The Thrifty Nifty Crafter

Thrifty Nifty Thursday

Todays find comes from Hobby Lobby again

I love that store!

$.80 is all this little jewel cost me.

Then I took Scrap scrap fabric

and made the apron.

Last week you all got to see the dinning room table that I refinished and saved from the trash so today I decided to show you the rest of the room

Thrifty Nifty Tutorial Tuesday Pin Cushion

Materials Needed

Poly fill

Cap (I used the lid to bathroom cleaner but a hairspray cap or spray paint cap would work also)

Scrap Fabric

Glue Gun

Embellishments

Step One

Cut a circle slightly bigger then the bottom of your cap.

Step Two

Glue Circle to the bottom of cap and up the sides

Step Four

Measure a piece of fabric for the side making it slightly longer and about 1.5 inches taller. Hem the bottom edge of the fabric.

Step Five

Glue the hemed piece of fabric around the sides with the hem towards the bottom.

Step Six

Tuck the excess fabric inside and glue down.

Step Severn

Fill cap with poly fill.

Step Eight

Cut a piece of fabric about twice the size of the bottom piece you cut. Sew a loose running stitch around this piece.

Step Nine

Put a ball of poly fill in the middle of the fabric you just sewed.

Step Ten

Gather the fabric around the poly fill And tie off.

Step Eleven

Glue the piece you just made into the cap

Step Twelve

Add your Embelishments and pins and you are good to go

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Welcome to Thrifty Nifty Tutorial Tuesday

Todays tutorial is on chair recovering for beginers. The Materials Needed: Fabric (enough to cover the seat of your chair with extra for securing it) Trim (enough to go around the seat of the chair) Spray paint (if changing the color of the chair) Upholstery Foam (if desired) Glue gun
Step 1 Remove the seat of the chair usual by removeing some screws in my case there were four of them.
Step 2 Spray paint chair if desired.
Step 3 While chair is drying remove the old seat covering and remove all of the stapples. I used screwdriver and a pair of neddle nose pliers to do this.
Step 4 Hot glue the upolostry foam onto the seat of the chair.
Step 5 Hot glue the fabric onto the chair by placing the fabric on the table right side down. Then place the chair seat on top of foam down. Bring the edges up to the bottom of the seat an glue them down. Starting with one side then doing the side across from it. (note you may also staple the fabric to the chair)
Step 6 Folding the corners please refer to the following photos it is hard for me to explain.
Step 7 Continue folding and glue till all four sides are complete this is what it should look like:
Step 8 Glue your trim to the underside of the chair Seat.
Step 9 Screw the seat back on the chair and you are done.