Everything Old is Old!!!

You see I had this old chair and I wasn't really happy with it, the cushion cover had some stains that I didn't care for so I tried to wash the cover...it shrank so badly that it wouldn't fit back on the cushion. Happy accident? Maybe. Anyway, here is a picture of the chair, front and back. To be honest, the proportions look different in the picture than they do in person. Hmm, I think it's that way for me too.

 Kind of yucky, if I do say so myself.  I was looking at Pinterest and came across this Blog where the gal reupholstered a chair using old lace and doilies...I didn't have any lace but did have a plethora of old doilies. I tea dyed them to give them a sort of uniform color and got a couple of tubes of fabric glue and I was off.

 This is one piece that went all the way around the chair...wow!!! I was lucky there, saved a lot of time.

Close up of the side , under the arm, I'm liking this so far.

 I got the upper back and arms covered and I ran out of glue. It took more than I expected, always does.

 While I was waiting to go to the store for more glue I "auditioned" different pieces of doilies that I had on hand. I would pin them in place and check out how they fit.

 OK!!!! Got more glue and again I'm on my way...this is fun and sort of easy, sore back though, from bending over the chair for so long.

 This is the inside arm and back and I must say that the color looks more yellow then it really is.. it is the color of tea, really.

 The back I had to sew on with needle and thread, yuk, that was hard. Also, in real life, you can't see the under fabric like you can in the picture...must be the flash that does that.

 This is the "finished" chair..sort of, I still have to make a cushion and I'm going to use an old bedspread that I tea dyed  and I'm going to make a few pillow covers from the bedspread as well, those I will sew up by machine.

Well, this project was fun and I really do like the chair, what do you think? Let me know.  Now I've got to get back to painting, staining, sanding some of the items for our sale.. things are shaping up pretty well for that. I just hope it doesn't rain, I don't want to have to have it in the house.




That's all for this week...so



From My Porch to Yours,



Have a Blessed week