2024 First Quarter Challenge

[caterina]

Hello, everybody.
Here is my entry to the challenge: cover for a rectangular stool.
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In the end, I avoided sewing completely by making the cover on a resist and then putting the cover on the top by pulling and pushing it a bit.
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You can see in this photo what I mean. I thought that I would give it a try, and then I had time to cut the edge and sew it if that solution wasn't working.

I feel that I should work on the corners a bit more, to be honest, as they are not as snug as I wanted, but I simply do not have enough time right now, so I will go back to it later on.
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You can maybe see that the corners are a bit too loose in this last photo.

Anyway, thank you for setting up this challenge, it had been ages since I wanted to try and make this cover for the stool!!

[MTRuth]

Wonderful cover Caterina! I think your solution of avoiding sewing is great. It looks like it will work just fine. And as for the corners, they certainly don't look bad in the first photo

[caterina]

Jan 11, 2024 15:44:11 GMT MTRuth said:

Wonderful cover Caterina! I think your solution of avoiding sewing is great. It looks like it will work just fine. And as for the corners, they certainly don't look bad in the first photo

Thank you, Ruth!
About the corners, I just know and can feel with my hands that they are not quite there, but I guess that I will have to be patient and wait for when I will have a bit of time. If I use the cover immediately, I may use my time in the bathroom to rub the corners now and then, I suppose, until I am happy with them 😂

[caterina]

Ah, and another thing: I have tried to put the cover on and off a few times and it is quite easy, if you are a bit careful. So, I was thinking that I can make other covers with the same resist, and change them if I want.

[lyn]

The stool cover is so pretty and the colours are just right for a bathroom. Your way of fitting it is genius!
The cover must make the stool more comfortable to sit on too.

[Shepherdess]

looks like you found a great solution for the stool cover. It looks perfect in place.

[Ann @ frabjous fabrica]

Jan 11, 2024 16:43:26 GMT caterina said:

Ah, and another thing: I have tried to put the cover on and off a few times and it is quite easy, if you are a bit careful. So, I was thinking that I can make other covers with the same resist, and change them if I want.

That's a very good idea Caterina.  It's a very pretty cover.  I'm going to pinch your idea to make a cover for my workshop chair (when I can find time!)  😜

[caterina]

Thank you, Ann and Ann and Lyn!
You are all very kind. I am glad that the colours distract from the fact that I did not manage the exact same blue as the legs of the stool! :-)
I also like the fact that now it can be paired with different bathroom accessories of different colours, not only blue or white or grey as it was before!

The idea of a chair cover is intriguing, but I guess my solution will work only for certain types of chairs. Anyway, for the others, one can go down the path of sewing!

I made my cover with only three merino layers, I did not want it particularly thick. We are not using the stool to sit on, I do not think that it will stand the weight as it was likely born as small bedside table (I found it when it already was in its upcycled stool incarnation and had lost its small drawer, but I bet it originally had one) : we put magazines and the occasional book on it, to have them handy in...all occasions, ahem. :-D
It is quite close to the sink, though, so we put there only stuff that can withstand a few water drops (we have kids) or that we can damage a little bit.

[lyn]

My challenge piece is a phone cover - blog post

Here are the photos of the finished cover:

[Ann @ frabjous fabrica]

Love it Lyn

[caterina]

Oh, I really love, it, Lyn! Especially the rainbow details, vintage phones: they are brilliant!

[MTRuth]

Great phone case!