Custom Slipcovers Made Easy: Weekend Projects to Dress Up Your Dcor
January 25, 2012 by bunda
Filed under Furniture Products
Includes projects for fashion-conscious sewers who like to be creative and save money using yard sale treasures to mimic expensive designer originals.
Helps sewers achieve a customized, and upholstered look with slipcovers.
Custom Slipcovers Made Easy features a range of stylish projects to create seasonal “clothing” for furniture that is as practical and durable as grandma’s slipcovers. Simple instructions and illustrated techniques enable even first time sewers to learn a new skill to try something new to liven up any living space. The 25 projects cover a wide array of furniture coverings for chairs, sofa sleepers, love seats, items in a child’s room and even a custom cover for a dog crate.
Price: $24.99
Folding Chair Slip Covers – a Hot New Trend
November 16, 2011 by bunda
Filed under folding chairs
A folding chair slip cover is the perfect solution in bringing to life those old, dull looking brown folding chairs you have sitting around the house.
These types of slip covers are becoming hugely popular for several reasons.
1. Folding chair covers are inexpensive – For only a few dollars you can put some fun and excitement into any folding chair.
2. Easy to make yourself – You can quickly and easily make your own folding chair covers if you have even the most basic of sewing experience.
3. These covers add style and some color – chair covers give these old folding metal chairs some nice color and styling. Instead of having them hidden away you can bring them out year round!
With folding chair slip covers you have a choice of design options. Some covers are made to only go over the back of chair, while others will cover the back and the seat of the chair.
You can easily find either style of cover design along with a wide variety of color choices and material options as well. This couldn’t be any easier to do. The internet offers a whole host of websites that sell these types of slipcovers.
For those who like to design and make things themselves, then you can really use your imagination and design something special.
Any of your fabric stores will have patterns for chair covers that you can purchase along with any type of material you want to make them out of. You’ll find designs for any type of chair, sofa, recliner, dining room chair as well as a folding chair.
Choosing the style and design is all up to you, but regardless of which way you go you will find folding chair slip covers to be a great way to bring those old chairs some new life.
By: Terry Edwards