Show woman domars s world brighten up home by making couch covers and slipcovers Slip covers chua EVERY VERY homemaker arrive at the point where everything at home looks happy usually this is when the children have passed that gangly stage and dont seem to concentrate on wearing out the furniture since their activities take them outdoors a bit more or it if you dont have children perhaps you suddenly cast a look about the house housa and discover that the furniture has faded and Is not exactly on the better side of several era years wear its really a simple matter to cover faded upholstered chairs and particularly couches if the daybed day bed or couch has no arms or back it Is very easily co covered with one ot of the new informal couch covers find after get ting into the work that the job ob Is even easier than making a dress so go dont let the size of the couch disturb you one whit select the material with the greatest of care as to color and weave the color should harmonize wi with th the room and yet add some sparkle and newness to the entire decorative scheme A weave that wears well Is desirable and if the fabric Is plain colored perhaps you can select one of the new fabrics with a nubby texture or an interesting pattern woven through it that adds so BO much decorative interest fabric measured on couch to bo be covered to cut the cover to fit the couch select emelect a piece of material long enough to cover the couch and touch the floor at both ends the material when placed on the couch should touch not only the floor at both ends but also in the front if it Is not wide enough to extend fully across the couch to the back the fabric will have hake to have a seam where it shows least if a floral pattern is used match the two pieces together before sewing this informal type of couch cover is hemmed with a narrow hem on all sides and allowed to hang free on all sides it the couch Is placed next to a wall tuck the cover u under n the mattress on the wall side to make it stay in place and give a better effect for the tailored cover a lit attle tle more work is necessary but the re add decorative touches to the home suits are well worth the effort this type of cover is made to be cut lil in two pieces one piece of material being used to cover the entire seat and enough to hang over the sides the second part of the cover is that which is used for the flounce or the pleat this is gathered or pleated and pinned and cut separately and may be pieced very easily without showing then attached to the first part for the tailored type of couch cover lay the fabric on the seat at the corners pin a seam through the band of fabric which you have cut tor for the top section if you are skilled at sewing these seams may be stitched without basting but do this only it if you have pinned them carefully together and are sure the corners are properly squared to give a tailored effect the seams are sewed anthe on the right side AM by making a new slipover slip over cover of the fabric and may be with an upholsterers seam cording or piping actus let us assume that you have hava cut tho the seat part and the band w which nicil should be one inch wider than the depth of the mattress to go a around the mattress part then you are ready to cut the pleated exten ston slon which will act as a skirt this should be cut wide enough to reach from the band to the floor allowing for or a seam at the band and a hem the pleated edge should be cut twice the length of the band to allow for nice full pleats or if you preter prefer pin the pleats in and cut accordingly to finish hem the pleat and loin join the pl eating to the band allowing the corded carded edge to head the pleats cording may also be run down each corner ruffled edge looks pretty on couch it if you are using a studio couch in an informal sort of room you might plan to make a ruffled edging for the skirt this Is done much the same way as the pleated edge plan to use 2 times as much for pl eating as you use tor for the band and be sure to allow tor for the seam and the hem in cutting just as you do for the pleated type hem the ruffle before attempting to gather it as it will be easier to work with a straight piece of material the gathering may be done by hand if you can sew very fine stitches or it can be done with a very loose stitch on the machine it is very important that the gathers be very even if you plan to finish the coyer cover with a piping in contrasting tr color baste the ruffled edge to the band before joining the ruffle |