This is my first attempt on SEWING (w/a REAL Sewing machine!) a Couch cover.
Notice in my refreshing the cabinet, the picture of my couches?
I was SOOO over the floral print!
Soooo I decided to cover my couch. I had a vintage chenille bedspread for a long time......
It is soooo cute! it is white with white flowers. I loved it. SO I really took a leap of faith cutting it up & sewing it, for fear I would ruin my favorite bedspread! Ok you got to know... And my girls will testify to this.... I DONT sew!
Oh I fake it pretty good! I mean....hand me a glue gun or duct tape or even a stapler or pins I can force anything to stay together!
(except John & Kate or or Brad & Jen.....Sorry!)
But the mighty sewing machine has threatend me for years!
I think it started in home-ec, my teacher used my peices as the "do not do" examples! AND she sent a picture of me holding my sewing attempts around to local fabric stores, with a warning "DO NOT sell to this girl! She will just kill & torture the innocent fabric" (true story!) sooooooo
It took me 3 days to get the courge up to finally sew it AFTER I pinned it all,
Draw back to tables.... I can't get the "old smokers" smell out... even AFTER they were sanded & Spray painted, Starlee says they stink like a "old smoking crazy cat lady's house!" huh?
Any suggestions on how to get the smell out?
what do you think w/ a rug or without?
Notice in my refreshing the cabinet, the picture of my couches?
I was SOOO over the floral print!
Soooo I decided to cover my couch. I had a vintage chenille bedspread for a long time......
It is soooo cute! it is white with white flowers. I loved it. SO I really took a leap of faith cutting it up & sewing it, for fear I would ruin my favorite bedspread! Ok you got to know... And my girls will testify to this.... I DONT sew!
Oh I fake it pretty good! I mean....hand me a glue gun or duct tape or even a stapler or pins I can force anything to stay together!
(except John & Kate or or Brad & Jen.....Sorry!)
But the mighty sewing machine has threatend me for years!
I think it started in home-ec, my teacher used my peices as the "do not do" examples! AND she sent a picture of me holding my sewing attempts around to local fabric stores, with a warning "DO NOT sell to this girl! She will just kill & torture the innocent fabric" (true story!) sooooooo
It took me 3 days to get the courge up to finally sew it AFTER I pinned it all,
*No fabric has been harmed in the making of this couch cover
I am women HEAR me roar!!
Draw back to tables.... I can't get the "old smokers" smell out... even AFTER they were sanded & Spray painted, Starlee says they stink like a "old smoking crazy cat lady's house!" huh?
Any suggestions on how to get the smell out?
what do you think w/ a rug or without?Next stop..... my love seat!
Oh yeah, NOTE: to my friends... DID you know they MAKE couch cover PATTERNS!!!
Oh yeah, NOTE: to my friends... DID you know they MAKE couch cover PATTERNS!!!
Thanks for telling me!!
6 comments:
Rosie, you are so funny! You did great on the couch cover. Maybe you will have courage to try something else. I think you actually are quite incredible. A couch cover is quite the challenge. Did you do it without a pattern? Amazing. I can't do that.
Another subject. . .Karilyn told me about your testimony today. Loved it! You are great!
Looks so great. I am way impressed!
Wow Ma! That looks awesome! I can't believe you did that! Ha ha I love it!
once again you crack me up! you did awesome on the couch covers, were they really hard? becuase i need my couches covered bad!! about the smoke smell, I heard oxy crystals and vinegar gets the smell out. it might stink like vinegar for a few days until it drys but at least it wont smell like smoke! good luck with that
I always use fresh lemon juice and salt to clean my cutting board {especially needed after preparing fish.} not only does it clean and sanitize, but it gets the "stick out"} Although I think that's a step you need to do Before you paint. but there you have it for future reference. and the cover looks great!
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