Here is the chair once we removed the screws from underneath and the seat part popped out. See how boring and ugly that fabric was? They def needed a make-over. That blue scrap is fabric that I was playing around with but eventually decided against it.
After removing the ugly fabric, we put two layers of batting and then the fabric on top and took a staple gun and secured it on the bottom side all the way around. It's important to pull it very tight. My roommate (above) chose Amy Butler fabric, August Fields Coreopis Fields from Fabric.com.
Then put the seat back on the chair and screw it back into the frame! YAY, now you have a fun fresh new side chair.
This is the fabric I chose. Isn't it fun? It was so fun to choose the fabric and to see what fabric my roommate chose. They're so different!
I'm so pleased with my fun red embroidered linen fabric! I think I might stain the chair a darker mahogany color but that's another project for another day.
Next stop is throw pillows or some other fun sewing project! HERE is a helpful website explaining how to do the above project. It's honestly pretty easy and I didn't need to read up on how to do it. I'm that awesome. Alicia B.
3 comments:
sweet project! I just re-painted and covered my best friend's dining room chairs and was surprised at how easy it was. Yay for the end of the semester! I can breathe now, too!
Great upcycling ladies! and I love both fabrics (hmm... must be my gemini personality). I recovered my dining room chairs (with two toiles) myself, it was very satisfying and I'm still proud, 4 years later!
Too cute!
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