A recovered ottoman (and a found disk)

I found the lost disk, and therefore the lost files of ottoman (which all sounds much more important than it is, huh?) Here's the fascinating back story: We needed new (not red and blue plaid) living room furniture. I needed it to be fairly neutral, solid (both in build and in lack of pattern), and durable. After two failed attempts to find and actually finish the purchase, I found what I wanted: Natuzzi microfiber in a solid color. I wanted the sage green, and ordered the love seat and sofa, and added in two ottomans to the group. The saleslady tried her best to point out that I really didn't want all of that in the same pattern, but I did. I like matchy matchy. And it has worked for us for almost 10 years! It has held up, is solidly built and cleans easily. It's been really easy to work with style wise and I still really like it. But I was ready to add some pattern and fun with the ottomans, and I decided to try to recover them. It turns out it was fairly easy to do. Of course I got one done, and have moved on to the next 100 things on my list, but will get to the second one soon. What I did:

The plain before:

I cut a square of fabric that would cover the top so that the edge would be about where the top cushion stops as it was upholstered.  I laid the square over the top, right side down.

I pinned the corners to form the four sides. So I wouldn't be left with four uneven corners, I placed a pin on the top of each corner where I wanted to stop sewing and have my edge.

As is expected with a house full of critters, a helper showed up before too long.

This shows the top with four corners sewn, and turned right side out so I could make sure each side looked good.  You can see where one side puckers a little bit, so that was the time to adjust, sew again, and recheck to make sure it would look the way I wanted.

For the bottom half, I cut strips that allowed enough room to have fabric to staple to the underside.  I first sewed the two strips to each other, and then the bottom to the top. 

Here it is all sewn together, but still inside out.

The last step was to flip right side out, slip over, and fold and staple the underside to the frame. 

Voila...before and after. 

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I would say this is between a slip cover and a re-upholster.

 

  I would also say I have non-sage green furniture in my room too....I love it.