Comments on: Thinking about slipcovers

By: lisaroyhandbags

lisaroyhandbags — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:38:04 +0000

I think we were separated at birth! I'm a moving fanatic as well (we've moved about 21 times) and even in the 4 years in Ireland, we lived in 4 different places!
I sewed up a slipcover about 10 years ago for my sofa and chair. Not that difficult, just time-consuming and a huge amount of fabric to handle in an apartment.

We sold our white slipcovered sofa before moving to Dubai and just purchased an English roll arm in natural linen. LOVE IT! My plan is to make a white slipcover for it as well and have already purchased the white twill fabric for it. After 10 years of white sofas, we just can't imagine not being able to just bleach out spots and have a "new" fresh sofa on a regular basis. The last time I made one I swore never again, but how soon we forget about the bad parts!

I've got 2 leather club chairs I'm going to slipcover as well so let's see if I have any sanity left after all this! :)

By: Rachel May

Rachel May — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:40:00 +0000

I'm a big fan of the ruffle at the bottom of those slipcovers! Great idea.

Sewing a slipcover isn't very difficult. I took fabric and draped it over my couch, pinned and cut and pinned and cut, drew some lines with a fabric marker and sewed it. It's not too bad if you aren't doing a pattern. But you also have to make sure that your sewing machine can handle the thickness of the fabric you're sewing (I used canvas and my regular sewing machine handled it just fine).

Hope this helps! I love all of your furniture refinishing posts!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:07:51 +0000

I would LOVE to see some kind of slipcover pattern or recommendation for rolled arm/Bridgewater sofas. I currently own a traditional-looking one as a loveseat in a white/gray damask (thrift store find) and I need a better way to keep it clean. However, I've tried all the typical loveseat slipcovers and they just don't work. I look forward to a followup post!!

By: Naomi@DesignManifest

Naomi@DesignManifest — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:05:34 +0000

You selling those gorgeous chairs! You ARE crazy.

No I'm kidding. I think it's good to be settled for another year. Should be interesting to see how you change things up in the apartment.

Whereas I'm thinking about breaking my lease and moving after month 9....