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Chair covers (or repurposing an old towel)…

by Tonya Grant |Filed Under: Sewing Tagged With: Repurposing Get a Weekly Update of all Articles

My lovely kids are still young enough to think its ok to wipe sticky, dirty fingers on their chair when they’re eating… please tell me they grow out of this!!!
So I have always protected their chairs with a couple of old towels – mostly because they are easy to throw in the wash every couple of days. I had often thought I should make something that fitted better and didn’t slip off every time they wriggled, but never got to it… until a couple of days ago 🙂
So one old bath towel, a couple of lengths of elastic, some little bits of ribbon and press studs to clip around the chair backs, and I finished up with 2 chair covers that are still easy to throw in the wash when needed.

Filed Under: Sewing Tagged With: Repurposing

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  1. Givinya De Elba says

    April 17, 2010 at 7:51 PM

    Oh the chair covers are brilliant!

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  2. Melissa~ says

    April 19, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    What a clever idea! Love it! I'm working on re-doing the seats of my kitchen chairs with ties right now. I think mine are past the wiping hands on chairs stage, but you never know, I guess…heh-heh

    ♥ Melissa~

  3. Michelle says

    April 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    This is such a brilliant idea! Even though I can't sew to save my life I might put this on my "Have a go" list. With three young boys they will be perfect!

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