Comments on: Trying to Sew a Slipcover http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/ Transforming the so-so. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:49:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Parrish http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-22265 Parrish Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:44:34 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-22265 I made a slipcover for a modern rocker for my sister-in-law when she had her first baby. Talk about nightmare, curves upon curves, and it had to be removable AND avoid the rocking rails. I did finish it. Not to my perfectionist eye, but pretty well. A couple of things that I liked that I did do were that I used velcro to attach it to itself underneath (front to back) and ran velcro just under the rails on the sides to hold the side flaps in place. I also left a 5 inch "tab" when I connected the seat to the back so that you could tuck it into the seat. I really should look for photos and do a retrospective. I second the usefulness of velcro. I made a slipcover for a modern rocker for my sister-in-law when she had her first baby. Talk about nightmare, curves upon curves, and it had to be removable AND avoid the rocking rails. I did finish it. Not to my perfectionist eye, but pretty well. A couple of things that I liked that I did do were that I used velcro to attach it to itself underneath (front to back) and ran velcro just under the rails on the sides to hold the side flaps in place. I also left a 5 inch “tab” when I connected the seat to the back so that you could tuck it into the seat. I really should look for photos and do a retrospective.

I second the usefulness of velcro.

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21823 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:51:29 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21823 Hey, if glue helped finish the project I'm all for it! Very sneaky. ;) Hey, if glue helped finish the project I’m all for it! Very sneaky. ;)

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21822 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:50:36 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21822 It was from Anthropologie. It was from Anthropologie.

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21820 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:48:48 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21820 That turned out so well! I love that you exposed the legs. That turned out so well! I love that you exposed the legs.

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21819 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:47:45 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21819 The purse was from Anthropologie, but Old Navy currently has a knockoff. I <a href="http://twitter.com/makingitlovely/status/5404407412" rel="nofollow">mentioned it on twitter</a> a few weeks ago. The purse was from Anthropologie, but Old Navy currently has a knockoff. I mentioned it on twitter a few weeks ago.

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21818 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:45:23 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21818 Yeah, I think a little hand-sewing reinforced by the machine is the way I'm going to finish it. Yeah, I think a little hand-sewing reinforced by the machine is the way I’m going to finish it.

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21817 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:44:24 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21817 Good luck! Good luck!

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21816 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:43:46 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21816 I'll have to give that a try. Wish me luck! I’ll have to give that a try. Wish me luck!

]]> By: Making it Lovely http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21815 Making it Lovely Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:42:55 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21815 Good to know, thanks. Good to know, thanks.

]]> By: Alanna http://makingitlovely.com/2009/11/19/trying-to-sew-a-slipcover/#comment-21692 Alanna Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:35:10 +0000 http://makingitlovely.com/?p=2940#comment-21692 JCaroline Creative has a VERY detailed tutorial on reupholstering...It's very good :) JCaroline Creative has a VERY detailed tutorial on reupholstering…It’s very good :)

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