Re-creation of My Winged Back Glider Rocker

Old Chair

This past few weeks I have been on  an adventure to find and recover a new chair for myself. My chair was giving me a backache, so I went to my favorite thrift store, Deseret Industries (D.I.),to find a chair. Anne (my husband's sister), took my husband and me.  We took our old one downstairs and I knocked on a few doors to see if anyone wanted my old chair. It still had some good life in it. At the third door I found a neighbor who was very happy to take the chair and give it a new home, so we had a bonus not to have to load it into the van for a trip to D.I. The seat part of the chair from back to front was too long, so it forced me to sit slouched.    As a result I had a backache. I stayed away from the chair for a few days, and sure enough, that was the cause.  So that is what brought about the search for a new chair. 

           I thought it would be nice to have a winged back chair. To my surprise I found a winged back glider rocker; two things I have  always wanted combined into one. Yahoo! To top that off, it was the most comfortable one I sat on.  So the search was over.  The one drawback was that the cover was really ratty looking. I didn't like the color either. We took it home, cover and all. 
      I went to a fabric store and Wa La! (translation: Viola!) where they were having a 50% off sale.  I found fabric I liked.  I also bought some striped fabric to make a tablecloth

and some new covers for our dining chairs, and dress material for a couple of dresses. 
      






     

       Well, off to the makeover. I measured the parts and took the bottom cover off, cut it out laid the top back on the fabric and cut around it because I was not  sure if I could get the thing back together straight. I also cut out a cover for a pillow for Estel's chair; it needed a new cover too. Then on Saturday I just sewed, sewed, sewed. My machine is an old straight-stitch Kenmore. It did a great job.

 I did the hand sewing today.   That was the tricky part. It came out not too bad for a first try of reupholstering. I'm also planning to make a foot rest. I also made a cover for a small head pillow I already had.  So here are the "after" pictures. 
Here it is. What do you think?