Slipcovered Guest Room Chair

I really struggled with recovering this chair.  

Not because it was difficult, but because I procrastinated and waited until the last minute to dive into the project.  Sometimes I do that for a reason though, and what I really need to do is just be STILL for a minute

 and ask myself a few questions. 

 Why am I avoiding this?  

I think the answer was that I really liked the chair and I wanted it professionally recovered but I just can't do it now. 

 I didn't want to attempt it myself and screw it up. 

 Soooooo, long story short, I slipcovered it! 

 It is a good quick fix for now.

Here is the Before:

The chair is really a pretty Bergere with a fabulous back and the fabric on it is a silk Buffalo plaid.

I took the seat cushion off thinking that I would recover the seat separately from the rest of the chair.  I nixed that idea when I realized I might be in too deep.  I made a pattern by tracing onto paper and did the same thing for the back and front.

I pinned the front and back together to fit perfectly before I sewed it.  

I tested it on the chair.  Looks good.

Turned it back inside out and pinned the ruffle on that I made out of the finished edge of the dropcloth.

Here is is all inside out and almost finished.

I finised her up by adding arm covers with ties and ties onto the back of the chair.  It came out much nicer than I expected and now I can have two different looks with one chair!

Now I'm thinking of making slipcovers for my dining room chairs...  I have enough dropcloth left to slipcover Buckingham Palace!

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves

XO Cindy

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