Make Your Own Slipcovers

The fashion in recovering mite market finds has soared over the past few years and slipcover manufacturers, pattern makers, and retail stores have taken the market by storm. Loose-fitting slipcovers, tailored slipcovers, pillow covers and duvets are all the rage and even stylish. It is wonderful to know that one can revive and old obsolete chair, footstool or couch with just a few yards of fabric. But when some one tries to buy in order to recover a tag sale sofa with simple, regular cotton duck canvas, it cost almost as much as the sofa itself.

Change the whole set like barstools, cushions, and ottomans, dining chairs too. It is better to come up a solution to decorating problem. For smaller slipcover projects like chairs, seat covers, footstools or ottomans, try using tablecloths and make the slipcover at home with simple swing it yourself.

Renovating ideas: Tablecloths come in all shapes and sizes, colours and textiles and can be found at tag sales, flea markets, thrift stores and in many other places to get at cheap price. One can even use a new tablecloth, bought on sale at a bed and bath store to gift-wrap chair cushions. As this types of bed sheet does not require sewing too. Simply wrap the cloth around the cushions and pinned the edges in back with safety pins so that it can be remove easily for washing. And, It can be change as and when required for other use as well perhaps use the tablecloth for a spring picnic. It gives a simple table cover for various uses and in less expense.

Drawbacks: Making own slipcovers can be costly and time-consuming too. One needs at least three day time to finish all set for the living room. It can take to finished sixteen day and later it never fit properly. Sure Fit's slipcovers are made with over 8 yards of fabric and sewn by experts. The cost of fabric and the time it would take to sew the own cover make it a more expensive proposition than buying ready-mades. The ready-made slipcover fabric is also tested for durability, fading and shrinkage, so one can be sure of what he or she is getting.

Therefore most of the people go for ready-made slipcover. But the feeling of making at home will remain different in spite of so many drawbacks.