I have used HR Block on line for years..Think it cost 30 dollars or so and its a hand holding simple walk you thru it, read carefully and fill in the blanks. Its free to do it until you go to file and that is when you pay. I dont even have to enter our basic information anymore..Its all saved..of course it gives you the chance to change anything that might need to be changed..ie when our daughter got married and we could no longer claim her. Give it a try!

Of course, you should also pre-shrink your fabric before you cut it if you intend to wash the slipcover (and even if you don't then preshrink with steam.) I would never make a slipcover without this step even if I intended to dry-clean it for most of its life. Eventually, I know I'd want to wash it and still have it fit even at that late stage. Make sure any lining material that you plan to use (like for skirts or pleats) has the same, or less stringent fabric-care characteristics. Pre-shrink, or wash it, as well. I'd also wash scraps of both to discover if one, or more colors run. Regarding piping, if you are going to pipe the slipcover, I recommend removing the existing piping if there is some on the upholstery now. Two layers of piping can make the piece look odd, plus the under-layer bump tends to soil very easily. You can cut it off with a carefully-wielded mat knife. Piping is easy to make: particularly if you use bias strips of the fabric or contrast fabric. (Of course occasionally you can buy pre-made piping in a shade you'd like, but I haven't always been happy with it, quality-wise.) I always make a new, linen, tight cover for anything I'm going slipcover. This can serve as the model for the slipcover, or not, as you prefer. If you don't make a permanent cover of the muslin or linen, then keep it rolled up so the next time you can easily make another slipcover for this chair. Just write on every piece which item it is for, and which way the fabric grain should run. If the padding, webbing or upholstery need perking up, the time to do this is before you invest time in making the slipcover. I sometimes make twice as many seat cushion covers since I have pets and they aren't good at keeping off. Then alternate them in use to keep them looking roughly like the rest of the cover. If you can't manage zippers, you can buy gripper tape or use velcro, or in some cases ties. And keep in mind that slipcovers aren't supposed to look taut like upholstery. The look is usually slight loose. I always need to remind myself of this once I've finished a slipcover project as I am so critical of my own sewing. Oh, and if your fabric doesn't have a clear, undisputed overall pattern to it, do you self a favor and before you cut it run contrasting basting threads at intervals parallel to the selvedge so you never lose track of which way is with the grain and which would be a railroad placement. Try to look at a good book on slip covers before you plan your project. There are some "rules" about where to place design elements for a large pattern, like a floral, in relation to seat back, arms, seat, etc. It's worthwhile reviewing the "correct" options, even if you decide afterward to to do it another way. There are subtle things that we're used to seeing, some so subtle they don't occur to you unless you inadvertently do it wrong. Better to have that mental conversation with yourself before you pick up the...

Yes, I have a web site for our family genealogy. I did the domain name registration and the web site through Network Solutions. That's the company that was the original domain name registrar. My site was really easy to set up. They have a whole bunch of templates to choose from and you're guided through every step. I don't think they still have the template I use, but I don't have any problems updating my site at all. The basic package included 5 separate pages, and I can add additional pages if I need or want them. We also have e-mail with the domain name. Hubs and I both have our domain e-mail automatically forwarded to our home e-mail, but the domain e-mail has a web portal, too.

but it seems like the memory is often in much better condition than the toys actually were. This is so true! I nearly "lost" a wonderful memory because of this. When I was a little girl, I helped with a skit as an ending to a performance by a barbershop quarter of high school boys (my dad as a drama coach, and helped them with it--I was the "love interest" at the end of "What Ain't We Got, We Ain't Got Dames"--not something you'd make jokes about now, though. I was a little bit in love with all of them, but especially curt. (I was, oh, 6.) After the contest was over, the boys got together and bought me a purple bunny with yellow satin lining in his ears, and Curt (swoon!) brought it for me. I LOVED that bunny. Loved it. Slept with it, carried it everywhere. Kept it around as I got older. At some point he ended up in a box in the attic. And when I was a young adult, out on my own, my mom & dad sent me all my stuff from the attic, including my stuffed animals. They were really in a sorry state--misshapen, coarse, and dirty. Their present-day reality pretty much overwrote my wonderful memories of them from when they were lovely (or, loved and their misshapenness completely invisible because of it). I have a few things I treasure: -the license plate w/ my unusual first name that my grandparents had custom-made for me -the cloth doll that "my little old lady down the block" gave to me, and I used to create a room design that won a red ribbon at the Iowa State Fair. -the "Night Before Christmas" book that I was given as a kid, and read from every Christmas -the printed velvet vest that my mom made for me (part of a set, but I accidentally ruined the skirt); I could wear it up until relatively recently.