Hippie Chair gets a new life
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craftgrrlThe other night I saw an old glider chair in the basement of my apartment building with a sign on it saying "FREE chair - going to the dump on Friday". Well, "FREE" is well within my preferred price range. My friend helped me haul it upstairs, where it sat for a few days looking hideous and smelling like patchouli.
Ew.
I spent a few hours today watching The Larry Sanders Show and making new cushion covers for it. I was able to fix the original zippers and use them in the new covers. I used the cushions inside, but they were yellow in colour and kind of thin, so I sewed a layer of white quilt batting over them to give them a little oomph. I used a piece of upholstery fabric I loved and bought for cheap years ago with no purpose in mind, and two pretty buttons with birds on them that I bought also for an unknown project. I had a little fabric left over, so I sewed a little extra cushion for the chair. I think it turned out really well!
Lovely fabric!
The sewing job is pretty rough... I like to eyeball everything, and that shows, but overall I'm satisfied with it.
Pretty bird button:
I'm half tempted to paint the wooden part of the chair white. It's pretty sad looking as is. But I don't think I'll be bothered... it looks like it would be really hard to paint neatly, and I also don't want to risk messing up the gears or anything.
Ew.
I spent a few hours today watching The Larry Sanders Show and making new cushion covers for it. I was able to fix the original zippers and use them in the new covers. I used the cushions inside, but they were yellow in colour and kind of thin, so I sewed a layer of white quilt batting over them to give them a little oomph. I used a piece of upholstery fabric I loved and bought for cheap years ago with no purpose in mind, and two pretty buttons with birds on them that I bought also for an unknown project. I had a little fabric left over, so I sewed a little extra cushion for the chair. I think it turned out really well!
Lovely fabric!
The sewing job is pretty rough... I like to eyeball everything, and that shows, but overall I'm satisfied with it.
Pretty bird button:
I'm half tempted to paint the wooden part of the chair white. It's pretty sad looking as is. But I don't think I'll be bothered... it looks like it would be really hard to paint neatly, and I also don't want to risk messing up the gears or anything.
