| Making your own slipcovers for your chairs and | | | | down and a ruler could be ill-suited for all the curves. |
| couches is a very inexpensive way of changing the | | | | Use a measuring tape instead. Write all the |
| overall look of your furniture for the better. Not only will | | | | measurements down on a piece of paper. |
| it give you enough elbow room when it comes to | | | | 3. Using your measuring tape and chalk, try to draw |
| design, the savings that you'll get will definitely add up. | | | | the measurements on a large piece of paper which will |
| Slipcover basics | | | | serve as your pattern when you transferring the |
| Initially, making slipcovers for your couch, loveseat, | | | | measurements on to the fabric. You may need to |
| recliners and dining chairs is relatively easy and at the | | | | keep a close eye on your chair to get it right. For this |
| same time complicated. Choosing the fabrics and | | | | part, you need not rush. Take your time and make |
| designs for them is the easy part, measuring and | | | | sure that you get all the measurements and curves |
| cutting the layout of the patterns from your fabric is | | | | right. |
| something else. | | | | 4. After you have successfully made the layout that |
| Romina Abrigo Editor of the "Sewing Machines For | | | | will serve as a pattern for your fabric, you may now |
| Sale" website -- -- pointed out; | | | | proceed to cutting. Compare each part of the pattern |
| "…One very useful tip is choosing the fabric after | | | | to the chair. This will ensure your accuracy. |
| measuring your chair and after you've finished cutting | | | | Once all the measurements are done, and the patterns |
| the layout. This is where your savings will add up. If | | | | are all accounted for, you can now proceed to |
| you know the exact measurements, getting the right | | | | choosing the perfect fabric and design for you chair. |
| size of the fabric will be a breeze, and you won't need | | | | Fabric and design |
| to waste any during the cutting process…" Added | | | | The fabric that you plan to use for you slipcover must |
| Romina Abrigo | | | | accentuate the entire ambience of your room. Various |
| Measuring tips | | | | fabrics have their own unique designs and are readily |
| Since taking all the measurements of your couch is a | | | | available on the market today. Some of these fabrics |
| painstaking task and might consume more time than | | | | include solids, prints, plush, toile, stripes and plaids. |
| putting it all together, this is the most crucial part in | | | | You need to consider the design of the fabric used |
| making your very own slipcover - one wrong slip and | | | | before you start cutting it up for your slipcovers. |
| you might end up wasting a lot of fabric. | | | | Those with patterns like stripes and plaids needs to be |
| Here are some very useful tips to make sure that you | | | | well thought out since you don't want to look at your |
| get it right the first time around: | | | | chair and get a feel of slapdash or a messy design. |
| 1. Assign a letter for every curve of your chair. Paying | | | | You need to make sure that the pattern will fit the |
| attention to the details could simplify your workload | | | | overall design of both the slipcover and the sofa. |
| rather than complicate it. Example: for an armchair, its | | | | Lay the fabric on the sofa to determine the location of |
| parts include the back rest (both front and back), arm | | | | the pattern on the chair. Once you think the pattern is |
| rest (both inside, outside and front), and the front | | | | in the right place, you can now mark down the location |
| gusset. Assign a letter for the length and width of | | | | and proceed with cutting the fabric using the pattern |
| each part. | | | | that you made earlier. |
| 2. Measure your chair carefully. This is the most | | | | "…You might think that making your own slipcover is |
| important step in making your slipcover. A ruler would | | | | impossible. |
| be useless for this task since most chairs are padded | | | | |