As you can see in the last post here...my Bad Dog had her way with my Leather couch.  I was not happy....but it was the price I paid to go help my Mom in her final days.  So, when I got back, I decided the couch itself still had "good bones".  Plus I had bought some material months before hand that I could utilize to repair this mess.
  I took some newspaper and taped it together so I had a piece big enough to fit over the seat cushion. I laid the cushion on top of the newspaper and drew around the cushion as a pattern.  I kept close to the cushion with my pencil so I knew exactly how big the cushion is.  When I took the cushion off the paper, I drew another line outside the first line by 5/8ths of an inch.  That would be the cutting line.  The first line is the sewing line.  Since my couch is a sectional, the middle cushion is wedge shaped.  I followed the same process as I did for the first cushion.  Those are now Pattern pieces.  I cut out 4 pieces for the square cushions and one for the wedge.  The pattern was big on the material and I wanted each cushion to have the same pattern on the top so I was mindful of where I put my pattern before I cut it out.  When it came to the side piece of the cushion I just measured from where I wanted the edge seam on top, to the bottom of the cushion edge and then doubled the measurement so it would  reach all the way under the cushion...allowing for a  5/8 th inch seam on the top  AND on the bottom.

The pattern for the wedge was made out of five pieces of newspaper.  AND lots of tape to hold it together.

     I sewed the edges of the sides to the top, WRONG side OUT.  When you turn the cover right side out the seam will be hidden.
     I then had a "bolt" of batting.  Batting is like stuffing, only in a roll for quilts (mostly).  I used that to stuff the holes in the foam Bad Dog ate.  Once I felt the holes were completely full, I slipped the newly made cushion covers on.
    Now, I have to be honest here....I didn't have time to "finish" the covers...yet.  I have elastic to slip in the bottom seam.  That way I can take them off and wash them and the elastic will hold the cover on tight.  I did take large quilting pins and I pinned them to the under side of the cushion.

As you can see, the edge of the "covers" match my curtains...which I also made.  By hand.  The curtains, couch covers, and some new quilting equipment cost me about $90.  I still have enough material to make some matching pillows, curtains for my slider-door, table cloth and place mats for my kitchen.  AND...I don't have to wring my dog's neck!  She might be Bad dog, but I have never had an animal make me laugh like she does.  She IS worth keeping around just for that.  Besides...I really like the way the couch looks now.

     One of my projects is to learn how to use this site better.  After that, I am hoping to re-do my kitchen counters, sink, faucet, and flooring.  I also have plans to make a patio cover, re-do the front entry to the house, and build little places to sit around my yard.  Who knows what else I will come up with in the mean-time.
     Just so you all know, I used to build airplanes as a heavy-duty structure mechanic, and I was good at it.  Plus this is a part of the "green" part of my site because I re-purpose a lot of things in ways you might not have thought of.  That is part of not having money but having a need.  For a lot of years I would clean houses for people who rented.  When someone moved out, I would go clean the house for an hourly wage and take anything of value they had left and either keep it for myself or sell it at a garage sale for extra money.  That way, I could work while my son was in school, and didn't need a babysitter.  Being divorced and far from my family, babysitting was a big expense I tried to keep to a minimum.  Besides....kids want their parents, not the babysitter.  Ask them they will tell you.
     This is a picture of our little trouble-maker.  She thinks her name is "Bad Dog".  She ate our couch.  I have since recovered it and I will show you what I did...just in case you have a little trouble-maker of your own.

      I have been trying for two days to post on here.  I am hoping that I will be Divinely guided today to get this to work.  I have rested, bathed, and prayed....so here goes.
      I am a self taught computer nerd.....sometimes I am really good and others, I stumble big time!   I am still having trouble editing my photos before I publish them...what is a Girl to do?  This WILL be a great site once I figure it out. 
     Today I am going to town to help a friend get another friend a flu shot...and then we go to lunch! Woo Hoo!  Girls day out.  So I better hurry and post or I will be late.