We've inherited my wonderful neighbors love seat and I love the shape of it but it is in need of reupholstering. Also, it happens to be almost the same color as our sofa and I don't want our living room to be too matchy matchy. Since the tight budget is always into play, I have to get crafty on this one. Of course I have a stash of fabrics so hopefully I can do this whole job FREE!
Here's what the sofa looks like now:
I do not have a before shot of the little pillows that came with it but below is me sewing the new covers for the pillows.
I briefly worked in a fabric store so I have some discontinued samples I kept in hopes of making pillows with them. Turns out these little samples were exactly the size I needed for my two pillows!
Close up of fabric.
There is a slight pattern so I had to make sure to center it before cutting the two sides.
Sewing the cording was a first for me. I have made pillows before, just not with cording. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be. It takes time getting used to sewing it into the seam of the pillow though.
This is my moms AWESOME new sewing machine!! It's a Brother and it makes sewing so unbelievably easy!! It's all computerized so there isn't even a foot pedal! I think I can sew in almost half the time with this new machine.
It has a TOUCH SCREEN!!
OK, sorry for the tangent about awesome sewing machine but here's one of the pillows pretty much done. I just have to hand stitch the last bit to close it. No zippers here. Silk is involved so I am not about to wash that! The cording is this beautiful lime green/goldish silk I stole from my mom. SSsshhhh...
I hope to cover the sofa in this fun Florence Braudhurst fabric one of my friends gave me in NYC.
Unfortunately I think I am 2 yards short of being able to use it!! Here it is with the little pillows:
The drapes are the same fabric as the cording so you can get a better idea of the color. If I can't use this fabric then I might do a rich navy blue instead. I hope not though because like I said, I hope to do this whole project fo FREE!
-BOO
4 comments:
I love that blue fabric! If you don't have enough for the sofa, maybe you can use it for a chair or some more pillows.
That sewing machine is TRULY awesome!!!!
Aunt Diyenne
Love it! Make it work!
Maybe you can use a different fabric for the cushions so that there is enough for the rest of the couch?
i think i have a major crush on that awesome sewing machine!
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