May 24th, 2011 by Karen in Cushions and Pillows, Upholstery Projects | 2 Comments »
I just finished a set of cushion covers for a screen porch wicker set. The client had some beautiful but faded fabric from Thailand that needed an update. She chose a P/Kaufman Lifestyles outdoor fabric in a dramatic black and white damask. Here is the finished product!
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October 20th, 2010 by Karen in Cushions and Pillows, Uncategorized | No Comments »
I recently finished a group of projects for a client who is redecorating her bedroom. She wanted two neck roll pillows in dupioni silk with velvet welt; one square pillow with silk on one side and dupioni silk on the other with matching lipcord on the edges; and a bench cushion in velvet with dupioni [...]
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June 11th, 2010 by Karen in Cushions and Pillows, Upholstery Projects | No Comments »
I just finished a 89.5 inch long (24 inch wide) cushion for a client, which is actually 7.4′. It’s a lot longer than I had pictured in my head. It doesn’t fit in some of the rooms of my house!
It is, obviously, a directional pattern, but the pattern runs along the length (the selvage) of [...]
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April 2nd, 2010 by Karen in Cushions and Pillows, Upholstery Projects | No Comments »
I finally finished all of the cushion covers for the patio couch and chair. Of course, with only one set of cushions, it doesn’t look like much yet, but I’m pretty proud of them.
Here is what the old cushion covers looked like on the chair.
Now just imagine the two superimposed together! I can’t wait to [...]
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March 25th, 2010 by Karen in Cushions and Pillows, Upholstery Projects | No Comments »
On the left of the picture is 20 yards of welt just off the sewing machine, and on the right is another 20 yards after it has been wound around a makeshift roll made out of three sheets of used printer paper. Nothing gets wasted in this household if I can help it!
Here are some [...]
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