footstool recovery

Ever since we finished painting and re-arranging our front room, I've been inspired to slowly create new & needed textiles to decorate the space. Most recently, I decided to re-cover this humble foot stool.

I used my favorite technique of late; randomly sewing down scraps of sweater wool to a backing fabric. I'm so in love with this process. For one, it uses tiny scraps of fabric in a most lovely way! I like the randomness of it; the freedom of just grabbing into the basket of scraps and plonking down whatever I pull out.

For the final touch, and to pull all that randomness together, I like to sew thin, meandering strips on the surface, and travel all over the surface with machine top-stitching.

Hmmm, looks like it'll fit. The back looks interesting, too.

Here I've laid it over the stool upside down, and am pinning the corners to fit. I then stitch the corners and trim off the excess fabric.

Next, I sewed a casing of knit fabric all around the bottom edge.

Thread a cord through. I used a strip of sturdy knit fabric.

Oh yes, this is fitting nicely.

Snugging up the drawstring.

Tuck in the ends.

Foot stool cozy!

I like it.

Testing out the new thing.