To make a gathered skirt allow about one and a half times the width measurement.
How to make dining room chair covers.
You need only simple sewing.
Fortunately you can make your own for very little money.
An easy way to bring a fresh look to your dining room is with new chair back covers.
You can use pillowcases to cover dining room chair backs and seats make fancy chair covers for special events or create a custom one piece slipcover for an armchair.
Slipcovers are a great way to disguise mismatched seating or give dated chairs a quick update.
You need about 3 yards of 45 inch wide fabric to cover one standard size dining room chair.
This dining room chair is covered in a white linen slipcover with a flirty ruffled skirt adding a touch of feminine elegance to this dining room.
How to make chair back slipcovers for dining room chairs.
Covering dining room chairs can be an impactful and cost effective way to cover flaws in existing furniture or liven up space with new colors textures and creative flair.
Set a seasonal mood or enhance a celebration with easy to make fabric covers.
Or you could at a box pleat at each corner.
This type of chair back slipcover only works on straight back chairs if your chairs taper slightly you can still make them but will have to keep the shape of the slipcover as wide as the widest part of the chair back so the slipcover will fit over.
Most dining room chairs are generally the same size give or take a few inches.
Purchasing chair covers can be expensive especially if you have an entire set of chairs to cover.
For this project the chair was 44 inches high x 20 inches wide x about 22 inches deep.
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