New sofa and cushion slipcovers

New sofa. No slipcovers.

Finally got a new sofa. I've been wanting a wood armed sofa for quite a while and this one became available at Room & Board's Outlet store thanks to my friend, Bud, for finding it.

It is a smaller scale than the previous blue upholstered 3-section one from Burrow but now I'll have room for an armchair and possible footstool.

Fearing the dreaded cat hair situation that occurred with the previous sofa, I decide to make slipcovers.

I went to TJ Maxx in search of a twin sheet set. I figured I could use the fitted sheet for the bottom long cushion and see if the pillow cases would work for the back pillows.

The fitted sheet was fairly good. Definitely the right length and currently has safety pins keeping it in place.

The twin set only came with one pillowcase and it was too small, so I retrieved the very old Montgomery Ward's sewing machine from my storage unit and decided to custom make the pillow cushion covers.

Mockup. Pillow sham design.

I decided that a pillow sham design would be the easiest. No need for closures like zippers or buttons. I have two pillow shams on my bed as examples.

First, I measured and cut out a pattern and made a mockup with an old full-size sheet that I had saved. Once I was good with the mockup, I used the twin flat sheet to make the slipcovers, however, there wasn't enough fabric to make both the fronts and backs so used the old full-size sheet for the back material.

The old sewing machine is not particularly reliable but with the help of some YouTube videos I was able to get it to work well enough. I can neither cut nor sew a straight line but since this project is just for me, I stumbled through and am very happy with the results.

Slipcovers.

I did prove to myself that when I put my mind and effort to a project, I can get it completed in a timely manner.

Maggie very much likes the new sofa.