Hallelujah, my slipcovers are finished..beautifully made by the wonderful slipcover artist Michelle Fritz of MAKE. Check here for more information on her work!
Michelle is such a genius, she took my sad Broyhill sofa, circa 1999, and reworked the cushions, prewashed my fabric for me and sewed the perfect slipcover, complete with little flanges instead of welting. Remember the before . . .
sad. so sad.
And now . . . all fresh and pretty and without the high water skirt!
Ignore the pillow. I am about to have a pillow redeux. . . either a long simple lumbar out of this.
. . . or I may delete my toile drapes for plain linen ones and do large red toile pillows for the sofa ? Regardless, the pillows are evolving as always! And the red linen is more red and less pink that this photo with a nice casual linen background..no polished cotton!
In fact, I may add pillows in this fabric, which I adore. Anyone know the source, Ballard Designs calls it Parrish, can’t track it anywhere else???
Back to slipcovers. Michelle also transformed my tired red wing chair which you can see here with the ticking stripe and exposed leg . . . so glad we deleted the skirt!
Now it is gloriously fresh and cute in navy ticking! I adore it..it is so “little boy” if that makes any sense at all! Look how she did the welting on the bias…it is the perfect slip in my opinion, fitted but you can still tell it is a slipcover.
Click on over to Michelle’s new weblog to read more about her work or email her at:
makeslipcoverstx {at} gmail {dot} com
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16 Comments
Comment by Mary — September 6, 2010 @ 7:15 am
How PRETTY! Gorgeous custom slipcovers are the best! So happy for you!
Comment by Miss Char — September 6, 2010 @ 8:08 am
Nice work, it looks great Holly. I still love your drapes but if you are looking for a change maybe re purposing them will work for you. Either pillows or drapes for another room.
Comment by Tessa — September 6, 2010 @ 9:16 am
OOOOO, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! What you’ve done AND what you have planned. And I also love the mats on your pictures over the couch – care to share? Did you have them made from fabric? I might need to copy that!
I’m picking up all my pillows this week from my seamstress – I’ll send pics through email when I get a chance. Moving VERY SLOWLY! Hugs, Tessa
Comment by Kate — September 6, 2010 @ 9:45 am
Looking wonderful and fresh. FYI I believe welting is always done on the bias….just doesn’t show in other patterns…..
Comment by Julia — September 6, 2010 @ 10:40 am
Love the white slipcover. Just Beautiful!!
Comment by Camille — September 6, 2010 @ 12:23 pm
They look GREAT! So fresh and crisp! And I agree, the chair looks fab without the skirt! Keep us updated on the pillow situation!
Comment by Amanda @ Serenity Now — September 6, 2010 @ 4:09 pm
They both look fabulous, Holly.
Comment by GRACE HAPPENS — September 7, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
love the new slips! our joanns fabrics has the same “parrish” fabric that ballard does. they also have it in a coral color, which i love too. can’t wait to see your new pillows! xoxo g
Comment by Stacie — September 8, 2010 @ 8:17 am
I am sooo excited about this resource!! I think I will be putting a slipcover on my christmas list now. Thanks for the info!!!!
Comment by heather — September 8, 2010 @ 12:27 pm
love the new slipcover. It looks good against the wall color, can u tell me what color that is?
Comment by Elton — September 8, 2010 @ 1:35 pm
Heather, the wall color is tan, the sofa is white.
Just thought you might need a laugh. I’ve never posted on here before.
Comment by Elton — September 8, 2010 @ 1:42 pm
Wow! I just discovered that I can post to my wife’s (Holly Mathis) website without her permission. This is so cool, and I could get into so much trouble, but I’ll behave. Just wanted to take the time to let her know how much I love her and how proud of her I am. She is a very talented at what she does, but more importantly, she is a great wife and mom. It’s hard to be the wife of the D.A., take care of two small boys, keep house, manage a career and look fabulous 24/7, but somehow she does it. Thanks baby. I love you. EL
Comment by emily — September 8, 2010 @ 11:42 pm
1. not sure how i missed this post! I love love love that wing chair in ticking.
2. that is for sure the sweetest message from elton. What a lucky guy he is to have you and how blessed you are to have him. So great. I’m smiling.
Comment by Sherry Hart — September 9, 2010 @ 5:02 am
Looks great! They also carry that fabric at Lewis and Sharon Textiles in Atlanta in quite a few color ways. They have an online store.
Cute husband
Comment by Kristi~The Slipcover Girl — September 10, 2010 @ 6:37 am
those are gorgeous slips! she did a fantastic job!
Comment by Jennifer — September 11, 2010 @ 7:29 pm
This post was just in time!!! I have been dreading doing my sofa, chair, and wingback!! Looks like now, I may not have too!!
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