My (Sarah's) sister just moved into a new house and is getting rid of some of her old couches. If we want, she will sell us a couch and loveseat set to us for way cheap (around $50 for the pair). Brittney Hanks knows how to recover couches...not just make slipcovers, but really reupholster couches. It's really quite amazing!! Anyway, if we want, we can buy the couches from my sister, buy fabric (Joann's is having a sale right now and has home fabrics for very cheap) and recover the couches for a few Dork nights. Then, we can sell the couches on Craigslist or KSL and keep the money to fund Dork nights!
I think that we can make a lot of money and I personally would love to learn how to recover couches. However, before you say yes, you have to know that it's definitely hard work. It entails taking apart the couch (pulling out all of the staples that are holding the fabric down), cutting new fabric, sewing cushions, and putting the couch back together (using a staple gun to secure fabric).
If we have 5 or more girls, I think it could go pretty fast, and I think we'd have a fun time doing it.
Let me know on the poll on the left if you are interested. I know I probably made it sound way hard and not fun, but I think that we could have a blast doing it, and it's really worth learning!!
Recovering couches
October 4 - Finishing Swim Cover-Ups
Thanks to everyone who came last Thursday! We had a fun time starting our swim cover-ups and hanging out together. This week, we'll just plan on finishing the cover-ups at my house at 8:00. Let me know if anyone has any questions. We'll see you then!
September 27 - Swim Cover-Ups
So I'm way excited about sewing swim cover-ups. After looking extensively through patterns, I think this one has a couple good options that would be simple and way cute. With the blue dress, I'd probably leave the bottom of the dress open so that it's not gathered how it is in the picture. The pink dress would be super cute, too. You can always adjust length to whatever you prefer.
So to those of you coming, here's what you need:
1. 1 7/8 yards of 60" stretch knit fabric. When I looked, the best fabric options were velour knit and fabrics in the dance/swimwear knits section.
2. 1 spool of thread that matches your fabric.
3. 1 package of 1/4" wide elastic (for pink dress only)
4. Brining a sewing machine is optional ... let me know if you're planning on it so I make sure we have enough.
If you have any questions, call me or just post a message.