I didn’t actually say it was a doll dress, I just said, “Any guesses on what my next project might be?” But it was fun to see your guesses… It’s a bit too big of a print for any doll dress and a bit too thick. You see, it’s a decorator fabric and wouldn’t work at all for any of MY dolls.
But it does work well as a new cover for my sewing chair, and my sewing chair is my “bed” in the daytime! :o) I sit in it and “do” my stuff!
My chair was a bit worn and needed an update to go along with my new room. It was gray alright, but a bit nubby and ordinary and I wanted EXTRAORDINARY. I spotted what I wanted at Joann’s the other day…it was on the clearance rack and only $9.00 a yard. It thought that would be plenty…and reasonable.
This is what my sewing chair looked like before…this is actually my computer chair, but it’s just like my sewing chair. I had already taken my chair apart before I decided to take any pictures…
Here’s a close up of my fabric again…it’s a tightly woven cotton print… and I loved the colors in my room…
I started with the back section of the chair… popping off the back plastic piece…and laying it on my fabric to determine how much I needed… I cut around it leaving 4″ or so… and making sure the “bird” was centered as much as possible (called “fussy cutting” by most quilters) and held in place with pins…
I had to have my hubby’s help as I wasn’t strong enough to pull the fabric and use the staple gun with only one hand. It was easy for him to do… I just pulled it at the top and stapled it, then the bottom, and lastly, the sides and then carefully eased in the gathers in between around the corners, checking it as I did every few staples.
I cut the fabric slightly on the bias so it had a little bit of give and it dipped in where it should and was nice and taut…
It went pretty quickly and I was loving it even before it was done.
This is what it looked like when it was done…
I was so proud, so I sent texts to Cindy and Deb and they were telling me how beautiful it was…
…but does anyone notice anything?
The chair back isn’t narrow at the bottom, it’s narrow at the top…I was POSITIVE I knew which way to lay my print… (evidently NOT!)
It would look like this if I didn’t change it…
I had put it on upside down… UGH and double UGH!!! Waaaaa!!! Waaaa!
I spent the next little bit picking out staples with a screwdriver and a pair of needle nose pliers…
My biggest concern was I had cut little holes in the fabric where the back snapped onto pegs in the plastic and now I wasn’t sure if those holes would go around the backside now that I had to make the narrow section fit over the wider part…
I moved the bird down just a little bit and somehow, miraculously, it worked… there was enough fabric, even with those little holes for the bolts cut out…
Now instead of looking like this…
…it looked like this…
I had to see how it would look the “right way!”
The seat cushion was much easier and not too much to think about.
I just centered the circular part of the fabric to make it look nice, pulled it to the backside and stapled it just like I had done the back rest.
I didn’t want all that fabric hanging down underneath my chair so I stitched it all together with embroidery floss to hold it in place… it wasn’t going to win me any blue ribbons, but it also wasn’t going to be seen…
I had enough of a scrap so I cut a piece in a rounded shape, serged the edge and fit it over the bottom section where all the floss was showing, and pinned it in place…
Then I whip stitched it to the seat fabric and marked for the holes in the center of the piece. I cut little holes where those bolts would go and fray checked the edges…
My hubby helped me get the bolts attached…
…and the back bolted on…it was a bit tricky. He said these chairs aren’t made to be taken apart and recovered. But between the two of us, we made it work!!
…and lookie!!! This is my new sewing chair…
I’m thrilled and think it’s a nice addition to my sewing room, just like my thread holder was… maybe a piece of ART! :o)
I looked up a few sewing chairs and they are quite expensive… like $299 expensive. I made mine for $9.00! YAY!
Well, I need to go scoot around on it again… it slides wonderfully on my new floor! I even cleaned out all the threads that had been caught in the wheels last night. :o)
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
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