How to Make Slipcovers
Designing, Measuring, and Sewing Perfect-Fit Slipcovers for Chairs, Sofas, and Ottomans. A Storey BASICS® Title
Published on 6. July 2015
128 pages
978-1-61212-526-8 (ISBN)
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Give your favorite furniture a new look! Patricia Hoskins, co-author of the best-selling One-Yard Wonders, offers simple, step-by-step, illustrated instructions for making your own slipcovers for dining chairs, easy chairs, ottomans, and sofas with either loose back pillows or fixed cushions. She explains exactly how to complete every step of the process, from choosing the best fabrics to calculating yardage, sewing curved seams, creating mitered corners, applying trims, and finishing with zippers, envelope backs, or ties.
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How to Make Slipcovers
Designing, Measuring, and Sewing Perfect-Fit Slipcovers for Chairs, Sofas, and Ottomans. A Storey BASICS (R) Title
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06/2015
Storey Publishing LLC
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Patricia Hoskins is the co-owner of Crafty Planet, a retail fabric and needlework store and craft workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has designed several of the patterns used in Crafty Planet classes. She enjoys knitting, crocheting, spinning, sewing, quilting, embroidery, and cross-stitching and is a graduate of American University, the University of Oregon, and the University of Missouri-Columbia Library Science program. She is the author of How to Make Slipcovers and is a co-author of One-Yard Wonders, Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders, and Little One-Yard Wonders.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- CHAPTER ONE: Slipcover Design and Assembly
- Step-by-Step Overview
- Materials and Tools
- CHAPTER TWO: Choosing Fabrics
- Considerations
- Fibers
- Fabrics
- CHAPTER THREE: Trims
- The Basics
- Make Your Own Welting
- Making Bias Strips
- How to Baste Welting Together
- CHAPTER FOUR: Special Techniques
- Finessing Seams
- Shaping
- Inserting Trims
- Adding a Zipper Closure
- Adding Ties
- CHAPTER FIVE: Anatomy of a Slipcover
- Naming Body Parts
- Ottomans and Stools
- Straight Chairs without Arms
- Armchairs and Sofas
- Cushions
- CHAPTER SIX: Style Your Skirt
- Flat Skirts
- Pleats
- Gathers
- Hems
- Making and Attaching Bias Strips
- CHAPTER SEVEN: Yardage Requirements
- Things to Consider
- Ballparking Yardage
- Pattern Repeats
- Panel Piecing Tips
- CHAPTER EIGHT: Projects
- Pinning, Fitting, and Basting
- Rectangular Ottoman Slipcover
- Round Stool Slipcover
- Straight Chair Slipcover
- Armchair or Sofa Slipcover
- Zippered Seat Cushion or Back Cushion
- Appendix
- Sample Cutting Layouts
- Standard Metric Conversion Formulas and Equivalents
- Index
