New Upholstery - Bed Cushions

I finally started upholstering the cushions I lined about a million years ago.  Here are the three bottom cushions for the rear bed....only 7 more cushions and a few armrests to go....

The fabric is 100% cotton. I washed and dried it on the hottest temperatures in order to shrink it before sewing.  It shrunk a LOT, so I am really glad I took the time to do this.  It also made the fabric look and feel more vintage, and nubby.

Sewing on the welting using the zipper foot to get up tight against the cording.

Snip to ease around the corners.  I then go back and zig zag stitch all to secure against fraying.

It's not like i don't have "help".

My dog has been raised to believe the sewing machine running is a sleep aid.

He also thinks he is a cat. That is another issue.

First one is done!  Zipper closure at rear.  More photos of that later.

The three rear bottom "couch" bed cushions.

Now to get the rest completed....this tropical print it directional, and while it doesn't need to match up exactly to look okay...it is time consuming to cut out.  A lesson learned. No more directional prints!

More to come....soon I hope!

The New Old Fashioned Awning!

Altizer Sunblock Outdoor Fabric

"Peekaboo" in Chocolate

I ordered a total of 7.5 yards

Sewing the J Channel "rope" out of a piece cut from one strip the length of the fabric - The white stripe makes a good guide for me, and will go inside of the J channel and not be seen.

The first piece to be sewn will be the last piece to be sewn on the awning

Every piece was zig-zag bound to keep it from fraying, and double seamed.

This is the center seam - Two pieces, each 3 yards long were sewn together side to side (so that the white stripe lined up appropriatly with the design) and then sewn together with a flat felled seam

Getting ready to flip it over for the double stitched flat felled seam...

It looks like this on both sides, and I can't explain exactly how it was done.

Hopefully a picture IS worth a thousand words. ;)

The two pieces are one now.  The seam is at the center.

Close up of the zig zag at the scalloped edge -

it still needs to be bound.

Sewing the welt around the inside all along the seams for extra strength.

The flap piece is a double of the fabric  -

sewn in at each corner and at center where the grommets will go for extra durability.

The awning is installed in the J Channel - it went in perfectly!

I still have to buy one more tent pole, since it takes three now, instead of the original two that I thought it would require....and then I will pull it out in the yard to set it up.

The dimensions are 8.5 x 8.5 with a 10" drop on the scallop edge.

ONE MORE PICTURE of it all set up - to follow! 

The Bed & Dinette Cushions

The bed area.

This is all of the foam with the lining fabric on it....this is not the

upholstery fabric - it is on order and will be here next week!

I had enough of the cotton toile left over from our daughters wedding

to cover the cushions here, AND in the Shasta.

When I include the backrests, armrests, and the dinette cushions

the total is FOURTEEN cushions JUST in the Adirondack! 

...and I think I could use one more actually....hmmmmm.

Dinette Cushions

Side View