Sewing Room Chair

I finished my sewing room chair yesterday.  It's a very comfortable office chair with casters, and I liked everything about it except for the slightly worn upholstery.  To make it easy on myself, I made a sleeve that slides over the back and a small flat quilt to lay on the seat.  

It's been going on for too long, so I'm glad I finally finished it.  In mid-September I made all the blocks, and in early October I pieced them.

Here's the finished product.  Let's walk through what I did since early October...

 

I added borders to the chevron blocks to make it large enough to cover the chair back.  I placed the top block upside down, so that when it's folded in half, both blocks will have their V's pointing down.

Then I pieced a slightly larger piece for the backing, using my second-tier (less than favorite) fabric.  I'm always glad of a good way to use up that fabric.

Close-up of the backing.  It's not so bad; I think these are all Kaffe Fassett.

Pin basted.  It's nice to work with something small enough that I can work on my table, instead of the floor.

For quilting, I matched the thread to the fabric color, because I didn't want the thread to show.

Echo quilting.

The seat cover has the same fabric on the front and back.  Since the seat is wider (going from side to side) than it is deep (going from front to back), I quilted the lines parallel to the long edges.  That helps in the draping.  I used multiple thread colors, but did each color in blocks of parallel lines.

Here are the finished parts.  I used the same binding on the two to tie them together.  That sturdy little back is standing up all on its own.

The cover for the chair back just barely touches the seat cover.  The binding on the chair back is much narrower than on the seat because I didn't want to cover up very much of the orange.  Plus with just one fabric on the seat, a wider binding gives it a little more interest.

It seems I'm always rearranging / redecorating my sewing room, and I can see many more chair covers in different color schemes in my future.  But not for awhile yet.