Two posts in a week! What has come over me? Well, I can't promise I will be posting twice a week on a regular basis. I do, however, wish to be more consistent in posting. That, I will promise to do.
On a trip to Laguna Beach, oh, 3 or 4 years ago, we came across this fabric. It was very expensive and, though, lovely, not in the budget. After returning to San Diego, I was in a local fabric store and they had it. For $6 a yard! The exact fabric. I excitedly called my cousin and told her what I had stumbled upon and asked how much she wanted. At this point there were 3 bolts of it. She eventually decided on 25 yards. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do with it, but wanted to make sure there was enough to do a couple chairs or a love seat. I purchased the fabric and then a couple days later, she decided she wanted more. I went back and there was nothing left.
At that point, my cousins were living in Rancho Santa Fe. They have since moved to Carlsbad and now have a house on the beach. Finally, it was time to use the fabric with the khaki sea stars. It turned out there was 26 yards with which to 'play.' She decided on two chairs, both with ottomans. That was going to barely be enough fabric for all 4 pieces. The solution was to do a contrast welt and to make the skirts a little shorter than to the floor. The chair above is in the master bedroom and, as you can see, the ocean is right outside the sliding glass doors! Beautiful!
This is the back of the chair that is in the downstairs family room.
Front of chair with matching ottoman.
After the slipcovers were in place, and her giant white slipcovered sofas were delivered, it became apparent that throw pillows were needed. The fabric was all gone, though. So I started googling 'sea star fabric' and finally found it. Further investigation revealed a navy blue one as well. In the end, I made 15 pillows in the white/khaki and 11 in the navy. I did a navy welt because there was half as much of that fabric and my cousin wanted the maximum number of pillows it was possible to get from the available yardage. My car was literally full of pillows on Easter Sunday when I delivered them.
Closer up picture of the family room chair.
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