Rocking Chair Cushion

I love this chair!  As long as I can remember this chair
was in my Uncle's living room and I sat in it every time I visited. 
It is a swivel rocker so it spins and rocks and sometimes if you sat in it wrong you would halfway fall out!

 

 

A couple of years ago my uncle did just that, took a spill

when trying to sit down and thus they decided to get rid of it. 

My dad took it and it sat in the backroom of his house until he died.  When we emptied dad's house I took it home and decided the first thing, because my dad was a heavy smoker, that the cushions needed washed.  Bad idea!  The cushions disintegrated in the washer! 

 I have kept my eyes out for new cushions but either they have been way out of my price range or just plain ugly!

 

I told Saraina she could have it when the baby came and I would figure out how to make cushions for it.  Since Saraina and baby Keith just got home I knew I had to get sewing and came up with this idea.

 

I bought two pillows for $2.50 each at WalMart and then bought the fabric Saraina had fallen in love with last time we went shopping.  It was on clearance for $1.50 and I bought three yards.

 

Measuring the pillows and the chair I cut the fabric to match
 the size of the chair and the idea in my head. 

 

For the seat I made sure the pillow was longer than the fabric so I could stuff the pillow in and make it more squarish to fit the seat and less rectanglish.  (I am pretty sure squarish and rectanglish are words!)

 

 

I folded and sewed three inch lengths of fabric inside out and then pulled them right side out to make the corner ties.

 

I also covered four buttons with the same fabric.

 

 

After sewing the bottom cushion closed, I added the corner ties

 and one button to the middle of the seat.

 

For the back cushion I made the fabric fit the pillow perfectly so it would be rectanglish enough for the back of the chair.

 

 

I then sewed three buttons on the back cushion

and sewed ties to the top corners.

 

 

I love it and think it turned out so cute! 

(I love it even more because it cost me less then $10 dollars to make!)



I Finished the Bathroom!

In March, the men tore up my bathroom as they put in a new floor and bathtub.  I repainted the bathroom but never got around to buying new base board and getting it put up.  I was so glad I didn't when a few weeks ago the new tub got a crack in it and so Home Depot replaced it.  They finished the work a couple of weeks ago and today I touched up the paint, bought the base board and painted it and put it in.
I have gold accents all over the bathroom so after I painted the base board I added gold accents that match the accents I have painted on the cupboard doors and the light switches.

I had to give the base boards three coats of paint

 because of the dark color.

I then sprayed some gold spray paint on a plate.  Be sure to make a good puddle of the paint.  I could have used acrylic paint but I like the consistency of spray paint and how fast it dries.  Do not use a foam plate as spray paint will melt and eat through the foam!

 (I learned this the hard way!)

Wad up a plastic bag and dip it in the spray paint and then pat it on the plate to see the texture and amount of paint it leaves with each pat.

When you are satisified with the effect, pat the paint on the base board.  The spray paint dries very fast so you will need to rewad your bag and dip it in the paint several times until you cover the area you want covered.

The bathroom now looks great and I am happy I finally got it done!