highchair

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I have two sons, Matty and Noah.
This is the story of their highchair cushion.



So years ago, when Matty turned like 8 months or so, we got tired of feeding him in his little blue rocking chair thingie, so we headed to Target to spring for a highchair. (Poor sentence structure alert!)
The selection was ick then.
But it was more about function and price than anything else.

This is what we got:



And really, the ONLY reason it even looks cute is because of Matty's sweet face. Aww, he's so little here! (Where did 4 years go???)

We put the highchair away once Matty was big enough for the table.
And then along came Noah.
He too started out his solid food days in a wee infant chair.
But when he turned about 7 months, we knew we needed to go get the highchair.
It's actually still in near perfect condition.
Save maybe for one stubborn-ass Blues Clues sticker that just won't come off!
I refuse to spend too much time on it though, save my sanity.

Anyhoodle, I was right sick of looking at that beige (BEIGE!) seat cushion, so I set to work to make a new cover.
The home decor fabric that I picked up was on sale and I only needed a yard of it, so it was about 6 bucks.
I picked red because red is AWESOME. And it has dots!
I wanted to do it with minimal spending of the dollars, so instead of buying batting, I simply made the cover double-sided and slipped the old (washed!) cover inside, then stitched it up.
Kinda like a duvet cover? Minus the buttons.
I needed to add the little elastic doohickies on the bottom so it attached firmly to the chair itself. That was easy.
And I made a hole for the um, stem thing? Yeah, that was a bit more challenging, but I survived. Used a zigstitch for that.
And well, that's about it.
It came out a bit smaller than the original cover, my head got wonky regarding the seam allowance, oops.

I like it though.
My husband Mike said it's fantastic and this pleases me.
Noah, well, he looked at it and pounded on the tray. Which I took as a sign of approval. And a sign for more Cheerios.
Kids.









Hopefully you have enjoyed this domestic post?
And doesn't it make you want to re-use instead of buy new?
Yes!
: )
Happy Monday and cheers!




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