UPCYCLE MARCH: 2 DIY SHOWER CURTAIN PROJECTS

Hello Lovelies!  

Today we kick off Upcycle March! Below are two projects that we upcycled from unused shower curtain fabric.

Check out these adorable produce bags that Katie  from Life is Made created from an unused shower curtain and a few other supplies!  To see more photos and read all of the details click here.


DIY PRODUCE BAGS

DIY SEAT CUSHION RE-COVER

Yesterday I decided to use my remaining shower curtain fabric to recover the cushions on some extra vintage dining room chairs that were given to us a few years back. They have been hiding in our basement needing some love. 

I grabbed some items and got to work.

1. The shower curtain fabric
2. Scissors
3. Staple gun
4. A screwdriver 
5. The chairs

The before:

First I used the screwdriver to remove the seat from the chair, then I laid my fabric out on the floor underneath the seat cutting the fabric to the shape of the chair (ensuring that I left at least 4" of extra fabric all around).

Then pulling very tightly, I covered the seat as you would do wrapping gift. As you hold the fabric tightly in place you will want to staple it to the seat starting with a corner. I stapled around the edges about every 2" until I made it all the way around the seat. 

You should use extra staples in the corners where the fabric folds/overlaps. You can use your scissors to cut any excess fabric above the staple line if you wish.

Flip the seat over and you should have a nearly perfect seat. If you see any areas that look a little lumpy or not as tight as you'd like simply pull on the area and add a couple more staples to the backside until you are happy with the look (you can even remove a staple or two and re-staple as needed).Finally you will need to screw the seat back onto the chair and you will have a little something like this:

Not too shabby if I can say so myself! A much needed update.I liked the results so much that I decided to recover a few more chairs with the remaining aqua fabric as well as some of my remaining sunburst fabric (that I used on the curtains awhile back).

P.S.I have used shower curtains in a few of projects around my home over the years: 

-Made some easy guest room window curtains (before this blog was born)

-Recovered an old rocking chair that sits on our front porch

-Made dining room curtains (pictured in this photo)