Make them yourself? Sites have it covered

LITTLE ROCK — Furniture owners who possess more than a little sewing know-how can make their own slipcovers. Here are a few websites with do-it-yourself tips.

Repair Home offers basic instructions for making your own furniture covers at re pair-home.com/resources/ how-to-guides/how-to-make-slipcover.html. Similar tips are offered at eHow, ehow.com/way_5456683_ diy-sofa-slip-covers.html.

The DIY Network offers step-by-step instructions for making no-sew slipcovers at diynetwork.com/how-to/ how-to-make-a-no-sewslipcover/index.html. Chair slipcovers are the subject of a tutorial at diynetwork.com/ how-to/how-to-make-a-chair-slipcover/index.html.

Finally, the blog Pink and Polka Dot offers “the laziest slipcover tutorial ever” at pink andpolkadot.net/2008/08/ laziest-slipcover-tutorialever.html. Also, you can check out the blog’s widerange of posts on slipcovers by clicking on the “slipcovers” link at the top of the page. The blog Handmade Mommy has a less lazy slipcover tutorial at handmademommy.blogspot.com/2010/05/diyslipcover.html.

If you want the look of a custom-made slipcover but aren’t particularly good at sewing or draping, several online outlets offer custom furniture covers. Among these are Custom Slipcovers Now (customslipcoversnow.com), Before N After Slipcovers (before nafterslipcovers.com) and Needles and Shears Custom Decor (needleandshears. com).

In most cases, you measure the furniture, send the measurements to a manufacturer and have a slipcover made. Other slipcover outlets like Slipcovers Etc. (slipcov ersetc.com/custom_made. html) and Slipcovers.com connect shoppers to seamstresses who can custom make their slipcovers.