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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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queenofhearts
03 Sep 2015
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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
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Nice gift & I love the blue colors...my favorite. You did a great job!
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Thank you.
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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
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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
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These are so great - just perfect!! Plus, I happen to love blue!
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sandralane
03 Sep 2015
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Wat a lovely gift of the chairs, and a great job of the covers. Well done. Sandra.
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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.
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They look great as they are! Love the monograms, and the colours that you have chosen.
Hugs, Lidia
Hugs, Lidia
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These are beautiful! Nice work (both the chairs and the cushions, embroidery... and I love the pillows as well). --Sharon
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The chairs look so inviting and very beautiful. Great teamwork! Joyce
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Great job, beautiful comfy cushions....I'll be right over to test them out!
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Such lovely chair covers you've done& they look so inviting to get comfy in too. Thanks for sharing them. :~D
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