tkme4ard
06-25-2003, 08:17 AM
First I bought those long T pins and reupholstry sewing needles and I used white thread on my brown. Yes I know but you don't see it and in case I needed to rip anything out I wanted to be able to see what I was doing. Also heather suggested I use a satefy stitch which I did but I set the stitch length on 4 other wise it was too close together. I have had my fabric for oh gosh um 3 months now? And it took me forever to get up the gumption to do it. So on saturday I go to Joann's get my stuff pull out the fabric and start pinning/cutting at 4. I didn't follow heather's directions and I probably should have ROFL But I had a hard time getting the front to not pleat so I went another way.
heather's directions were to take the fabric salvedge edge on the floor right side against sofa and meet in the middle back so that you went all the way around the sofa. Pin the middle togetherthen push the fabric in towards the sofa where there is a curve or where you want a seam to be that's where you pin. Get as close to the sofa as you can. Triim off excess fabric about a inch from pins and sew along your pin line. This is a more taylored look since it's completely sewn like a slip cover. But it's alos a PITB to get off and get back on since your couch is bigger at the top then the bottom and the curves to contend with.
mine on the other hand.... First I took the end of the fabric and found the direction I wanted it to go for the front arm pieces pinned it to the front and cut around it about 2 1/2 inces from where I wanted to sew I took that one off and cut another using that as a pattern for the other side then I took a long rectangle layed it across the bottom of the seat eara and let it touch the floor I pinned those three pieces together and sewed (2 front arms and seat bottom and front bottom) I brought those back over to the sofa (again right side against sofa) lined it up where I wanted it and stuck a couple pins in each front to hold it in place. Next I took the fabric from the floor smoothed next to the sofa up and over the arm. Pinned, cut then sewn to front of arm and bottom seat area. I then turned it right side out and checked for fit/line on sofa. Turned it back wrong side out put back on sofa next part was the seat back up and over back of sofa for back portion. Pinned the bottom and sides and up and over to the back and only sewed about 4 inches from the top the rest of the flap I left open. and I didn't cut as close as I did before I left about 6 inches down the sides from both the sides and the back fabric. I sewed that part together slipped it back on right side out. One last check to make sure every seam was sewn correctly then I pleated the back corners and stapled it down the back flap I could have sewn down with a curved upholstrly needle and I'm still contemplating it even though the back I didn't do that greata job on BUT at this point it was 9 the children were needing to go to bed and I was done messing with it LOL. The next day I flipped it over and trimmed/stapled the bottom on.
The only thing I can suggest is to try the arm first by laying on a big piece of scrap material and pin to the curve and cut off excess fabric and sew that pin line to see how easy it really is so that you know you can do it. If reading this doesn't make sense I can do that on the corner and takes pics so maybe it might help but once you get going it makes perfect sense.I'm going to make arm covers anyway...
Angela
PS if you can do this kid free it wouldn't have taken so long to do it ROFL I also ate dinner, chatted with the nieghbor for a few had bella crawling on th efabric or sitting in my lap while pinning/ cutting yelling at john to take her ever 10 minutes LOL I would definantly do it again though :) I'm scouring every where now for a used arm chair/ ottomen to do next LOL
heather's directions were to take the fabric salvedge edge on the floor right side against sofa and meet in the middle back so that you went all the way around the sofa. Pin the middle togetherthen push the fabric in towards the sofa where there is a curve or where you want a seam to be that's where you pin. Get as close to the sofa as you can. Triim off excess fabric about a inch from pins and sew along your pin line. This is a more taylored look since it's completely sewn like a slip cover. But it's alos a PITB to get off and get back on since your couch is bigger at the top then the bottom and the curves to contend with.
mine on the other hand.... First I took the end of the fabric and found the direction I wanted it to go for the front arm pieces pinned it to the front and cut around it about 2 1/2 inces from where I wanted to sew I took that one off and cut another using that as a pattern for the other side then I took a long rectangle layed it across the bottom of the seat eara and let it touch the floor I pinned those three pieces together and sewed (2 front arms and seat bottom and front bottom) I brought those back over to the sofa (again right side against sofa) lined it up where I wanted it and stuck a couple pins in each front to hold it in place. Next I took the fabric from the floor smoothed next to the sofa up and over the arm. Pinned, cut then sewn to front of arm and bottom seat area. I then turned it right side out and checked for fit/line on sofa. Turned it back wrong side out put back on sofa next part was the seat back up and over back of sofa for back portion. Pinned the bottom and sides and up and over to the back and only sewed about 4 inches from the top the rest of the flap I left open. and I didn't cut as close as I did before I left about 6 inches down the sides from both the sides and the back fabric. I sewed that part together slipped it back on right side out. One last check to make sure every seam was sewn correctly then I pleated the back corners and stapled it down the back flap I could have sewn down with a curved upholstrly needle and I'm still contemplating it even though the back I didn't do that greata job on BUT at this point it was 9 the children were needing to go to bed and I was done messing with it LOL. The next day I flipped it over and trimmed/stapled the bottom on.
The only thing I can suggest is to try the arm first by laying on a big piece of scrap material and pin to the curve and cut off excess fabric and sew that pin line to see how easy it really is so that you know you can do it. If reading this doesn't make sense I can do that on the corner and takes pics so maybe it might help but once you get going it makes perfect sense.I'm going to make arm covers anyway...
Angela
PS if you can do this kid free it wouldn't have taken so long to do it ROFL I also ate dinner, chatted with the nieghbor for a few had bella crawling on th efabric or sitting in my lap while pinning/ cutting yelling at john to take her ever 10 minutes LOL I would definantly do it again though :) I'm scouring every where now for a used arm chair/ ottomen to do next LOL