It took me several days to finish the first one, working about an hour at night after work. I was terrified I was going to royally mess up, so I tried to go as slow and methodically as possible. The second one was much quicker. I couldn't figure out the tension on my sewing machine, so I ended up hand stitching the welting which took up the largest part of the project.
Originally, I didn't think the leopard would work at all. I was looking for a much more colorful print. However, I couldn't find anything, and since I already had the leopard, I decided to try it. After all, if it was awful I could always stop and keep fabric shopping. However, I don't think I could have found a better fabric. To me, it looks like how the chairs should have originally looked. I like it much better than the stripes.
Proof positive that leopard print is a neutral. It's also a very forgiving pattern for the inexperienced reupholsterer.
Now I'm on the lookout for a Docksta table on Craigslist to finish out this corner.
You should submit this to Better After, it looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Elisa! I didn't know what "Better After" was so I googled it. How have I never seen that site before? I wasted like an hour and a half going through the backlog. I submitted my chairs, so now I'm holding my breath to see if she'll feature it.
DeleteWow! These chairs are super cute. Love the leopard mixed with the dark wood - modern and classic beautifully mixed.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kelly! You have one super cute little girl!
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