Oh my. I might be in trouble. I am still just loving my most recent makeover on my kitchen table, and I knew even before I did the makeover that the black upholstery on my Parson chairs just wasn’t working. I really only bought those chairs because they were the style I wanted and figured I could recover them later. Well later it is.
My husband and I walked into Pier 1 this weekend, and he told me that he instantly thought, “We’ll probably be going home with those.”
And we did. Leave with four of them, that is. Just beautiful. Love the pattern, love the color, LOVE the pleats on the bottom. Love, love, love. So here’s my problem.
They’re too big {tear}. Now I pulled & tucked & adjusted…and basically, to really make them fit, I’d have to take them almost completely apart and then sew them back together, just in a smaller form. And when I say me, I possibly mean the sweet lady who does my alterations. Still don’t have a sewing machine. And unless one of you has a killer suggestion {puuuleeze!} that might be my one solution.
But the other thought weighing on my brain is Are these worth it to fix? Each cover is about $50, and while I know a few friends who would loan me their sewing machine–is it more trouble than it’s worth to alter these myself? And will paying someone else to alter it just push these chair covers over the top?? I am swooning over the pleated skirt, the pattern, the two-tone color on the back. I might just be so in love, it’s fix at all costs {no honey, I didn’t really mean that!}….So, what’s your advice?? Really…I’d sure love to know!!
