Ta-Da

Ok girls, I kind of did the slipcover...sort of not finished. 

Before ugly gold chair (sorry Dawn).

 You remember the one I was having so much trouble with in Here Is The Trouble Area.  I thought I would show you my progress and revelation.

Chair in partially finished slipcover.

Now I know I am not finished, I will try my hardest to finish tomorrow, it is supposed to rain so I won't be able to weed anyway.  I know it is a little sloppy, but once I hem it and put on a cute little ruffle at the bottom and one of my monogrammed pillows in there it will be fine by me. 

 Now the revelation part.  The whole time I have been thinking of the trouble area I knew I had seen that seam before.  Then as I was taking apart my mistake it came to me, actually I really swear I could her my mothers exact words "Alaina you know how to do this, you have done this before" this particular seam is just like sewing a shirt.  It is the shoulder and arm seam where they meet.  So once I had the seams apart and held them, I did know how to do it. 

I learned how to sew from my grandmother and mother and I many years of sewing in 4-H.  I was not the best sewer, I did not always never wanted to follow the directions.  I am more of a JUST DO IT, then fix what I did wrong later.  Well that did not bode well with my mother, I understand she wanted me to do it right.  We clashed heads many a time. 

There was a particular time when I wanted to make a pair of overalls (my favorite thing to wear at the time).  However the fabric I wanted to make them from a pair of rust colored corduroy curtains (I was clever even at the young age of 15) but my mom said I did not have enough fabric to lay the pattern out correctly.  Let's just say I did it MY way, they were goofy, but I loved them and I wore them all the time, much to my mothers chagrin. 

So in my stubbornness, that I inherited from my mother, I know I WILL get this done.  Stay tuned for the final slipcover.  Ok so I thought it was going to take longer than it did.

Drum roll please!

TA-DA

Hey, guess what, I'm on TOP OF THE ROOF and I'm yelling I DID IT!!!

Look ladies isn't she beautiful, all ruffly and WHITE.  I have a few touch ups to do here and there but I was so excited when I put it on I had to share.  For anyone who knows the basics of sewing but is afraid to try, get some cheap cotton duck fabric and try to make a slipcover, that way you will never have to say I wish I had tried.

I want to thank all the ladies for their help and encouragement and there are a few blogs out that gave me help Angie from threadneedle studio and Berries from cranberry cottage.  Have a wonderful day! 

Oh and I am STILL doing the HAPPY DANCE.