hen the season--or your mood--changes, think about sewing

slipcovers to dress up and protect your furniture. Or if your bedroom

needs waking up, turn yards of fabric into a new bedspread that will

brighten the entire room This book opens with a gallery of decorating

ideas in color, then offers step-by-step instructions and illustrations

for making your own slipcovers and bedspreads.

The proiects that follow require basic sewing skills, as well as time

and patience, but they are not difficult and the rewards are great.

It takes the time and cooperation of many people to put together a

book like this. In addition to the designers whose names appear in

the photo captions, we wish to thank the following persons and

places for their help: Pat Adams, Ambert s Furniture, Art Bonner Slip

Covers, Ida Brown, Casa Matin, Joanne and Ronald Dingwall, Down-

town Singer Sewing Center, Ethan Allen American Traditional Interiors,

Andrea Fanslow, Finlay s Slipcovers, Gene Forrest, The Great Cover

Up, Sharon Groeneveld, Mitzi Hall, Kaufman s Fabric Land, Mollie

Kellner, Eileen and Bob Korjenek, Cheryl Madsen, Dorothy McKown,

Madge McPherson, New York Fabrics, Mary Sue Odegard, Paula Paul,

Lydia Pietrosilli, Paul Schagen Fabrics, Marge Scott, Peg Stanfield,

Paula Traherne, Marie White, and C.T Wilkins. In particular, we wish

to thank Sharon Multhauf and Sudha Irwin for their editorial contribu-

tions, which were so valuable to the content of this book.