Have a seat...

My sewing machine was in the shop for a tune-up and I just picked it up this morning!

Yay!

Now, I can get busy and catch up on all the projects I have left since before Christmas.

However....before I start sewing, I had one project that needed attending to.

I use this hard as rock chair in my sewing room that I borrowed from my kitchen. Not comfortable for prolonged sitting, and the cushion I have on it keeps landing on the floor.

So, last week I rescued an old aluminum kitchen chair probably from the 60's! It was on it's way to the dump!

Initially, I though about just giving it a good scrubbing and be done with it. But, no amount of cleaning could ever make this baby look good!

It's red vinyl. I actually like the colour!

Here it is in partial deconstruct...

So, I took it all apart (saving the upholstery nails :-), for reuse)

Then I went shopping, and found just the right amount of red vinyl. I didn't particularly care what colour is was, but the red was what they had.

New rubber feet and a bunch of staples later....

Not exactly a thing of beauty, but it works for me.

I had some fun with the back though!

Yup! It's the Keep Calm fabric! I have the same thing on my ironing table in my sewing room, so I thought it would look kinda cool!

I also laminated it just for the heck of it, and because I had this stuff and wanted to try it on something!

I used this product called Therm O Web iron on vinyl, and it was really easy. Then, I cut some batting to use because the cardboard backing was wrecked, reused the nails, and called it a finish!

The curved back of the chair was a bit of a pain, but overall, not too bad.

As I said, not beautiful, but it is functional and only cost me $15.00 for the fabric!

My first project of 2013....

DONE!