The chair victims... my 2 leather club chairs.
The last time I sewed a slipcover for a sofa and a chair, I was much more intricate and created paper patterns for all the pieces. It took me forever.
This time, I decided to follow the much more free-spirited approach of Miss Mustard Seed and watched her how-to videos before I got started. No pattern pieces, just tear the fabric and start pinning inside out!
I started by making my piping...
Then onto the chairs...{I decided to work on the 2 chairs simultaneously ~ I thought it might quicken the project and avoid me feeling burnt out after one chair, leaving the other without a cover!}
These babies were slippery! If you're making a slipcover for any other type of fabric chair, it will be much easier since the fabric pieces won't want to keep slipping and you can even pin them to your chair if you need to.
Because my chairs don't have a separate back cushion, the shape was a little tricky to work with.
This was definitely the trickiest area ~ just trying to keep the pieces smooth and avoid puckers was enough to throw me off the deep end!
Since there are so many steps involved, I've decided to split this into a couple of posts. Tune in tomorrow for part 2 of my how-to! Let's finish these babies!
lisa