For those just stumbling in…chair#3 is not the third chair I’ve recovered. It’s actually the first chair. 
But chair#1 and chair#2 are a matched set and I thought I’d better see if I could handle one chair before committing to two! And chair#3 needed it the most.
So…I need to order a little more fabric. I could make it work, but there’s a seam through the front of the seat cushion. I don’t think I posted the “before” pictures yet. So…here’s the chair with seam in the front of the cushion.
I had enough fabric to cover it, but not enough to get the repeat lined up at the seam. Short just by a couple of inches of course! So, I’ll be ordering an extra yard. I really tried to convince myself it didn’t matter, but it does and it will always bother me that I copped out when $10 worth of fabric would have made it look professional. When in doubt, order up a yard! It wouldn’t have been an issue at all except for the large repeat on the cushion. I’m not ending up with obnoxious extra fabrics. And hey, it can always go towards the next bag-making binge. 
So the current status is that I decided to make the cording. I got it applied and then cut and pinned the back/side panel in place:
I’m getting excited…it’s starting to really look like it might be finished soon! I opted to do blind stitching by hand rather than the scary flexible teeth strip originally used. I’m comfortable stitching and I know what I can achieve that way. With the cording in place at the seam, it makes things pretty simple. I get a night off tonight since I can’t seem to find the curved needles I KNOW I bought for some random project or another. But tomorrow night, I’ll pop in a Jane Austen DVD and stitch away.
Bonus points if you can ID the cartoon playing in the background of the “before” pics. Best $5 I’ve ever spent according to my son!
he-man.
Correct of course.
oh! And I’ve loving the fabric choice!