I have been able to do some sewing this week and I have finally finished my first big project of 2011.
When we bought the table and chairs about a year ago from IKEA, we decided that we would probably cover the chairs as well. Cream covers and children do not really mix. I struggled a bit to take a pattern form the cover, in the end I unpicked it, drew around it and then stitched it back together again. Above is the cut out shape, looks an odd shape doesn't it?
It looks much better on the seat. I popped in a couple of loose staples here and there on the back which can be easily removed when the cover needs washing.
The chair on the right is what it looked like before it was re-covered. More colourful!
There are six chairs, 1 done so 5 more to do.
I have some spare little bits of fabric which I thought I would make into hot pot squares. I need to get some more fabric anyway, as I could only cut out four tops for the chairs yet it looked to be quite a bit when I bought it!
Typical.xx
P.S I could not click and drag my photos when making this post on my new laptop and had to come back to my old one. Do I need to activate something on blogger to be able to do this? It has been over two years since I set it up on this computer so I may have forgotten something. I can not slide up and down to post area with the picture, any suggestions? I feel bad about abandoning my new one but after 1.5 hours trying to move four or five pictures, I gave up. Tut Tut!
4 comments:
A pink and lilac computer sounds so nice ! I love your kitchen works it looks great !
I love the fabric!
What is it?
I love that fabric!!! The curtains and chair looks fantastic. Looking forward to seeing a photo of your new notebook!!!
how funny, I have just posted about making curtains too!
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