Slipcovering an old Lounge Chair

It's done! You may remember that one of my plans for this year was to try and take an upholstery class so I could reupholster this old chair. It belonged to my parents who bought it when they first got married. They gave it to the hubs and I when we bought our first home when we were young and furnitureless.

I love this old chair, it's comfy and a good scale for our living room. Not to big or bulky, just right! And I thought it had good lines, just needed some new upholstery. Well, I have yet to take an upholstery class but decided slipcovering would be a good option. I searched and searched for quite some time for just the right fabric for it.

The first thing I did was cut off the old skirt to expose the wooden legs underneath.

Next I used an old sheet to make a template for each piece I needed. This is my most ambitious sewing project yet. I'm not a proffesional seamstress so I wanted to make sure I was doing this right. And I didn't want to risk wasting my nice fabric with any mistakes I might make. This also allowed me to line up the pattern where I wanted it.

After I cut all my pieces out of my new fabric I refitted them on the chair again to find the lines I was going to sew along.



Then sewed it all up! I am so proud and excited about this project I can barely contain myself.

And check out the cute wooden legs that have been hiding under the skirt all these years!

For details on how I did this check out my post here.