Dining Chair Slipcover: How to Make a Parsons Chair Slipcover

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Give your outdated dining room chairs a much-needed makeover. Have you ever wanted to sew slipcovers for your old armless dining chairs? Now you can with the Sailrite® Parsons Chair Slipcover Kit. This kit comes with the notions and patterning template you need to make custom slipcovers. All you need to do is choose your favorite upholstery fabric from our overstocked shelves and get started on this fun and easy sewing project.

Video Chapters:

Intro - 0:00 min.
Patterning Fabric - 0:38 min.
Creating Front Pocket & Reinforcement Patches - 3:27 min.
Sewing Front Pocket to Main Body - 6:46 min.
Creating Hems & Mitered Corners - 9:42 min.
Adding Reinforcements & Sewing Hems - 13:14 min.
Cutting & Sewing Straps - 17:40 min.
Creating Adjustable Neck Strap - 22:00 min.
Materials & Tools List - 25:11 min.

Materials List:

Decor & Upholstery 54" Fabric from Sailrite - We used Magnolia Home Countess Tuscan 54" Fabric - SKU: 125040 - 5 Yards completes 2 chairs
Seamstick 1/4" Basting Tape for Canvas & Upholstery (36 yds.) - SKU: 122065 - 1 Roll completes 3 Chairs*
Gütermann Tera 40 Tex 75 White Polyester Thread 1 oz. (437 yds.) - SKU: 125204 - 1 Cone completes 4 Chairs*

*Item is included in kit.

Tools List:

Gingher^® Scissors Right Hand Lightweight 8" - SKU: 101017
Multiuse Pins 1-1/2" (250 pack) - SKU: 102985
Gingher^® Pinking Shears - SKU: 100526
Scribe-All^® Black Marking Pencil for Vinyl - SKU: 121977
Sailrite^® Ultrafeed^® LSZ Walking Foot Sewing Machine (110V) - SKU: 311602
Sailrite^® Ultrafeed^® Industrial Sewing Table - SKU: 120934
Basic Thread Snips - SKU: 123222
Magnetic Sewing Guide - SKU: 102983
Small Fabric/Leather Clips (50 pack) - SKU: 123121
Clear Acrylic Ruler 6" x 24" - SKU: 102400
Pencil

First created in the 1930s at the Parsons School of Design in Paris, France, the chair features a simple design and sleek lines. It quickly became a very popular dining chair style, and today you can find parsons chairs in homes all over the world. If you have a set of parsons chairs that you'd like to update, you can easily sew custom slipcovers without having to replace your chairs.

This is a great beginner sewing project. It requires just a few materials and supplies, and the video will teach you some important sewing skills you'll be able to apply to future sewing DIYs. Here are just a few of the techniques and skills you'll learn during the course of our video tutorial:

How to nest and cut patterns.
How to sew skirt panels together.
How to sew pleats.
How to hem fabric and create fabric ties.

With this slipcover kit, you get to pick the fabric you want. Just add your upholstery fabric of choice to your cart when ordering the kit. Five yards of a 54" fabric makes two slipcovers. In our tutorial video, we used Magnolia Home Fabric. It's an economical upholstery fabric that's easy to clean and comes in a wide variety of colors and patterns to fit any home and any style.

Our Parsons Chair Slipcover Kit is designed to fit all parsons chairs and other armless dining room chairs in the following dimensions ranges:

Total Height: 37" to 42"
Seat Depth: 16" to 17-1/2"
Seat Width: 17" to 19"
Front Legs to Seat Height: 18-1/2" to 19"

Ready to get started on your DIY chair slipcover project? Click the video to watch the full step-by-step tutorial. You'll also find the complete materials and tools lists so you know exactly what to order to make your own custom parsons chair slipcovers.