Give a whole new look to a favorite couch or chair with a slipcover! Or maybe your upholstery is showing signs of wear from years of kids or pets – or both! Life is hard on upholstered furniture! Slipcovers are a great solution. And a way to change up color or style without having to invest in an entirely new piece of furniture.
Another benefit of slipcovers is the ability to take them off and wash them (assuming they’re made from a washable fabric). That’ll get the spills and stains out a lot better – and easier – than shampooing and scrubbing on the couch itself.
You can pay someone to make a slipcover for you, but if you know how to sew you may be able to make your own. If you’ve been thinking about making slipcovers for some of your own furniture, check out this post from Melly Sews. She walks you through the process of making a slipcover. Now, making slipcovers is not a quick and easy job. It takes a lot of fabric and a lot of long seams. But the reward is a couch or chair that look like new!
Her tutorial breaks the process down into 5 steps, taking you from choosing and buying fabric to draping the fabric and making the pattern to fine tuning the fit and sewing it up. She includes links to videos showing how to do the techniques and sewing skills you’ll need to make your own slipcovers. There’s also a handy FAQ with answers to the most common questions about making your slipcovers. If you’ve been thinking about making slipcovers for your furniture, give her post a read to see what the process looks like.
Knowing how to sew your own slipcovers can give you endless options for creating new looks for your furniture. Use your sewing skills to save money on buying brand new furniture when the upholstery is the only thing showing wear.
[photo credit: Melly Sews]
