Monogrammed Adirondack chair cushions I made for my DH. His friend generously made the chairs himself as a birthday gift. I Googled around to find a pattern and was able to find one on YouTube that gave instructions to make a custom size. Fabrics are specifically for outdoor use from Joanne's with coupons of course!
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by
queenofhearts
03 Sep 2015
+13✽
The chairs are wonderful, what an awesome gift, and your cushions are the frosting on the cake.
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Thank you. Yummmm, frosting!
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CymbleneJones
03 Sep 2015
+13✽
Nice gift & I love the blue colors...my favorite. You did a great job!
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Thank you.
Wonderful job!!! Great gift also to your husband, also. Hope you have time to relax in them! Kay
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Looking forward to it : )
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graceandham
03 Sep 2015
+12✽
This turned out great. What a good friend to make chairs for him.
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Yes, he's very talented with wood working.
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dailylaundry
03 Sep 2015
+11✽
These are so great - just perfect!! Plus, I happen to love blue!
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sandralane
03 Sep 2015
+10✽
Wat a lovely gift of the chairs, and a great job of the covers. Well done. Sandra.
If anyone has tips to avoid the puckering for next time that would be great. I used 1 layer of cut away hooped and floated the fabric on top using tape, spray adhesive, and pins. Of course it looked great until I unhooped it. It can't be ironed without shrinkage from the heat. I tried it on a scrap even with low heat. Yes, I also did a practice piece but it didn't appear to pucker as much. Maybe it's an illusion. I also used a special needle that I will check on and add here later.
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i bet the fabric just needs to relax and the slight puckers will disappear
Yeah, that fabric is tricky to embroider on. I tried a veggie design from Embroidery Library to put on a market basket. I was blaming it on the heavy stitch count, but I think it's the synthetic fabric...that's my answer, and I'm sticking to it! CERTAINLY NOT operator issues...
Mine didn't have a lot of stitches either but the coating on the fabric makes it unforgiving.
They look great as they are! Love the monograms, and the colours that you have chosen.
Hugs, Lidia
Hugs, Lidia
These are beautiful! Nice work (both the chairs and the cushions, embroidery... and I love the pillows as well). --Sharon
The chairs look so inviting and very beautiful. Great teamwork! Joyce
Great job, beautiful comfy cushions....I'll be right over to test them out!
Such lovely chair covers you've done& they look so inviting to get comfy in too. Thanks for sharing them. :~D