Let's face it.  Nothing lasts forever.  This is especially true for your chairs, if you actually use them for sitting.

During times like this, we can use some fabric and sewing skills and transform that chair into something new.   What I'm talking about here is the awesome, powerful, and blemish-covering—Slipcover.

We show you how you can take any armless chair and make your own custom slipcover.  The key, like most things in sewing, is measuring, measuring and measuring.  You know that old adage, measure twice and cut once?  Yeah, us lazy people find it annoying as we just want to get to the fun part, but in this particular case, it's so important.  You don't want to just cover the whole chair in a circus tent of fabric, but instead create a sleek, fitted cover that will not only cover those chair's flaws but add a touch of sophistication to your furniture.  My chairs were nice and simple before but I love the fabric on them now.  I would go as far to say that they're even better looking now than they were before.  So beautiful!

Remember, if you choose washable fabric (so you can conveniently take them off and toss them in the wash, if they get soiled), pretreat your fabric before you begin working with it.  The last thing you want is for your slipcover to shrink after all the work it took to make them.  You can watch our tutorial on Precare and Fabric Bolt in order to get more information on this subject.