As you know when I’m not blogging, or crafting with my children, I’m sewing. I always have a few projects on the go and my current project is the Union Flag quilt I’m making for my daughter. I’ve been trying to add some handmade touches to her room so I’m also making a patchwork cover for her vintage Lloyd Loom nursing chair. It was added to her room when we moved 2 years ago but I wanted to match the cover to her pink colour scheme.
I found some gorgeous fabrics from elephant in my handbag, an online shop which sells fabric, ribbon and other scrummy whatnots to happy customers in the UK and across the world. They were kind enough to send me a gorgeous bundle of nautical Dear Stella Fat Quarters and I’ve been busy cutting them up to make hexagons. As much as my 3 year old loves pink I thought these fabrics were a great compromise – pink with an pirate edge!
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128 Comments
Sally Collingwood
May 13, 2015 at 10:25 amI would love to cover a pouffe!
clair downham
May 13, 2015 at 10:27 amthis computer chair im sitting on its a bit tatty
tracy nixon
May 13, 2015 at 10:30 amA leather sofa!
Jana Harwood
May 13, 2015 at 10:42 amthe sofa
Steven Hartwright
May 13, 2015 at 10:55 amSofa 🙂
Kerry Locke
May 13, 2015 at 10:58 amMy comfy armchair that I’ve had for a zillion years is in desperate need of some tender loving care
mary
May 13, 2015 at 11:11 amI’d recover all the dining room chairs – they are desperately in need of it!
iain maciver
May 13, 2015 at 11:16 amthe sofa
jo
May 13, 2015 at 11:24 amStop inspiring me so much 🙂 I have so little time and I want to start a bazillion projects now!! (doing something patchwork like has been on the to-do list for ages now)
I don’t actually know what I’d do with any fabric, but I’d do something. It’d live in my craft bag where all my lovely stuff lives until we have something which needs covering – although I might start patchwork tomorrow night at my knitting group now!!
kim plant
May 13, 2015 at 11:55 ammy settee x
melanie stirling
May 13, 2015 at 11:57 amMy old ottamon in my bedroom,it’s so old fashioned!
Maria Molly Taylor
May 13, 2015 at 12:00 pmThe sofa, why we chose cream when we have 5 cats and a dog I’ll never know
William Gould
May 13, 2015 at 1:27 pmWe have just recovered an old recliner, and are about to start on some footstools and dining chairs.
Emma
May 13, 2015 at 1:42 pmOooh exciting. I’d love to cover my chairs.
Victoria Mylittlel
May 13, 2015 at 3:19 pman old sofa
Ann Winters
May 13, 2015 at 5:54 pmWhat a great giveaway! Hope I am lucky! 🙂
Kristen
May 13, 2015 at 7:13 pmWell, Since I have 4 chairs that I found at yard sales for the purpose of recovering and still haven’t recovered them, I think those are what I would like to work on 🙂
ashleigh allan
May 13, 2015 at 8:03 pmMy dining chairs
Katy M
May 13, 2015 at 8:58 pmMy sofa could definitely do with a makeover! x
Louise Carson
May 13, 2015 at 9:06 pmMy chaise longue which the cat has plucked to hell out of!
robyn jones
May 14, 2015 at 6:16 amThe kitchen chairs.
Alison Johnson
May 14, 2015 at 8:21 amMy office chair as it is torn so I have a throw over it so I can still use it.
Rachel Branson
May 14, 2015 at 10:26 amA chair for my daughter to have at university when she leaves home in September !!
Pam Smith
May 14, 2015 at 10:36 amI’d love to make some decorations and cover a chair for our new granddaughter’s nursery. She’s due in August!
Jane Olley
May 14, 2015 at 11:26 amI have a very old Liberty Chesterfield sofa that is in a very sorry state. It’s still so comfortable despite needing to be completely reupholstered so I’d so love to get her back to her former glory.
Paula Readings
May 14, 2015 at 2:07 pmDining chairs.
Michelle Banks
May 14, 2015 at 3:33 pmour sofa x
Jessica Powell
May 14, 2015 at 4:01 pmThe ratty old armchair we have
charlotte
May 14, 2015 at 4:03 pmi have a footstool that could do with covering 🙂
MichelleD
May 14, 2015 at 6:46 pmThe pouffe!
karen cowley
May 14, 2015 at 7:24 pmI have a chair which needs recovering x
lynn heath
May 14, 2015 at 8:51 pmMy favourite armchair which is in the corner of the dining room!
Jo m welsh
May 14, 2015 at 9:23 pmMy dining room chairs they are terrible and don’t help with a little one who likes to pull at them
claire little
May 14, 2015 at 10:20 pmmy dining room chairs
Ruth Harwood
May 15, 2015 at 7:09 amMy sofa 🙂
Vicky Michelle Morgan
May 15, 2015 at 9:55 amThe couch
Marie B
May 15, 2015 at 12:54 pmMy dining room chairs
Amy Mills
May 15, 2015 at 1:11 pmSofa
Archie The Wonder Dog
May 15, 2015 at 2:12 pmI’d love to find a lovely footstool/pouffe and ottoman so I could re-cover them and bring them back to life.
Sara
May 15, 2015 at 2:39 pmOur sofa has seen better days, but I think it is beyond recovering alone.
Nichole
May 15, 2015 at 3:20 pmmy office chair
laura stewart
May 15, 2015 at 7:08 pmmy chairs xx
Spencer Broadley
May 16, 2015 at 8:16 amMy chairs in the dining area
Kristina Trick
May 16, 2015 at 10:50 amI’d like to make my kitchen stools more comfortable
Kay Panayi
May 16, 2015 at 4:21 pmMy husbands office chair
Hekna
May 16, 2015 at 7:18 pmmy dining chairs
claire woods
May 16, 2015 at 10:06 pmMy sofa.
morag p
May 17, 2015 at 1:37 pmI have a really ugly old armchair which is just crying out to be covered
Gillian Holmes
May 17, 2015 at 4:51 pmComputer chair my cat likes to sharpen his claws on it – bless…
Lori Mckillop
May 17, 2015 at 5:26 pmMy sofa
Bina Geyer
May 17, 2015 at 6:14 pmmy dining room chairs
debbie smith
May 17, 2015 at 6:29 pmi have an old bedding box and i would love to cover it with some sort of bird print but im yet to find the right fabric lol ! fab giveaway x
Stacey Tripconey
May 17, 2015 at 7:13 pmDining room chairs
Allan Smith
May 17, 2015 at 7:19 pmThe sofa
Kelly Roxanne smith
May 17, 2015 at 7:43 pmmy dining room chairs. thanks x
Lynne Durkin
May 17, 2015 at 8:33 pmThe dining room chairs as they are looking a little shabby now x
Susie Wilkinson
May 17, 2015 at 11:36 pmI’d love to make a padded cover for my wooden rocking chair
SophieR
May 18, 2015 at 12:09 amI recently created a patchwork using a similar method to your one here – I’ve just started picking up my needles again and this would be great to help me get going ! Looking forward to seeing the completed nursing chair cover!
kim neville
May 18, 2015 at 6:44 amMy sofa
caroline walliss
May 18, 2015 at 7:11 amDining chairs!x
Stephanie Whitehouse
May 18, 2015 at 10:25 amI have very comfy armchair, that the kitten climbed and plucked repeatedly
justine meyer
May 18, 2015 at 10:58 amAn old cane chair we have had for 30 plus years
helen tovell
May 18, 2015 at 12:20 pman old fashion stool
Annie
May 20, 2015 at 4:26 pmMy scruffy armchair, with cat-scratch-marks on it
sarah hall
May 20, 2015 at 8:10 pmMy cats princess seat
Harley
May 21, 2015 at 11:54 amMy dining chairs
Liam Bishop
May 21, 2015 at 3:28 pmWould love to do the sofa, and then keep the cat away from it!
Karen Barrett
May 21, 2015 at 9:43 pmAn old chair in my conservatory that was my Grandmas.
Minnie15
May 21, 2015 at 10:30 pmMy sofa – the cats have owned it! 🙂 x
leanne weir
May 22, 2015 at 8:02 amA leather sofa!
Michaela Hannah
May 23, 2015 at 7:54 pmMy dining room chairs
Laura-Jane Baker
May 24, 2015 at 11:42 amOur sofa – it could definitely use it.
Lisette Davidson
May 24, 2015 at 4:45 pmIt would be wonderful to cover my daughter’s dressing table stool, she is 24 and loves pretty things, just as she did when she was little!!
Rick Carr
May 24, 2015 at 6:01 pmThe Sofa
Colin Gault
May 24, 2015 at 9:06 pmMy old armchair
damian thomas
May 24, 2015 at 10:32 pmchair in my bedroom
EJ Dunn
May 24, 2015 at 11:31 pmMy dining room chairs
Teresa Lee
May 24, 2015 at 11:36 pmMy armchair which has become a bit frayed at the sides
Amy Beckett
May 25, 2015 at 1:29 pmOn the study chair
Pam Francis Gregory
May 25, 2015 at 6:15 pmMy sofa
Sheri Darby
May 25, 2015 at 7:42 pmOur sofa
jemmer sams
May 25, 2015 at 8:11 pmmy sofa could do with a loving make over due to a rather cheeky dog we was looking after a week after purchasing new leather reclyner sofa ..sobs
Sue Dorking
May 25, 2015 at 8:55 pmI have a lovely footstool that has seen better days but would look fantastic if it was recovered
Caroline Blaza
May 26, 2015 at 8:10 amAn old armchair.
donna l jones
May 26, 2015 at 10:23 ammy sofa
lynsey poole
May 26, 2015 at 10:37 ama footstool 😀
Cathy Porteus
May 26, 2015 at 12:29 pmOur piano stool really needs recovering
pamela gossage
May 26, 2015 at 1:28 pmMy sofa
Lucy Pasifull
May 26, 2015 at 3:14 pmMy favourite armchair.
Krzysia
May 26, 2015 at 4:04 pmMy dining chairs could do with a bit of an update.
Kerry Kilmister
May 26, 2015 at 5:36 pmI would love to cover the seat of a wooden chair that I have in my daughters bedroom.
Jo Glasspool
May 26, 2015 at 10:38 pmMy footstool. x
Diana
May 26, 2015 at 10:38 pmOttoman 🙂
cat culmer
May 26, 2015 at 10:45 pmid cover my awful dining room chairs
Angie Hoggett
May 26, 2015 at 11:19 pmsofa
joanna sawka
May 26, 2015 at 11:38 pmchairs
Lexy Law
May 26, 2015 at 11:42 pmI bought some 2nd hand cane furniture neecs a makeover to be perfect
Kirsty Woods
May 27, 2015 at 6:17 amMy tatty but much loved chair
Kelly Summerfield
May 27, 2015 at 7:26 amSofa – I bought a bright green Sofa on a really sunny happy shiny day.. I am really struggling to find anything that goes well with it!
Claire Davies
May 27, 2015 at 7:54 amA lovely chair which means alot to me 🙂
Laura Pritchard
May 27, 2015 at 8:44 amMy old wicker chair
Ella L
May 27, 2015 at 8:51 amI have an old dark wooden bench/seat storage box that my Aunty Edith gave me, i would love to make a cushion/ seat pad and cover for it. yellow and blue patchwork would look nice i think!!!
Lucy Carter
May 27, 2015 at 9:03 amOur old armchair
Kerry Lethbridge
May 27, 2015 at 9:22 amI’d cover my sofa if I could
Nicola Holland
May 27, 2015 at 11:52 amOur sofa
jo liddement
May 27, 2015 at 12:09 pmI would love to recover my dressing table stool
Hannah Whitling
May 27, 2015 at 12:36 pmMy sofa and armchair
Hanna Garvey
May 27, 2015 at 3:00 pmI would love to cover my granddads favourite arm chair, it has over the last year become really old and tatty looking and I would love to jazz it up for him and get the cushion replaced so that it is comfortable for him! I would buy him a new chair but its his favourite and he will not let me bless him!!
emma kinsey
May 27, 2015 at 3:37 pmdining room chairs
Aaron Milne
May 27, 2015 at 6:04 pmWe have a piano stool that needs some TLC
simon hardy
May 27, 2015 at 6:27 pmMy sofa is a disaster!
Erica Price
May 27, 2015 at 7:00 pmBench seat
Andrew Seaman
May 27, 2015 at 7:15 pmPiano seat
Claire D
May 27, 2015 at 7:28 pmThe office chair
Susan Pringle
May 27, 2015 at 7:28 pmDining chairs
Caroline Doyle
May 27, 2015 at 7:34 pmThe stool in my bedroom
Kelly Ellen Hirst
May 27, 2015 at 7:35 pmMy dining room chairs 🙂
Heather Tinkler
May 27, 2015 at 9:11 pmIf I could I would recover my sofa. It is soo comfy but it is old and worn.
Sarah Franks
May 27, 2015 at 9:28 pmSome of the chairs we’ve got as seating areas for our cat – they’re an ugly brown and would look so much better in our space if they were a more vibrant colour!
mellanie forster
May 27, 2015 at 9:28 pmA bit dramatic I know but my corner sofa lol
jessica newman
May 27, 2015 at 9:29 pmmy dining room chairs
Chris Fletcher
May 27, 2015 at 9:38 pmI have a couple of old chairs that are a ghastly colour!
Sharon
May 27, 2015 at 10:21 pmdining room chairs
ellie spider
May 27, 2015 at 10:50 pmI’d love to be able to recover the sofa in the living room as I cant afford a new one at the moment so just have a throw on it. I have in the past covered the chair in my bedroom and the computer chair 🙂
juliefrog1979@btinternet.com
May 27, 2015 at 11:10 pmMy old blue sofa, needs some love and attention!
Alisa Moore
May 27, 2015 at 11:38 pmSitting chair
Rich Tyler
May 27, 2015 at 11:52 pmComputer Chair 🙂
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