Recepción al sitio del network del slipcover! ¡Si usted tiene preguntas, pida por favor!
How do we get this to the search engines ? Karen, do you mind this idea ?
Acepte por favor una invitación de ensamblarnos en un acontecimiento de enseñanza del slipcover en el Arizona de junio el 21 de Phoenix (Peoria) a 25 2006. Damos la bienvenida a todos los entusiastas, sin importar lengua. Acomodaremos la barrera como podemos lo más mejor posible. Usted es muy agradable ensamblarnos.
I cut and paste from Babelfish, and then sent it back through Babelfish, it's close enough. If read literally it's comical, but it's close enough.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Thursday, March 30, 2006
'cuz I needed to finally pick a name:
here it is, Hybrid Muslin Method.
Hybrid Muslin Method ( to be taught at the Summit in June ) is~
a safe and stepwise way to dabble in an unfamiliar slipcover method. It's not the fast way, there's no direct dive into it, but it gives you a chance to change course. It gives you more choices, and more information, at a point where you can still back up and change your mind.
Basically, to create a pin fitted or measured muslin pattern ( half is good, if applicable ). Then, you write on that pattern what you need to know for your particular choices.
For standardization, handouts will be given to guide you. For instance, I will walk students through a leap from double on half muslin cutting to Karen's way, Janelle's way, and Alicia's way. The same set of instructions works in this case for all three.
Which means, I am explaning going from one to the next VIA the muslin. Is this clearer ? It's as if the slipcover methods are departure and arrival points, the muslin acts as the hub where you change planes. This is admittedly typical Shirley, but usually it's fun anyway, no ?
Hybrid Muslin Method ( to be taught at the Summit in June ) is~
a safe and stepwise way to dabble in an unfamiliar slipcover method. It's not the fast way, there's no direct dive into it, but it gives you a chance to change course. It gives you more choices, and more information, at a point where you can still back up and change your mind.
Basically, to create a pin fitted or measured muslin pattern ( half is good, if applicable ). Then, you write on that pattern what you need to know for your particular choices.
For standardization, handouts will be given to guide you. For instance, I will walk students through a leap from double on half muslin cutting to Karen's way, Janelle's way, and Alicia's way. The same set of instructions works in this case for all three.
Which means, I am explaning going from one to the next VIA the muslin. Is this clearer ? It's as if the slipcover methods are departure and arrival points, the muslin acts as the hub where you change planes. This is admittedly typical Shirley, but usually it's fun anyway, no ?
Method shopping
came up with a list of question while re~examining the pie chart with six colors.
Questions to ask yourself, when considering moving on to learn a new method:
Site, where can this be done ?
Sewing, are you sewing as part of the fitting process ? Is this a limit for you ?
How clear must your plan be in your mind before you make the first cut ?
Can you adjust to fit the whole while maintaining symmetry on both sides ?
Are you now working on fitting on the WS out, or the RS out ? Want a change ?
Are you able to postpone making that first cut, while collecting sufficient information, without incurring an additional trip ?
How grain true can you remain, and what difficulties do you enocounter currently ?
Can you avoid struggling in front of your customer ?
What results have you been pleased with and unpleased with, and what questions remain about what went right / wrong ?
Questions to ask yourself, when considering moving on to learn a new method:
Site, where can this be done ?
Sewing, are you sewing as part of the fitting process ? Is this a limit for you ?
How clear must your plan be in your mind before you make the first cut ?
Can you adjust to fit the whole while maintaining symmetry on both sides ?
Are you now working on fitting on the WS out, or the RS out ? Want a change ?
Are you able to postpone making that first cut, while collecting sufficient information, without incurring an additional trip ?
How grain true can you remain, and what difficulties do you enocounter currently ?
Can you avoid struggling in front of your customer ?
What results have you been pleased with and unpleased with, and what questions remain about what went right / wrong ?
finally getting around to a couple things...
one, putting on a disc, pictures of furniture, and a plan to measure those pieces of furniture, complete with daigrams of the shapes you need to cut ( and measure for ).
I have all that stored in my head, and found a graphic artist person to help me illustrate it.
Send me pictures of all the furniture you ever wanted to measure ? and you will get a copy free. Surface mail them, email me first---slipcoverlady at juno dot com .
Second, getting Brown narrowed down to a one day class. I hope everyone finds the means to come to the Summit, and gets that room reserved before the good price expires, regardless of which classes you intend to take.
If you are ready to make a muslin pattern to begin to experiment safely and quickly with methods other than the one you now use, you are ready for Brown ( hybrid ) Still doesn't have a decent name. The next name is no better but it's more descriptive. This is a hub method.
If all the various methods were 6 colors on a pie chart with six wedges, this method belongs in the middle, it's a hub, a transit point.
It's a way to bridge the knowlege you have using the muslin to get to a finished cover using a new method of choice. It is round about, and safe. It's a baby step to getting to another method while working on real goods for a real client.
This method can get you anywhere on the pie chart, it can get you to anyone's method. The class will be making the muslin, and then interpretting the muslin to be what you need to cut for your choice of next method. To quote some giddy gal over in NY, clear as mud ?
I have all that stored in my head, and found a graphic artist person to help me illustrate it.
Send me pictures of all the furniture you ever wanted to measure ? and you will get a copy free. Surface mail them, email me first---slipcoverlady at juno dot com .
Second, getting Brown narrowed down to a one day class. I hope everyone finds the means to come to the Summit, and gets that room reserved before the good price expires, regardless of which classes you intend to take.
If you are ready to make a muslin pattern to begin to experiment safely and quickly with methods other than the one you now use, you are ready for Brown ( hybrid ) Still doesn't have a decent name. The next name is no better but it's more descriptive. This is a hub method.
If all the various methods were 6 colors on a pie chart with six wedges, this method belongs in the middle, it's a hub, a transit point.
It's a way to bridge the knowlege you have using the muslin to get to a finished cover using a new method of choice. It is round about, and safe. It's a baby step to getting to another method while working on real goods for a real client.
This method can get you anywhere on the pie chart, it can get you to anyone's method. The class will be making the muslin, and then interpretting the muslin to be what you need to cut for your choice of next method. To quote some giddy gal over in NY, clear as mud ?
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
CHFI post on
http://forums.chfindustry.com/showthread.php?t=41077
Regarding Shirley's post on top-of-arm cording - fascinating!
Regarding Shirley's post on top-of-arm cording - fascinating!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
There was a discussion some time ago about slips for leather furniture. The feeling was that they would be difficult because customers generally prefer you not pin into the leather.
Well... how about using small (and I mean really, really small) pony clamps to temporarily hold fabric together so you can pin the seam? That way, you can avoid pinning into the leather.
Can anyone picture what I'm talking about?
Well... how about using small (and I mean really, really small) pony clamps to temporarily hold fabric together so you can pin the seam? That way, you can avoid pinning into the leather.
Can anyone picture what I'm talking about?
Monday, March 20, 2006
The Slipcover Network Forum
The Slipcover Network Forum
Good morning... next week several of us will go to the show in Florida... Window Fashion Expo... wish you could be there with us in the Slipcover Network booth...
always
Karen
Good morning... next week several of us will go to the show in Florida... Window Fashion Expo... wish you could be there with us in the Slipcover Network booth...
always
Karen
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Just a reminder-
Friday March 17, 2006 is the deadline for turning in surveys.
Thanks again to all who have already participated.
Contact Dede or me for a survey form.
dede at westvillagehome.com
cozy_cottage at netzero.com
__________________
Friday March 17, 2006 is the deadline for turning in surveys.
Thanks again to all who have already participated.
Contact Dede or me for a survey form.
dede at westvillagehome.com
cozy_cottage at netzero.com
__________________
Saturday, March 04, 2006
The Slipcover Network Forum
The Slipcover Network Forum Has everyone answered the Slipcover Pricing Survey?????
Monday, February 20, 2006
We need your VOTE!
One of the members of the DraperyPro networking group has been selected by HGTV as one of five finalists in the Design Star competition. Her name is Nika Stewart, and I'd LOVE to see her win; so that's where you come in--she needs your vote! She's such a darling with such a likeable personality. We all win if she wins the opportunity to host her own HGTV show. :-)
Online voting at www.hgtv.com starts today, February 20th, and ends next Sunday, Feb. 26th. You can vote once per day.
Online voting at www.hgtv.com starts today, February 20th, and ends next Sunday, Feb. 26th. You can vote once per day.
Network Dues
I saw the hidden post about paying our annual dues--even if we don't get a hard copy of the newsletter. Like Dede said, I, too am clueless-- and forgetful. Now that I've been reminded----
Jeannie
Jeannie
Thursday, February 16, 2006
hey there !
everybody woke up ! I do want to say, for my part, the directory is very productive for me, I get many emails from it.
it's the best investment I make in placing my contact info on the web.
I find with Rowley's poly fill cord , I just have to order more than one kind, and have different feet for it. And, I don't have a fixed idea of what it has to look like. Can't beat'em, join'em.
it's the best investment I make in placing my contact info on the web.
I find with Rowley's poly fill cord , I just have to order more than one kind, and have different feet for it. And, I don't have a fixed idea of what it has to look like. Can't beat'em, join'em.
The Slipcover Network Forum
The Slipcover Network Forum
Wow--3 posts in 1 day.
I'm about out of washable poly welt cord again. Rowley's latest sample looked better than a year ago, and may be OK, but I'm curious where other people are getting their cord from these days.
Jeannie
Wow--3 posts in 1 day.
I'm about out of washable poly welt cord again. Rowley's latest sample looked better than a year ago, and may be OK, but I'm curious where other people are getting their cord from these days.
Jeannie
Slipcover Pricing Summary 2006
Slipcover Pricing Summary 2006
We are once again preparing the bi-annual slipcover pricing survey summary. In order to make the Slipcover Pricing Survey Summary 2006 a success we need your help.
The survey will be broken down into three divisions- East, Central and West and a total for North America.The survey should only take 10 minutes of your time.
Anyone participating in the survey will receive a FREE copy of the survey. Please contact me at cozy_cottage@netzero.com for a survey form.
This is an on going service to those in the Slipcover Profession. The Slipcover Network.com has been providing since 2000.
The deadline for turning in the survey is March 17, 2006.
Those choosing not to participate in the Survey, which will produce the Summary, can purchase the results from the SlipcoverNetwork.com for $10.... All proceeds go toward the Scholarship fund for the Slipcover Summit.
Thank you,
Teresa “Tessy” Bennett
Cozy Cottage Slipcovers
We are once again preparing the bi-annual slipcover pricing survey summary. In order to make the Slipcover Pricing Survey Summary 2006 a success we need your help.
The survey will be broken down into three divisions- East, Central and West and a total for North America.The survey should only take 10 minutes of your time.
Anyone participating in the survey will receive a FREE copy of the survey. Please contact me at cozy_cottage@netzero.com for a survey form.
This is an on going service to those in the Slipcover Profession. The Slipcover Network.com has been providing since 2000.
The deadline for turning in the survey is March 17, 2006.
Those choosing not to participate in the Survey, which will produce the Summary, can purchase the results from the SlipcoverNetwork.com for $10.... All proceeds go toward the Scholarship fund for the Slipcover Summit.
Thank you,
Teresa “Tessy” Bennett
Cozy Cottage Slipcovers
Monday, February 13, 2006
couple issues
no one would think to click on a comments number of zero, but untill you do, you wouldn't realize the comments are THERE.
I made one to Dede several days ago, and the number still reads zero. We may not have any control over that, and that's fine, just click on commnets regardless.
Anyone who wants to sell any stuff on ebay slipcover related, and don't want to learn the process and open the accounts, I'd like to be your ebay buddy.
All I need is for you to send a well done photo and have your description and have had it weighed and measured to predict postage.
The fees are whatever ebay charges and a sliding scale for a % to me, never more than 10%.
Machines, zippers, fabric yardage, old slipcovers ? Never know untill you try.
I can only do this for list members, you have to be known to us. There's too many things that can go wrong....
I made one to Dede several days ago, and the number still reads zero. We may not have any control over that, and that's fine, just click on commnets regardless.
Anyone who wants to sell any stuff on ebay slipcover related, and don't want to learn the process and open the accounts, I'd like to be your ebay buddy.
All I need is for you to send a well done photo and have your description and have had it weighed and measured to predict postage.
The fees are whatever ebay charges and a sliding scale for a % to me, never more than 10%.
Machines, zippers, fabric yardage, old slipcovers ? Never know untill you try.
I can only do this for list members, you have to be known to us. There's too many things that can go wrong....
Friday, February 10, 2006
New (for me) fabrication method
Just finished a barrel-back wing chair with an existing slipcover (totally shredded - gotta love those cats!). It featured a construction I've never seen before:
IB and deck were one continuous piece, which draped over the edge. No separate skirt; slipcover ended where upholstery ended. Well made, but obviously fabricated with speed in mind. Custom made in a local one-woman workroom.
How common is this?
IB and deck were one continuous piece, which draped over the edge. No separate skirt; slipcover ended where upholstery ended. Well made, but obviously fabricated with speed in mind. Custom made in a local one-woman workroom.
How common is this?
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Need help with Slipcover Summit
Hi all... We need help getting the info about the Slipcover Summit out to everyone. Are there any volunteers who would post the information to forums and other places? Do you belong to any other groups that sew who would like to know about the Slipcover Summit?
Monday, February 06, 2006
gonna bore everyone again
I am trying to nail down Brown. A slithering creature of the night, you can assume I dream fitfully about Brown. Why ?
' Cuz I opened my mouth too quick and volunteered to DO it, that's why. That's how I usually invent something whacky anyway.
I realize this cannot be whacky ( remember the snaps in the metal chair seat ? ), because good people are spending good money to hear me preach about it.
So, the short selling points:
any method, any method of slipcovering, none excluded, can be done in the customers home provided a good muslin pattern is done. That's without taking the furniture away. You can have prepared the muslin on an estimate visit, or the visit to show the fabrics you sell.
secondly, it's more likely you can fluidly go on to try new methods once you have the muslin pattern down pat. Why ? Because all the other methods can be preceded by and done more efficiently and safely with a muslin pattern.
Okay, so I am absolutely certain of all these promises, this is without any doubt on my part.
The trick is, how to tailor the planning so that I meet the needs of the students who sign up ?
Karen, suggest....... I hate to do anything not spectacular.
' Cuz I opened my mouth too quick and volunteered to DO it, that's why. That's how I usually invent something whacky anyway.
I realize this cannot be whacky ( remember the snaps in the metal chair seat ? ), because good people are spending good money to hear me preach about it.
So, the short selling points:
any method, any method of slipcovering, none excluded, can be done in the customers home provided a good muslin pattern is done. That's without taking the furniture away. You can have prepared the muslin on an estimate visit, or the visit to show the fabrics you sell.
secondly, it's more likely you can fluidly go on to try new methods once you have the muslin pattern down pat. Why ? Because all the other methods can be preceded by and done more efficiently and safely with a muslin pattern.
Okay, so I am absolutely certain of all these promises, this is without any doubt on my part.
The trick is, how to tailor the planning so that I meet the needs of the students who sign up ?
Karen, suggest....... I hate to do anything not spectacular.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Please help me find a photo of...
Please help me find a photo of...
A slipcover with a box-pleated or inverted pleat skirt. I KNOW I've seen one around... somewhere, and I can't find it (or them). I want to do a multi-pleated skirt and am figuring out a scale that looks right for the chair.
Thanks! :)
A slipcover with a box-pleated or inverted pleat skirt. I KNOW I've seen one around... somewhere, and I can't find it (or them). I want to do a multi-pleated skirt and am figuring out a scale that looks right for the chair.
Thanks! :)
Monday, January 30, 2006
frame to weave scraps
I don't usually ask to sell stuff here but I have a special item that needs a good home.
frames to stretch and impale scraps ( like silk ) to weave and embelish them for pillows. I have one pictured here : look in the upper left album, latest two pictures.
http://www.picturetrail.com/slipcoverlady
this is the first of thirteen frames I will list on ebay, trying to feel around for a use other than my own idea, and thinking that just one person would want them all. Sizes up to king sham size.
I had them made custom, the pins are heavy duty drapery pins cut off ( replaceable ) sunk into hardwoods and dove tailed.
It was fun, I used fuseables ( LOL ) on the back to limit sewing. Lost interest, don't have room.
slipcoverlady@juno.com email and I will send listing to you.
Just email me if you have a suggestion who would use this ? Thanks so much !
frames to stretch and impale scraps ( like silk ) to weave and embelish them for pillows. I have one pictured here : look in the upper left album, latest two pictures.
http://www.picturetrail.com/slipcoverlady
this is the first of thirteen frames I will list on ebay, trying to feel around for a use other than my own idea, and thinking that just one person would want them all. Sizes up to king sham size.
I had them made custom, the pins are heavy duty drapery pins cut off ( replaceable ) sunk into hardwoods and dove tailed.
It was fun, I used fuseables ( LOL ) on the back to limit sewing. Lost interest, don't have room.
slipcoverlady@juno.com email and I will send listing to you.
Just email me if you have a suggestion who would use this ? Thanks so much !
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