Trying a different way...

I have been sewing cushion covers for the seating set on the front porch.  When doing the upper/back cushions I wanted to try something a little different as I ran into this problem:

As you can see the elastic on the back stretched out over time.

So this time I bought thicker/wider elastic and triple stitched it to the beige fabric and then when joining everything together I triple stitched it again.

I slip it over the back of the chair and it holds it nice and secure.

I only hope it holds up better this time.

Now everything is all done it looks a bit better.

I ended up with over 3 yards of fabric leftover, so have listed it on Facebook Marketplace for $30.  If I can manage to sell it, this project will have cost around $80, including all supplies, which is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying new cushions.  If I can get three years out of this set, that's less than $30 a year.

More or less 3 years to the day.......

 I finally picked up the fabric to recover the cushions that go on the chairs on the front porch last weekend.  I managed to get the chair cushions and the scatter cushions sewn on Thursday and here is the result:

I did the edges in the beige colour, so that I didn't have to pattern match.  I'm all for making things as easy as possible.  I did put zippers in the seat cushions this time, so I can take them off to wash.

I wasn't 100% sure about this fabric pattern, but it's not too bad.  It is outdoor fabric, and that beige fabric was super thick.  Put a jeans needle on the machine to make it sew better and a longer stitch.

I still have to make cushions for the back; they fabric is all cut out for them, but was too tired on Thursday to finish them.

As for the title of the post, I made the last set of cushions almost three years to the day and you can see the post here.