See this old video of the reveal of Josh's baby room?
http://silverfamilyil.blogspot.com/2009/05/extremem-makeover-nursery-addition.html
about 1:13 into the video you can see the old fabric.
Here's what the new one looks like. I had originally picked out some butterfly fabric, but by the time I got back to the store to purchase it, they were sold out!
I started by taking apart the old cushions to see what my Aunt Terri had done. Basic straight stitches. I traced the cushion twice, only to realize that it's not even on both sides. Plus I traced with the old fabric on, which made it bigger...oh well, I finally got the two pieces similar enough sew three sides. the complicated thing was adding the ribbons to tie to the chair. I gave up trying to do a fabric tie and just added some ribbon, which I think is even better. However, I sewed them to the inside! I had to open some stitches and put them back through the front. I got the cushion in and sewed close as possible to the cushion. I actually did two runs. First, to close the square, and the second to make it tight, the cut out off the first so that I wouldn't have any overhang. It's not perfect or great, but I'm not selling it or looking for awards - it fits the needs I have.
I was a bit more confident with the bottom cushion, and I made a few mistakes. I sewed the the edges too close together (in attempt to make it tight, and forgot to leave room for the fabric to come down the sides. I ended up having to trim the cushion foam to fit the fabric around the cushion. I also didn't put the ribbon ties the same on both sides. If you imagine the numbers 1 , 2 and 3 running down the sides of the cushion, then I sewed the ribbons on 1 and 2 on one side and 1 and 3 on the other side..oh well, I hope it will be ok. Again, not perfect or winning any awards, but it should keep the cushion on the chair.
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