If you look in any decorating magazine, it's very likely you'll see at least one picture with a fireplace in it. Fireplaces have been the focal point of a room since the Middle Ages, so it only makes good decorating sense to dress up your fireplace in the off-season. Do just that with a seasonal fireplace screen slipcover.
Materials:
fabric of your choice in two different colors*
rotary cutter
cutting mat
transparent ruler
disappearing marker
*A floral print and a striped print were used in this project.
Steps:
- This project is made specifically for a flat-topped fireplace screen. If your screen is a different shape, you can easily make your own by purchasing three same-size panels at the home center, attaching them with hinges, and adding curtain finials on the bottoms as legs.
- Measure the length of the panel, double it, and add one inch for a seam allowance. Do the same for the other side, and cut the lengths of fabric.
- Fold in the fabric half to decide where to place ribbon, and mark the designated spot with a disappearing marker. Pin the ribbon in place.
- Fold the flowered panels, and sew them together to create a front and back. Sew to the middle, slip in the ribbon, and continue to sew.
- Fold the striped panels and sew them together, also creating a front and back. Again, sew to the middle, slip in the ribbon, and continue to sew.
- Place the flower and striped panels against each other, and sew three sides, except for the bottom, wrong sides together.
- Turn the panels right side out, and lay them out again.
- Connect all three panels by sewing a strip of fabric at the top.
- Turn the panels over, and do the same to the other side, tucking in the fabric to make sure the edge is finished well.
- Enhance the look by adding a bow made of wire-edged ribbon on both ends.
Resources sewing machines, sergers-Pfaff
Pfaff Sales and Marketing
Westlake, OH
US
Phone: 440-808-6550
E-mail:
pfaff@pfaffusa.com
Website:
www.pfaff.com
Guests Sally Cheney
Owner/Sewing Expert, AAA Sewing & Vacuum
1661 Gallatin Pike N.
Madison, TN 37115
Phone: 615-870-0044
Fax: 615-870-0134
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