Upholstery: Making progress

Slow but steady...

It's not totally finished.  I still have some stapling to do on the underside of the seat cushion.  Only 2 more backs and 2 more seats to go!  

Upholstery: Outdoor furniture

I’ve started my next upholstery project...

One cushion down, 5 to go!

New upholstery project

I've got another upholstery project lined up.  Check out my girlie balcony furniture.

It's a bit tough to see the pattern...but think pale blue and yellow roses.  I purchased this pre-the Crafting Widower coming into my life.  I figured that it could use an update...something brighter and more  fun.  Check out a sample of the fabric that I purchased from IKEA this weekend.  

Mountains, trees and goats, oh-my!  OK, there will still be some flowers, but isn't it fun!  I probably won't get around to starting the project until the weekend...it's a busy week for me with lots of extra-curricular activities.  

Upholstery Experiments

Check out me modeling our new bedroom window seat! 

The review:

Things I’m not so happy about – My zipper experiment was a bust.  I decided to add a 2.5 ft zipper to the back.  I’m not planning on changing the cover very often but I thought that it would be good opportunity to try sewing in a zipper and it would also be easier to zip the cushion in place than to try to sew it in by hand.  Well, the zipper was a total failure – it is sooo wavy.  The zipper is just not lying flat.  Check it out.

I’ll have to do some research into what I did wrong.  Maybe the tension of my sewing machine?    I also have to make a couple of adjustments to the front corners…a trapezoid probably isn’t the best choice for a first upholstery project!   

Things I’m happy about - Luckily, the zipper is on the back side so you don’t really notice those ugly bits unless you are looking for them.  Overall, I’m quite pleased with the results.  It’s nice to finally have a cushion on our window seat and I think it looks pretty darn good.  And, it’s a great place to relax and to flip through my crafting books!

I’ll have to get a few more throw cushions.  Our couch is looking a little bare without those pillows.

Upholstery Experiments

We have a couple of lovely window seats in our condo.  One in our living room and one in our bedroom.  We’ve been in our place for nearly 1 year now and there is still no comfy cushions on our window seats.  That's about to change...at least in our bedroom.  Here's a photo of our bedroom window seat.

It's an old photo - just when we were buying the place.  That's the Crafting Widower measuring up the room (sorry, still no camera). 

This past weekend, I went to my new favourite shop, Dressew, and I bought some cheap upholstery fabric - $30 for 3m of fabric.  A bargain for upholstery fabric!  I didn't want to spend too much money on my first attempt - just in case I screw it up.  I just picked up my piece of foam from the “Foam Shop” today, so now I'm ready to go.  Let the experimenting begin!