Hi Rob,

I start the process by making paper cut-outs (with white construction paper) to model the overall shape and hold it all together with blue painter's masking tape.  Usually 2 side pieces and one large rectangular piece which stretches from the bottom of the back panel all the way to the front of the frame in front of the space bar.  So my paper cut-outs are only 3 pieces total.

When I am happy with the template mock-up, my wife will take those cut-outs and make pattern templates on white cloth where she adds the appropriate added lengths for hems and seam allowances.

She will then use those pattern templates to cut out the cotton fabric we have chosen by pinning the white cloth templates to the cotton fabric and then cuts them out. 

Then she does her sewing magic.  She even lets me choose the color of sewing thread.
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Hi Rob,

No liner...just the cotton fabric. 

We pre-wash & dry the fabric so the shrinkage is dealt with up-front.
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