Welding Month Part 2

So as part of welding month I was going to fix up this chair. I found it on the side of the road and thought it was so cool.

                                                                              

I'm not sure how it got into the state it's in now but I was planning on using my "girl power" to straighten it out. 

I thought I could weld some patches to fix these rusted out parts then repaint the whole chair. No luck. I can't get the metal to bend back the way it was. I'm not ready to give up though; might have to enlist the help of the husband and his "man power"... Stay tuned, I may have a new patio chair eventually!

Anyone else have projects they start but don't go according to plan?