Sweet Chair Update

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$12
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Last year, I found this adorable chair at a thrift shop for $5. It's been sitting in my garage ever since. Recently I've been rummaging through my things to find pieces for the little retail space I am renting with my friend. It's in a tea house so we are striving for a French Vintage vibe. I saw her in the corner a knew exactly what we were going to do. It's almost Tea Time!

Humble beginnings. A good wipe down, removed the seat, staples, and fabric, inspected the foam, and it was good to go. Note: the chair frame was already the right color and perfectly distressed, saving me time and money on this project.

I used the old fabric as a pattern to cut the two layers of muslin and seat fabric.

When laying out the pattern, it's important to center the print.

Once cut, I laid the muslin down first, then the fabric...smoothing it out over the foam. I then turned the seat over and stapled in place, pulling it taut and folding in the corners neatly.

I cut coordinating fabric and made a ruffle long enough to run the length of three sides of the seat. I stapled it to the frame. Next, I stapled cording all around the seat frame, over the ruffle.

I screwed the seat cushion back onto the chair frame, lining it up to sandwich the ruffle and cording neatly in between.

And here she is, all ready for High Tea! Not quite so humble anymore.

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  • Deb Deb on May 18, 2019

    What is the purpose of the two layers of muslin under the main fabric?

  • Debbie Debbie on May 25, 2019

    This is beautiful and I have a similar chair which has been waiting for me.

    My question is about the ruffle. Is the bottom of the ruffle raw edge or did you hem it? As I look at the pictures it appears in one of them the edge is raw. Thanking you in advance, Debbie

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  • Zsara Hamlin Zsara Hamlin on May 29, 2019

    I don’t sew. Did you have to sew the ruffle?

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    • Linda Hornig Linda Hornig on Jun 17, 2019

      You could also gather the fabric with a needle and thread using a running stitch. Tie it off at the length of gathered fabric you need, and then staple as shown.

  • Bgray Bgray on Jun 30, 2019

    Cute!!!

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