Darren, Ready for Channel Back Shortcuts

[Virgs Sew n Sew]

I'm having a chatty day I think.  Have gotten work done, just not as productive as the last three days have been.  Since the bug and I are at odds, I've been playing with the channel backs.  I'm not using foam as I had already purchased replacement material, pretty much identical to what we took out.  Saved the horse hair and will put it back in at the appropriate time.

I started sewing once before but, despite my labeling everything, I was doing things half *** backward so had to tear out my stitching.  Fortunately, I also took pictures every step of the way so I put my laptop next to the chair and got out the original pieces to make sure that I had my head screwed on correctly as to how the pieces were originally pieced.  Since I did that, things have gone more smoothly.  Piecing the channels is going well as once I understood the process, it is very similar to paper piecing while quilting (no paper involved here but a similar process in my mind).  Tomorrow I'll sew the bottom seam shut and figure out how to stuff them to achieve the result I want.  If that goes well, I'm ready to start putting the chair back together.  Still have the loveseat setting out commiserating with the bug but I figure to be tearing that sucker out sometime next week.  I had a lot of trepidation about this project when I first started researching, but I find myself really enjoying this process.  Nice that I'm working on this at the same time as the bug so at least I'm feeling positive about something : (

Virginia

[Darren Henry]

Tomorrow I'll sew the bottom seam shut and figure out how to stuff them to achieve the result I want[/quote

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I do it the other way round. After I have all the panels (fronts and backs) sewn together I cut the backs in half top to bottom [remember I cut them the same size as the fronts] and add my fill. I then draw the backs in to where I want them and staple or hand stitch the two halves together.