Before photo
Getting it reupholstered was going to be hideously expensive. We considered selling and buying a cheaper feeding chair but we likely wouldn't get much money selling it given how bad it looked.
I stumbled across this glider makeover on Pinterest. Its a much neater job than mine as the blogger has reshaped her glider beautifully to allow a nice, boxy designed cover to fit.
I bought a cheap single bed sheet in a nice dark colour and got chopping. I made a fitted-sheet style cushion cover for the seat as it does not detatch but flips up, them sewed two larger pieces for the backrest and a fiddlier piece for the arm rests and front-skirt.
Here it is - Its not as neat as the other blogger's but its a grand improvement!