Dropcloth Slipcover.

Here she is!

And here she was:

The chair was made in a slipcover style, NOT an actual slipcover.  And, it had seen better days.   The ottoman is actually slip covered, and I plan on redoing that too.

On an easiness scale of 1-10, 10 being simplest, I rate this a 6.   It was actually pretty easy, it was just time consuming.   I went without any special cording or piping, as I just wanted to see if I could get the thing made at all, even in a simple form.  :)

It took two drop cloths to complete this project, which at around $15 each, cost $30.

Someone who is more skilled than I might be able to get by with only one, but I had to make a few extra cuts and had quite a few scraps.

My process was simple, and I really just figured it out as I went.  I'm sure a google search on dropcloth slipcover tutorial would come up with something for those of you who would want a step by step.

I did take a few photos along the way though, and here they are.

The easiest way to describe my method was to pin all of the pieces together, then just slip it off and take it over to the sewing machine.

Photo courtesy of my five year old.  haha.

Once sewn and trimmed up, it looked something like this.

I continued piece by piece until I had the whole thing sewn together, just inside out.

Then, I flipped it to show the right side.

At this point I still needed to finish off the bottom hem, so I pinned until it was level all the way around, and then double sewed a hem.

For the cushion, I created flaps, somewhat like a box and ties to hold it all together. 

And here it is in the Nursery Nook.

With the ottoman, that I haven't quite decided what to do with yet, haha.

-Courtney

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