Loose covers

[Guest guest]

I'm sure someone(s) here will have some experience of making loose covers.

I'm hoping to revamp an old armchair - it has wooden arms so only the

upholstered back and seat cushion need to be covered. I have a couple of

books with instructions in them, but I wondered how easy it would actually

be in practise. (I've done a fair bit of dressmaking in the past, but seem

only to manage mending and sewing lables into school uniforms these days!)

It's going to be in DS1's bed room so the occasional wash will be necessary

and it won't be treated with loving care! Do you think that using velcro or

popper strip would be better than a zip - so that it would just come open

rather than tear if it gets some rough and tumble treatment from the boys?

Some how I can't see that just covering it with a throw is a viable

alternative as it would always be 'thrown' on the floor along with the dirty

socks! (I keep hoping that leaving dirty socks about the place is a phase,

but it has been going on rather a long time.....)

Liz Goudie

[Guest guest]

Liz, I've never done it, but can't imagine it would be *terribly* hard -

just fiddly and requiring concentration (oh, famous last words!) Jocasta

Innes has some instructions that look reasonably intuitive in her Thrifty

Decorator book (or similar title - my sister's pinched it so am not

absolutely sure...)

I'd go for velcro rather than zips or poppers - then it will come apart

rather than tear, but if it shrinks in the wash, the velcro will stick to

the fabric underneath, too which poppers and zips wouldn't.

Vicki Portman

http://www.plushpants.co.uk

Loose covers

> I'm sure someone(s) here will have some experience of making loose covers.

> I'm hoping to revamp an old armchair - it has wooden arms so only the

> upholstered back and seat cushion need to be covered. I have a couple of

> books with instructions in them, but I wondered how easy it would actually

> be in practise. (I've done a fair bit of dressmaking in the past, but seem

> only to manage mending and sewing lables into school uniforms these days!)

> It's going to be in DS1's bed room so the occasional wash will be

necessary

> and it won't be treated with loving care! Do you think that using velcro

or

> popper strip would be better than a zip - so that it would just come open

> rather than tear if it gets some rough and tumble treatment from the boys?

> Some how I can't see that just covering it with a throw is a viable

> alternative as it would always be 'thrown' on the floor along with the

dirty

> socks! (I keep hoping that leaving dirty socks about the place is a

phase,

> but it has been going on rather a long time.....)

> Liz Goudie

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