Covid Project

I bought this fabric with the intention of having something to do in the circumstance of going into isolation due to having covid or one of the family members contracting covid. Turns out that a) I am yet to get covid and b) when Katy got covid the isolation rules were more flexible and I was required at work anyway!

Not being able to do any running, riding or significant walking because of my bunged knee, I seem to have lots more free time especially on the weekend so I decided that I would complete my covid project of making new covers for our barstools. To be quite honest I'm not sure how much longer the others would last with several rips appearing in various seams.

 

Thanks to an old Ikea cover, I had a ready made pattern. The sun was streaming in through the lounge room window so I set myself up there and began the long process of cutting out enough pieces for the 4 chairs.

Then the sewing began with a few interruptions. By the evening I had finished one chair. The remaining three were slowish going as I'd sewn the top of the chair the wrong way around and had to do a bit of unpicking. Also had to unpick the velcro from the old covers so I could reuse it on the new ones.

By Monday lunchtime, all the covers were complete. The finished product looks great with the colours blending well with the timber and the rest of the room.