Oh Look What I Did!

While I was wasting time working on Pinterest I came across this website http://www.pinkandpolkadot.blogspot.com/ .  So this person made a slipcover for a chair and used a painter's tarp which she got at Home Depot.  Big, cheap, right up my alley.   I kept looking at my chair in the kitchen/great room and realized that this chair was causing me stress.  This is one of the ugliest patterns I have ever seen.  Really angry tulips.

Home Depot here I come.  Spent $70 on two tarps 9 x 12.  Gary took them into town and washed and dried them (He is a sweetie like that).   The material  turned out much softer but still strong and a lovely off white color.  They have a seam down the middle but I ended up with plenty of material.  I probably used 1 1/2 tarps for the chair and ottoman--maybe a little less.

I also bought the "Lazy Girls Guide to Slipcovering" from the same website.  Not so much because I couldn't do without it but I needed the confidence boost. 

 Had to do some creative piecing in front of the arms but I figured that the seat cushion would hide it all.  Pinned and sewed, ripped out seams and resewed for 4 days!

Reused the zippers from the old cushions.

Arm covers so I can wash them without taking off the entire slipcover.

Ta Da!!!

 See?  Most of the crazy piecing is covered.

And after that the ottoman was so simple! 

I am thrilled I don't have to look at that angry fabric anymore!  YAY!  It's certainly not perfect.  I had made a run to Joanne's Fabrics for the piping ($60.00 for 17 yds plus a seam ripper which got a lot of use) and they didn't have enough so I had to make do.  The backs of the cushions don't have any and the back of the chair either.  But from here I love it!  And I'm eyeing the couch...

xo