Hi Thank you so much for these videos - I now feel confident enough to have a go. I was going to throw out my old but immensely comfortable sofa but now will make a cover in grey linen instead. Save a load of dosh too! Brilliant, clear and accessible instructions!!
Barbara Morrison Hi Barbara really glad you told us, yes keep it if it's comfortable, cover it when it's unsightly. All the best and thanks again for telling us. Paul
Great video. I am getting ready to start my slip cover. Do you have a sewing video to explain how to assemble the body? Could you do a video on how to make a slip cover for a regular sofa or would I just use the wing backed chair video? Could you explain how to make a slip cover without a skirt?I think you make everything look so simple.
Thanks for viewing the video. I'm always glad to hear the videos work. I am doing the next video( part 4) on how to sew it together very soon. Yes I will be making other slipcover videos on sofas and chairs in the future. So until then maybe the wingchair video can help you through your next project. The concept is the same. A Slipcover without a skirt is very easy. Simply pin along the side of the furniture to the bottom. Leave 3" PAST the furniture. Hem up 3/4" (folding) twice, leaving 1 1/2" finished, running past the bottom to cover furniture. This will cover enough of the furniture to accommodate when the slipcover moves or slips and/or any shrinkage from laundering. Ones again thanks for viewing. All the best.
Marianne Bechtle Hi Marianne thanks for taking timeout to comment. The skirt must be sewn on the slipcover before you put on the zipper. When you get to the corner of the slipcover where you want the zipper to be. This is when you put on the zipper, you do this by way of having the zipper cut to length ( 1" longer then needed for the top) with the slide on the zipper. Sewing from the face side of your fabric (the good side of your fabric with a matching thread) overlap the teeth of the zipper just a little. Start at the bottom of the skirt, sew up to the top of the corner of the slipcover STOP about 1" at the top of the slipcover. Cross over the zipper two or three times, back stitching.Then sew down to the bottom of the other side of the slipcover to finish it off. Here's a tip if you have a hot glue gun, a very small amount of hot glue at the bottom of your zipper (put on the teeth) makes a great zipper slide STOP. You most have something or the slide will come right off. I hope this helps you on your project. All the best cheers, Paul
I love the videos, but I'm confused about the technique for not having the lining be at the pleats. Makes sense to decrease bulk, but do you have the lining 12 inches less wide than each skirt? And do you somehow hem the lining along the sides at the point where the pleat would start so it doesn't look ragged?
Peggy Cook We do have lining on the skirts, even in the pleats, so it is not cut shorter than the skirt fabric. When you sew the skirts together (ie. front skirt sewn to the side skirt) you have seams and when you sew the liners together you have seams. We try NOT to have these seams on top of each other. This is the bulk we try to avoid. It would add bulk to the skirt pleats because both of those seams would be inside that pleat. To avoid that we cut the liners all at 60 inches wide and then cut the skirts to their measurements. If any of the skirt measurements are 60 inches then just change you liner number to say 54 or 72 inches. Hope this helps clear that up.
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Hi Thank you so much for these videos - I now feel confident enough to have a go. I was going to throw out my old but immensely comfortable sofa but now will make a cover in grey linen instead. Save a load of dosh too! Brilliant, clear and accessible instructions!!
Barbara Morrison Hi Barbara really glad you told us, yes keep it if it's comfortable, cover it when it's unsightly. All the best and thanks again for telling us. Paul
You explain stuff in a good way thank you for doing this
Thanks for telling me, it's great to know so many people are interested. Love the feedback. All the best.
Great video. I am getting ready to start my slip cover. Do you have a sewing video to explain how to assemble the body? Could you do a video on how to make a slip cover for a regular sofa or would I just use the wing backed chair video? Could you explain how to make a slip cover without a skirt?I think you make everything look so simple.
Thanks for viewing the video. I'm always glad to hear the videos work. I am doing the next video( part 4) on how to sew it together very soon. Yes I will be making other slipcover videos on sofas and chairs in the future. So until then maybe the wingchair video can help you through your next project. The concept is the same. A Slipcover without a skirt is very easy. Simply pin along the side of the furniture to the bottom. Leave 3" PAST the furniture. Hem up 3/4" (folding) twice, leaving 1 1/2" finished, running past the bottom to cover furniture. This will cover enough of the furniture to accommodate when the slipcover moves or slips and/or any shrinkage from laundering. Ones again thanks for viewing. All the best.
This is a great great class. How do you continue the zipper from the upper slipcover and down through the skirt?
Marianne Bechtle Hi Marianne thanks for taking timeout to comment. The skirt must be sewn on the slipcover before you put on the zipper. When you get to the corner of the slipcover where you want the zipper to be. This is when you put on the zipper, you do this by way of having the zipper cut to length ( 1" longer then needed for the top) with the slide on the zipper. Sewing from the face side of your fabric (the good side of your fabric with a matching thread) overlap the teeth of the zipper just a little. Start at the bottom of the skirt, sew up to the top of the corner of the slipcover STOP about 1" at the top of the slipcover. Cross over the zipper two or three times, back stitching.Then sew down to the bottom of the other side of the slipcover to finish it off. Here's a tip if you have a hot glue gun, a very small amount of hot glue at the bottom of your zipper (put on the teeth) makes a great zipper slide STOP. You most have something or the slide will come right off. I hope this helps you on your project. All the best cheers, Paul
great tutorial WHAT type of lining do you use for skirts, so they dont look flimsey????
I love the videos, but I'm confused about the technique for not having the lining be at the pleats. Makes sense to decrease bulk, but do you have the lining 12 inches less wide than each skirt? And do you somehow hem the lining along the sides at the point where the pleat would start so it doesn't look ragged?
Peggy Cook We do have lining on the skirts, even in the pleats, so it is not cut shorter than the skirt fabric.
When you sew the skirts together (ie. front skirt sewn to the side skirt) you have seams and when you sew the liners together you have seams. We try NOT to have these seams on top of each other. This is the bulk we try to avoid. It would add bulk to the skirt pleats because both of those seams would be inside that pleat.
To avoid that we cut the liners all at 60 inches wide and then cut the skirts to their measurements. If any of the skirt measurements are 60 inches then just change you liner number to say 54 or 72 inches.
Hope this helps clear that up.
ucsolutions Thank you!