Make Your Own Loose Covers

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 5 (Supplement)

Make Your Own Loose Covers

Attractive Furnishing Fabrics Can Be Macle Up At Home Handicrafts: No. 4—By Walda Johnson. THE summer sales offer a wonderful opportunity to the clever housewife by providing fascinating materials for household furnishings at moderate prices. It is not difficult to transform chairs, cushions and window seats and give a new charm and beauty to your living room.

J/ROM the illustration on this page either a loose or a permanent cover may he made. The numbers are used for reference. No. 1 is the front border. (2) Front, arm. (3) Top and inside arm. (4) Inside back. (5) Squab. (6) Outside arm. (7) Top and back.

Material: Pins, paper, scissors, and three yards muslin are required. Remove the squab, and lay a sheet of paper over (3) and down the seat. Pin as you place. Do the same for No. 2. With scissors cut these pieces both out, allowing them to meet at edges. Proceed in same manner with No. 1, No. 6, and No. 4. Then shape and cut out the seat portion, on to which all the sides join. After cutting out No. 7, cut out the back from the top to the base. In the repact centre of the back, make a vertical .opening of several inches, so that the cover may be removed easily. If the cover is a

permanent one, an opening is unnecessary. Remove the paper carefully and press with a hot iron. This paper pattern is used for cutting out tlie muslin, which is doubled for the parts numbered 2,3, 4, and G. See that both sides are equal, trim the edges, and either pin or tack the muslin. Try the muslin on the chair, smoothing it into position, but not tightly, ■and allowing for seams. The muslin now becomes the pattern for the slip cover, and should be preserved for other occasions. The squab cover can be cut out quite easily. When joining up, sew the inside back to the outside back, and join the seat-piece to the front border, next to the inside and outside arm pieces. Plain or french seams are used. If piping is required for slip-on covers, it is advisable to shrink it first by washing it.