just bringing this back to the top

valley forge next week, anyone else going ?

The Slipcover Network Forum

Hi All...

Just wanted you to know I just sent in another shipment of recycle in cartridges and cell phones. Thanks to all who are making it possible to grow our Scholarship fund for the Summit 2006.

It's easy save your empty cartridges, and when you get 3 send them my way. I send them to the company, and they send a check to Claudia who is our treasurer.

Hope all are well
Karen

Here is a job Linda from Kansas did for one of her clients. Looks like Homespun Fabric. Don't you just love the skirt?

Karen - I was going to send you the 8 old cellphones I had but after talking to my friend who had recycled them before she said that it would not be worth it to mail them out to you. She said we would get $1 each at the most. I am going to donate them to my church instead. Sorry! I had no idea how old they were. I got them from my MIL and SIL at their garage sale.

Duh... I just discovered the "Comment" feature. I wonder what else I've been missing...

Dede (in a daze)

Terratex Interface Fabrics

"Terratex® is a registered trademark of Interface Fabrics Group and designates fabrics that are made from 100% recycled or compostable material using increasingly sustainable manufacturing practices to produce a high quality product that is recyclable at the end of its useful life."

Sustainable, minimal-impact, environmentally conscious, eco-responsibe interior fabric.

In other words... recycled (and recyclable).

Is this one of the companies Jeannie highlighted? Or did I just volunteer to write an article? :D

New Photo

Just got this photo from Kathy Ritter in upstate NY. How would anyone handle this arm? Tricky??????

lining slipcovers...either married to the cover, independednt and between furniture and cover, or attached to furniture....

sure..............I'd like people to tell me what they tried and didn't like.

additionally, what do you say to yourself when looking at a situation that you jus' know the fabric isn't going to hide what's going on ? What's the self talk you do in planning ?

So let me know if you understand the new setup...Off to do errands

The Slipcover Network Forum: 09/01/2005 - 09/30/
2005

Shirley we could open up the blog to all and have the discussion here online...
What do you think?

Kim it is so good to hear from you. We'd love to see photos when you get them.....

Dede ( the stain queen ) you'd help me alot if you stain it with your household stains and then treat them as you would, and report back which didn't come out ?

Karen, tell me the impressions you get from others about if the appearance is acceptable.

Karen, where can we post a discussion or a back ground article ( maybe on the Summit advertisment ? ) on lining. As you can probably tell, I am so excited about lining, this is an issue I can really run with.

What a beautiful picture, Karen! Looks like a magazine layout. You were lucky to get a room so accessible and full of light. I just finished a "slipcover by mail" My first ever by measurements alone (thank you for the wonderful instruction in St. Louis, Shirley!) - happened to be a wingback. (ugh) I had done a slipcover for this chair before and asked the owner if she would like to send me some fabric and be my guinea pig. She just emailed me that it's on the chair and looks ok...I begged her for photos, hope they come soon!
Kim

The final product. The welt cord on the red sofa and ottoman were made from the fabric that we used on the chair.

Here is the undergarment over the ottoman. Softened the tufting on the ottoman, but it was still bumpy as you will see in the final photo....

HI all...

Finished job finally... Here is the sofa, no tufting... so didn't need to do an undergarment. Will be sending some more photos

Tried posting earlier but the blog was down.

I finally got my sample Shirley. I have used something like this before. Very stretchy when sewing....

I haven't used it yet, but will take it with me on the road when I teach....

K with SA

Poly canvas... hmm... Haven't had a chance to do anything with it, yet. Is it 100% poly? What are its advantages? -besides not shrinking, I mean.

I have a lot of samples to test; I'll throw it in with them, but this won't happen until October.

I agree with the fiberglass comparison.

anyone commenting on the poly canvas ?

who's going to Valley Forge ? Oct 5 ? Later in the week ? Got a room yet ?