Costa Rican Coffee Recover

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I think I was an upholsterer (upholsteress?) in my former life, except that I didn't bring with me to this life any of my past-life skills, know-how or innate ability. What I did bring was a really strong penchant for wanting to recover just about any piece of furniture I see. Mind you, it can have lovely upholstery already, and I still want to change it.

I admit to doing a fine job sometime back in the 90s, recovering some removable cushions from my Dad's dining room chairs, which has led me to believe I can reupholster _anything_. Remember that lovely antique french slipper chair I bought in May? But I digress.

I saw the coffee-sack chair and now I really do HAVE to make one (not the whole chair, just the cover part). The irony, of course is that for the 10 years I lived in CR and had access to coffee sacks on a daily basis, I did not have the same access to inexpensive used furniture; and now that I am a regular at the RWC Saint Vincent de Paul's thrift shop, I have plenty of furniture from which to choose and a dearth of Costa Rican coffee sacks.

Perhaps I can persuade a tropical traveler to bring me some home...

- Jocelyn Broyles
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