I finished the stitching chair cushion repair!
After experimenting on the “other side” in this post, I realized it wasn’t “me.” So I started to go with a more open approach using seams from deconstructed thrift store finds …
couched with variegated Valdani #12 perle cotton and backed with a piece of cotton sateen that just happened to be the right size …
Next up? Figuring out a way to reinforce the armrest, currently patched with the corner of a bandanna that Don gifted to me …
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0) 
Well I needed this today. An uplifting adventure!
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I must say, once I got on track it was a lot of fun …
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Love it!
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Me too 😉
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This is SO cool! Giant stitches of joy!
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The absolute opposite of tiny glue stitches for sure 😊
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Patching a chair! It’s beautiful. I painted an upholstered chair years ago but stitching on one. It’s dreamy! I want to find an old tattered chair to upcycle it back to beauty now. 😉
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of course, you could always pre-mend a chair you already have, just for the fun of it
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Hell, yeah–Love it!!
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makes me smile every time
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Hells Bells, this is now your Happy Trails chair cause when I look at all of the colorful mending, going this way and thata way, it looks just like a happy trail, (apologies to Roy Rogers!)
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Don also saw streets … in a cityscape
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This is fantastic! I love how it looks and how you implemented it and…most of all that you DID IT!!! I think chair patching should be a thing…or where you are, a thang! Bandanas are sturdy, maybe it would work right where it is 🙂
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the bandanna will definitely stay where it is, but I’ve added a layer (leaving “Hell yeah” still showing) … and for sure it’s a thang!
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Love it! That looks amazing. I love Valdani threads.
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Deb Sposa at Artisun put me on to Valdani … here’s another Valdani project I really loved doing: https://imgoingtotexas.home.blog/2018/09/03/time-well-spent/
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“Couching” the chair! Bravo my Dear!
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Exactly! I was hoping someone would take advantage of that play on words!!
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I can imagine you sitting in the chair smiling….
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and stroking the cloth … I might could purr
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Love it! Visitors will recognize your “spot.”
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much easier to see than the needles sticking out of the armrest 😉
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OMG Liz, it’s brilliant!
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Ha! Thank you … so glad you introduced me to Valdani!
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yes…the word
BRILLIANT
is what it is. truly Excellent
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I feel like I’m finally having fun again …
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Really interesting, fun – and good-looking! Happy you got here!
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I’ve got to admit, there have been times I’ve been tempted to just get a new chair, but this “feels right”
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looking good!
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having fun!
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Hi LA – that is one wild work of art to be enjoyed every time you or others sit. I bet the grannies love it. Go well. B
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as many pins and needles have fallen on that chair, my friends and family much prefer to just look … ha!
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If you’re going to do a patch job you may as well do a Patch Job! Looks great. 😁
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Thanks Amanda … I’m delighted to have found my way to your blog and look forward to future posts
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Thanks Liz! They’re a bit few and far between at the mo as the creative spirit is off doing it’s own thing lately!
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