It was about twenty-five to thirty years ago I had this piece commissioned after spotting a similarly shaped foot stool in an Eaton's flyer. I fell in love with the height of the foot stool but at the time I couldn't afford the one listed in the Eaton's flyer. I found someone willing to build one at a fraction of the cost and had it upholstered in a fabric found at Peach Berserk in Toronto. The foot stool fabric was picked to match an antique chair. Despite having the same fabric the two pieces don't match. The feet on the foot stool are more modern where the antique chair has darker wood and a more delicate shape. Even though the feet on the foot stool were not what I personally would have chose, it's a very comfortable piece. And the feet eventually grew on me now that I don't use the two pieces together.
Fast forward to a couple of years ago, a wee little gal was happily playing on the foot stool. And then she discovered that she could flip it over and started climbing on it when her foot went through the underlining. Thankfully, she escaped without any injuries but that wasn't the case with the foot stool. I finally got around to mending the underlining after talking myself out of removing all those staples and replacing it. That will do, no one will see it while it's in the upright position.
Now, I'm distracted by the piping on the upper edge that is starting to fray in some parts. Otherwise, the fabric is holding up on the foot stool. Although it had started to fray on the seat of the antique chair many years ago. I'm thinking that maybe I should attempt to make a slip cover for the foot stool? There is still some leftover upholstery fabric left over from this project. However, it would mean piecing together the fabric to cover the circumference of the foot stool. I can live with it, as is, by just throwing something on top of it until I made a decision otherwise. But it just might become a future sewing project.
Stand Strong, Elbows Up and Keep Sewing!
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