Bill and I love to have date nights at Home Depot or Lowes. It was on one of those nights that I saw these drop cloths.
I looked at them and thought it would be great for a table cloth or upholstery.
But... no... I thought, that is crazy, it's a drop cloth. Nobody makes stuff out of drop cloths. So I walked away!
Well, low and behold, I started seeing drop cloths all over the internet.
I ran back to Lowes to get some.
I spent a lot of time over Spring Break looking at this chair.
I ran back to Lowes to get some.
I spent a lot of time over Spring Break looking at this chair.
I knew I made a mistake shortly after I bought it. I loved it when I was into Robin's egg blue and brown. As per my history, I should have known not to get a pattern. I thought I had learned my lesson after my country blue couch fiasco.
Living with a couch I hated was a painful lesson and one I thought I'd never repeat.
I did with this chair.
It was fine until I found this at an antique shop.
At first I was only going to bring purple into the guest room. Read about it here.
I loved that platter so much that it never made it upstairs.
There was no way I could keep it contained in dining area and it spilled into the living room as well.
I finally found some pillows and a throw to add to the room.
Purple accents were scarce in 2010 for some reason.
Anyway, as soon as I found some fabric pieces to layer in, the color just popped out of my art.
Can you believe this painting came from a garage sale? It was $8.00 about 17 years ago. I have been in love with it ever since.
The chair was not coordinating.
I used the drop cloths I had on hand.
I sewed around three sides and boxed the corners. There are tutorials out there about how to box the corners. The fourth side is closed with hot glue!
I cut a piece for the back, hemmed it and tacked it in place with upholstery tacks. I know this is not the best wood because the tacks Bill rejected for his leather chair project went right in.
I tacked the inside back the same way.
The bottom needed a skirt I cut out the corners for the legs and hemmed.
Here she is. I love the casual rumpled feel of it.
The little needlepoint pillow came from the resale shop.
One of my darling students gave me the tulips.
I can't wait for more drop cloth inspiration.
Curtains next?
I can probably even get them in the width and length I need.
Now I am not sure it was exactly an hour. But I put in a movie and still had tons of time to lay on the couch while the movie finished.
I am so glad I learned to sew!
Sprinkled with drop cloths,
Katie
I am so glad I learned to sew!
Sprinkled with drop cloths,
Katie
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