I was asked to make a loose cover to slot over the top of an upholstered stool.  The stool had a frill around it which was definitely going to have to be chopped off.  I did this and then made a piped cover to sit on top of the footstool, BUT the existing piping was disturbing the lines of the new cover.  So this also had to be chopped off.

This now rendered the cover a bit silly as who was ever going to expose the butchered upholstery underneath? oops!  I then had no choice but to make good the upholstery and attach the new cover in a more permanent way...

So out came the staple gun and the curved needle and I embarked upon my first proper grown up little bit of upholstery.  The loose cover when sitting on top of the old cover would never have stayed in place properly anyway.

See below for the finished result.  I was quite pleased with the outcome and would definitely be less nervous the next time a little upholstery comes my way.

I hope you like it.  (Luckily the client did!)