Chair is DONE!!!!

Yesterday I received the upholstery supplies I ordered online, and was glad I didn't need to work today.  So the day was spent working on the chair and it's DONE!!!  YAY!!!

It took me all day long! (Remember this is the first thing I've ever recovered.)  And I only had to make one trip to WalMart to get more staples, nails and tacks.

Here is the before:


And After with the ottoman:


 Here is the ottoman before:


and after:

I'm not sure where it's going to go for sure, but for now I put it in the living room in place of the glider:

 I'm pretty happy with the way they came out - especially since it was my first try!

Now I'll have to find something else to keep me busy when I'm not working.  Maybe another trip to the thrift store???

Ottoman is DONE!!!!

I ended up not working today, so decided to work on the ottoman.  Yesterday I had taken it all apart and cut out the fabric, so today all I had to do was sew it (easier said than done).

At first I thought it had not been recovered, but found out it had been.

The bottom layer had the top as a pillow, not just smashed on like the green fabric.  So I decided, of course, to recover it as it was originally done and not the "easy" way like the green fabric was.

This was the bottom fabric - I imagine it was very pretty when it was new:


So this is the "before":

And "after":    I had to re-do the bottom twice because I goofed it up the first time.


It's not the best, but I'm pretty happy with it.    I think it will go well with the chair once it's done.  I have the supplies ordered, so as soon as they get here I'll try to get it finished. (And I still need to put the cambric on the bottom, and that's part of what I ordered.)  I really had fun doing it - give me a nice sense of accomplishment!

Now I'll just have to figure out where to put them in the house once they are done.

The Chair is coming along......

I finally had some time to work on the wing-back chair I bought last year.  I had done the cushion a few weeks ago,  but today I finally sat down to sew a couple of the pieces and put them on the chair.  I broke down and bought an electric staple gun and that made things A LOT easier.

Here's the progress so far:

Front:


Side:


Back:


Other side:


Front with cushion:

It looks a little wonky because I just threw the cushion on, I'm hoping it will look better once it's all done and I steam it.

That's all I can do for now, I need to order the ply-grip and a few other things.

One of the things we brought home from Todd's Grandma's house was an ottoman, so I went to get more fabric and will recover it with the same fabric.  I think they will look good!


I guess I can start taking it apart while I wait for the supplies to get here to finish the chair.
 I'd LOVE to hear comments!

Since I worked this afternoon,

I spent a few hours this morning working on the chair.  I have all the fabric off!!!!  This is how it looks now:

The frame of the chair is in really good shape, so I won't have to do any repairs on it or replace any springs.  The next step is to use the pieces I took off as pattern pieces for the new fabric!
This is what Todd and I decided to use:

I'm not working tomorrow, so I should have time to work on it.  The only other things I have planned for tomorrow are to go see "Eat, Pray, Love" (Kate gave me the book for Christmas last year and I finished reading it before we left on the cruise) and I have to be home after 3 pm for a "special delivery" we're getting from Home Depot. **happy dance!!!**

I've been working in the garage lately

on the chair I bought last year to recover.



It got pushed to the side and kinda forgot about.  Since I haven't started another sewing project since we've been back from the cruise, I decided to try to finish it before I start something else.  Why I decided to do it when it's been in or close to 100 degrees outside, I'm not sure, but I need something to do while I'm not working full time.  (My schedule for this week has been Monday and Wednesday morning and Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.  More than likely I'll have Friday off, since I have for the last three weeks.)

Anyway, here are the two previous posts about the chair.

So far I've taken apart the cushion and the arm covers, removed the back completely and have started on the sides.  Whoever recovered it before didn't use very long staples, so there are MILLIONS of them.  Took forever to get the metal tacking strip off.  I've also been searching online for the best place to buy the supplies I need.  I don't want to have to purchase 100 feet of the metal tacking strip, so finally found somewhere were I can buy it by the foot, so that's what I'll probably do.  I need to get it all stripped to find out how much I need before I order the supplies, though.

Todd and I finally agreed on what fabric to use on it.  We decided to go with a basic brown, which will be much easier since I won't have to worry so much about matching the pattern, just the way the fabric is brushed.   I bought it at Kinsey Interiors last year before I quit my job by their shop.  I've also made a few purses out of it, so I know it's easy to work with.

I'll post more pictures as soon as I can show some more progress!!!

Chair Update

I went over the the Interior Design shop around the corner from where I work yesterday to see if they had some new upholstery fabric in. I think I need at least 5 yards for the chair. I have at least 3 (possibly more) of the black/floral I'm thinking of using. They still A LOT of that, but I'm not sure if I want to use it or not. They also have a lot of a brown fabric that I've made a couple purses our of, so that is also a possibility. I didn't buy any more fabric, I'm going to wait until I decide what I want to use. I did start taking it apart already, but it's been so terrible hot here, the best time to work on it would be in the mornings, but I work Monday through Friday, Saturday mornings I have to go to the bank and run errands (this week will be clothes shopping), and Sunday is church. So I guess it will sit until it cools a little - which could be OCTOBER!
But this is how far I've gotten so far - took everything off the bottom and started on the back:


This stuff really puzzled me:


Yesterday I got home at lunch and went in the office to get my laptop, and the shelves that Todd put up for me a while ago pulled out of the wall so everything fell down. Most of it fell on my table, but it's a mess and that will need to be cleaned this weekend. We'll need to get some better anchors and put them back up because I definately need the storage room!
This is what it looked like before:


This is what it looked like yesterday:

(OK, I'll be honest, it still looks that way. :D )

It's FRIDAY!!! I'm so glad. Work has been extremely slow and I'm not liking my job much. Need to decide what I want to be when I grow up (a funny thing to say when you are 43!!!!!). Todd and I have ideas, but going out on our own scares me financially. We'll see what the next six months brings us.

Have a great day, everyone!!!!

Another Thrift Shop Find!!!!

I've been going to Goodwill and the Caring Place (thrift shop) every Saturday when I'm out going to the bank and running errands. The Caring Place has quite a bit of furniture and have certain colors of tags on sale, but today when I went they had ALL the furniture 50% off! I had seen this chair there before and it was $20 and almost bought it, but always talked myself out of it. Today I decided $10 was a good deal. I met Todd there when he was on his way home from work since he had the pick up.

Here are the pictures I took - right now it's in the garage and will be until I start taking it apart.
Front:


Back:


Side and back:


I can't decide if someone has already recovered it or not. There are a couple places that are coming apart, but the bottom looks pretty good so who knows.

I bought a book at Hobby Lobby on how to recover furniture, so that will come in handy. Once I figure out how much material I need, I'll decide what to use.

This fabric I bought to make my laptop bag out of (which was never made) would possibly work on it.


Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to start tearing it apart sometime soon. As long as it's not too hot in the garage, that is. The month of July was the HOTTEST in Austin since they start keeping records back in the 1800's. And July typically isn't the hottest month.

I'd love to hear everyone's opinions on the fabric. I'm wondering if the print is too big......