ReInventions - Rolling Chair Refashion

This was my sewing chair

Functional but ugly. I've had recovering it on my to do list for quite a while. So I finally did it. It took about an hour, which made me wonder why I waited so long. 

First, I unscrewed the seat and the seat back. I was left with the frame, which got a tube of fabric squished on it. I know I marked this as a not sewing project, but that was all I sewed. 

I stapled fabric and ruffle over the seat from underneath. The trick to re-upholstering chair seats like this is to staple down the center of each side first, doing all 4 sides, then working out to each edge and tucking/pleating as you go. That way the fabric doesn't get pulled wonky and you don't end up with a ton of extra fabric around the corners. 

(See, I didn't even sew the back edges - just cut with pinking shears)

The seat back came apart by pressing and wiggling. 

I covered the front part the same way as the seat, then covered the plastic part using a top-secret method. Masking tape.

Really, the plastic lip is what holds this in place, so the masking tape was just to hold it while I put the two pieces back together, which require some flathead screwdrivers (to hold the lip out) and my knee (to press the top in). 

Screwed it back together, and now I have this in front of my sewing machine

And of course as soon as I did this, I saw Sugar Bee Crafts chair redo and now I have to go get some spray paint for the black parts you can still see.