Last summer I did a refurb on my 1960's bedroom chair I painted the wood a rich blue, and recovered the seat in glorious IKEA print [50p from a village yard sale] We also have four folding chairs [Habitat 1980] When we first got Cornerstones, I made cushion pads for them using Laura Ashley curtain fabric.
I decided that they needed refreshing. So I took the inner IKEA seat pads out, and made new covers from the rest of the Yard Sale fabric. I used the print on both sides, so even when folded, they would look cheerful. I sewed on Velcro tabs to keep the pads in place. They slot through the holes in the grid
Not bad at all - and that fabric really is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAll gone now apart from a tiny strip!
DeleteWow! They look great!
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DeleteThey look fab. Ten pence per chair, what a bargain. Fabric is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteIt is such a fun print
DeleteGreat job, Angela, and so bright and cheerful.Older IKEA furnishing fabric is great quality -they don’t seem to have such a good choice now. Catriona
ReplyDeleteYou're right, the range and quality has diminished
DeleteThey look amazing, and what an absolute bargain. 🙂
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DeleteLoved Habitat 70's/80's. I remember taking my youngest sister to London early 70's and visiting their flagship store in Tottenham Court Road. Wish I'd kept the red tea and coffee canisters I bought!Great job on the chairs.
ReplyDeleteOh those were the days. I had three white plastic squares "parson" side tables. So useful (till the legs cracked)
DeleteSuch cheerful fabric! Great job!x
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DeleteHow nice, another great refurb project
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Really enjoying my new sewing machine too
ReplyDeleteThat haas to be the best bargain ever! Now I am wondering if you can find a use for the tiny scrap
ReplyDeleteof leftover fabric? Well done, as usual. JanF
It has gone into the box. It will be used at some time I am sure
DeleteWell done Angela! Another project successfully completed, and 10p a chair! That's magnificent. I do remember the LA fabric, as I made some blinds for my mother in that very one!
ReplyDeleteThe LA fabric was bought in a sale about 30 years ago, I think!
DeleteWhat cheerful fabric and a bargain at 10p a chair. Do love a bargain. Its raining again, so my gardening jobs have been put on hold. Xx
ReplyDeleteI stopped gardening this morning because of the rain⛈🌦 - now it is sunny again 😎🌞
DeleteHow very satisfying to refurbrish perfectly good chairs and such happy fabric! Nice you had enough fabric to do the underside of the folding chairs, too.
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ReplyDeleteThey look fabulous with that new fabric against the red!
ReplyDeleteSo bright and cheerful
DeleteVery nice indeed, and beautifully done. That would give me great satisfaction too. I made 6 cushions in a lovely sunflower design fabric a few years ago for outside use and I still love them.
ReplyDeleteWe use these out on the patio for extra seating at the table in the summer. Sunflower prints are wonderfully summery
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