sale
The Pillows are made using recycled wool blankets!

Gone Green

 Diane has gone from blue to green that is  this is the before of a very comfy wing back chair that
she found at a thrift store, it was in very good condition with the exception of the arms. 

 Diane showed up at the shop with some great green fabric and this what we ended up with
I'm really happy with  the way it turned out

 She also had me slipcover a footstool

Thank you Diane for letting my Re-Create for you!

Wedding Dress Pillows

I had the pleasure of transforming my client Marlyn's wedding dress into some great  gifts for some of her family and special friends.

What  a great way to share something very special.
Have a great weekend

Slippers!

I've been having fun making slippers using vintage fabrics along with some recycled wool blankets

yup I think i'll be getting some more of these guys

Love that vintage fabric!
Have a great weekend

More Stuff

Working in the shop Just a little bit these beautiful summer day's. A fun print that I picked up at Hancock Fabrics I love the Color combo on this one. unfortunately I did not pick up enough fabric to match the pattern but I like it anyway.

This set is on it's way to" Yesterdays Charm" A cute shop in Buffalo Mn.

Have a great weekend

New Chairs for Kathy

Another fun project for a client that had some great chairs that needed a little bit of an update.
The Before~ The After~ This is actually a great textured neutral fabric ( I should have taken a close up of the texture )

There was however a challenge with this chair or set of chairs as there are two of them. The Challenge was I had about 5 yards of the pretty fabric to make TWO slipcovers with so I combined a cream colored duck cloth

I used the duck cloth for the pipping, insides of kick pleats and the back panel along with a little boarder at the very bottom of the skirt. I really like the way it turned out just so soft and classy!

Next was this little guy or gal I should say. She's seen better days but structurally she's in great shape

So we Slipped her in this cute stripe .

buttons in the back ... this time their only for show. I ended up putting a zipper at the side so that the slipcover could be removed easily.

So that's what's been happening in my shop this week.

How about you?

Seeing Red

A fun Slipcovered chair in a bright and fun Waverly print This one goes to a new shop I'm involved with .....

I'm really happy with her.

Have a great weekend!

For Spring

A couple more things for The Hog Shed I made these pillows using recycled wool blankets for the flowers and some super soft burlap looking fabric that I found.

Perfect for spring (if it ever gets here)

Having fun with these.

Have a great weekend.

Hope to see you at the next sale