Sometimes it seems crazy, but I love to slipcover things. I have slipcovered my family room table because I thought it was ugly, I have slipcovered my couch twice, my bedroom headboard, and 3 chairs and some seats. My husband doesn't understand my obsession, but there is something wonderful in creating a new object and transforming it. My most recent slipcover is slipcover #2 on my bedroom couch. It was originally dark blue with cat scratchings from my mom and I have since slipcovered it twice. The first time was when I had a purple and tan bedroom and now it is red, harvest gold and olive green with lots of cream accents. My mother in law found a matlasse throw for $1 with some stains. I cut it up, added some fabric samples from the designer in my family plus remnants from JoAnn fabrics and voila! I recovered the throw pillow, too. I cut off a family heirloom pillow case that was ripped and made a topper for the pillow. Great reuse! H & I are still working on her Christmas quilt and my duvet, but I should finish the binding today before the end of the day. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. My etsy shop has free shipping on any items thru December 1.
This couch is sooooo old, handed down from my mom with cat scratches from her cat on the upholstery. This is its 3rd time being recovered. It just really serves a purpose in our bedroom, so we keep it. My MIL had a bolt of this mustard courderoy so I used that for the base and then used Loopy Vintage floral from Jennifer Paganelli for accents on the couch and piping on the pillows. The bird print is from French General's Pom Pom de Paris and is called Le France. We'll see how long this recover lasts!
