Ruffles

Lately, I love anything frilly or ruffly (is that a real word?).  I think it's because I'm a girly girl.  I love all the ruffle embellishments on clothes and so I thought I would translate that to a chair I had in my garage.  I hate it when I forget to take before pictures, but unfortunately that is the case with this one so you'll just have to use your imagination.

I started out with a basic wooden chair from Goodwill....

Then I cut a square of fabric large enough to cover the whole cushion.  I used an old curtain panel that I had leftover from college.  It was the perfect color and weight.

Then, I cut strips from the same fabric that were about 1.5 times as long as the square I cut...

Then, I started sewing the strips onto the square.  I didn't want this to be perfect so I didn't pin it, I just scrunched as I went.

add as many ruffles as you want and you should end up with something like this....

Now, just staple it on your cushion and you're done!  I chose to paint the frame of this chair my new favorite Rustoleum color, charcoal green.  It really reads much more gray than green, in fact it doesn't look green at all to me.  I'm not sure if it's a discontinued color (I sure hope not) because I found it at the dollar store.  Weird right?  I actually bought about 20 cans of all different colors because it was such a steal!  Anyways, on to the reveal of the chair...

I love the little quatrefoil design on the back too...

and off to our booth it goes!