New Kitchen Decorating 2015: Slipcovered Chair

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I really struggled with recovering this chair.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">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</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> and ask myself a few questions. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Why am I avoiding this?  </b></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">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. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I didn't want to attempt it myself and screw it up. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Soooooo, long story short, I slipcovered it! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> It is a good quick fix for now.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtP2xJBvk9DyUI8Sf4sihwNZHCgMEJJdqJNVieVxipRJQzqoxAZyO8qZh3fGmDQ4mjU9XYSN-QY7dfVdVqEho9A8w0Ye0QqzlobCRXozdzg3wnUUMkshyphenhyphencmyPgmp__S0WEXTE_ugl5tq3V/s1600/IMG_3465-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtP2xJBvk9DyUI8Sf4sihwNZHCgMEJJdqJNVieVxipRJQzqoxAZyO8qZh3fGmDQ4mjU9XYSN-QY7dfVdVqEho9A8w0Ye0QqzlobCRXozdzg3wnUUMkshyphenhyphencmyPgmp__S0WEXTE_ugl5tq3V/s640/IMG_3465-001.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the Before:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOWmlX2Ym9zKlHDCADw0B8BRK9pd_y4h_V0M1l8I4zItuag2TGRPaB0oUpD-_jio2UqbKzqFp7VSOpYp6j6JY9jXhZbtHiK-S_KN8pEbuSw4NpEFWBEpEZyQzQSNjof3A4VopnghcyE1f/s1600/Guest+Bedroom1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOWmlX2Ym9zKlHDCADw0B8BRK9pd_y4h_V0M1l8I4zItuag2TGRPaB0oUpD-_jio2UqbKzqFp7VSOpYp6j6JY9jXhZbtHiK-S_KN8pEbuSw4NpEFWBEpEZyQzQSNjof3A4VopnghcyE1f/s640/Guest+Bedroom1.jpg" width="488" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The chair is really a pretty Bergere with a fabulous back and the fabric on it is a silk Buffalo plaid.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeH8PgKH7X-DuiPnhtKxIDYuAWpYuJqZHIM2DLeLXxWcHWSX9_PJTH2i6RIxPwoFRNjkxXo0hQt2xACh4aiwmQ5Fq8y_Jy7vTXJx8jIQI-OZ34qWuk3UQFwWWdh8wSjz7Ve5yxWSyVVEM/s1600/IMG_3226-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeH8PgKH7X-DuiPnhtKxIDYuAWpYuJqZHIM2DLeLXxWcHWSX9_PJTH2i6RIxPwoFRNjkxXo0hQt2xACh4aiwmQ5Fq8y_Jy7vTXJx8jIQI-OZ34qWuk3UQFwWWdh8wSjz7Ve5yxWSyVVEM/s640/IMG_3226-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">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. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0muKBEa54dW2i0nx1zWWCjJvIskg-glusbEVMEY3qR2N7uRrk6Q76tERk3iVpT3uerCyTEE3ROJAAfy_OQQSpa8er3PSeQv2Y3gzq23Px5Glmt8DPCL_mN9M1EQTnsZ2v3Xfg7rf1La43/s1600/IMG_3388-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0muKBEa54dW2i0nx1zWWCjJvIskg-glusbEVMEY3qR2N7uRrk6Q76tERk3iVpT3uerCyTEE3ROJAAfy_OQQSpa8er3PSeQv2Y3gzq23Px5Glmt8DPCL_mN9M1EQTnsZ2v3Xfg7rf1La43/s640/IMG_3388-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I pinned the front and back together to fit perfectly before I sewed it.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_sMn0xmrRtrIShWWgyeehjbUczTDfM7FU-7lL2Xj6VI07mptisIuRf8dnzh0M84nO-dp6vPXxD_4JgmZlaxvG4hX4KQBKYyVB7tbQ4VS-t4n_qSCPJI5-e7FQcqOaJOzTHSnDdItl4p6/s1600/IMG_3386-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_sMn0xmrRtrIShWWgyeehjbUczTDfM7FU-7lL2Xj6VI07mptisIuRf8dnzh0M84nO-dp6vPXxD_4JgmZlaxvG4hX4KQBKYyVB7tbQ4VS-t4n_qSCPJI5-e7FQcqOaJOzTHSnDdItl4p6/s640/IMG_3386-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I tested it on the chair.  Looks good.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkQwqlDukVHQba8VKr0nJI3k4Tvt6d2Uomo0Q1LsNGFBWxtLGJZJRok0m66XDiVAfUmFKqFx41pP9PUrK0JYeT0TmmuhS9GilJKRE3T4ASpKrlPuoqvYOJmkoCUH0mm-mWWWbOwl7vfqO/s1600/IMG_3391-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkQwqlDukVHQba8VKr0nJI3k4Tvt6d2Uomo0Q1LsNGFBWxtLGJZJRok0m66XDiVAfUmFKqFx41pP9PUrK0JYeT0TmmuhS9GilJKRE3T4ASpKrlPuoqvYOJmkoCUH0mm-mWWWbOwl7vfqO/s640/IMG_3391-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Turned it back inside out and pinned the ruffle on that I made out of the finished edge of the dropcloth.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8Mv9gcrMYIzQe29XtvbuTuSjC9SHhHA-dzPlVifw0ShrOnQ_Po-cJr2lbfF0mo0KH0hjmvXVQvbWduiahTcqjUpFM_4C1KkSa9KjnGoBmNnDuSi2xyOmxzzNmK8VGMo4m56QNrpuU4RO/s1600/IMG_3390-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8Mv9gcrMYIzQe29XtvbuTuSjC9SHhHA-dzPlVifw0ShrOnQ_Po-cJr2lbfF0mo0KH0hjmvXVQvbWduiahTcqjUpFM_4C1KkSa9KjnGoBmNnDuSi2xyOmxzzNmK8VGMo4m56QNrpuU4RO/s640/IMG_3390-001.JPG" width="532" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here is is all inside out and almost finished.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtP2xJBvk9DyUI8Sf4sihwNZHCgMEJJdqJNVieVxipRJQzqoxAZyO8qZh3fGmDQ4mjU9XYSN-QY7dfVdVqEho9A8w0Ye0QqzlobCRXozdzg3wnUUMkshyphenhyphencmyPgmp__S0WEXTE_ugl5tq3V/s1600/IMG_3465-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtP2xJBvk9DyUI8Sf4sihwNZHCgMEJJdqJNVieVxipRJQzqoxAZyO8qZh3fGmDQ4mjU9XYSN-QY7dfVdVqEho9A8w0Ye0QqzlobCRXozdzg3wnUUMkshyphenhyphencmyPgmp__S0WEXTE_ugl5tq3V/s640/IMG_3465-001.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">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!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Now I'm thinking of making slipcovers for my dining room chairs...  I have enough dropcloth left to slipcover Buckingham Palace!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; 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