Last weekend I went on an upholstery course in Exeter.
It was totally FAB!
It was totally FAB!
We bought this chair a couple of years ago from a charity second hand furniture shop in fairly sad condition, and over time, it's extreme comfortableness has led to heavy use, and subsequently, the bottom recently fell out. I knew I would want to reupholster it at some point when I bought it because of the grim fabric, but the lack of seat support made the need slightly more urgent. London courses were super expensive so we moved just in time! So on Saturday my chair and I trundled over to Exeter for a bit of chair make-overing.
First I stripped off the fabric and pulled out all the tacks (about a million).
Then we learnt how to stretch webbing across the base to support the springs.
Isn't that one of the most beautiful and satisfying things you've ever seen?!
Next the springs are stitched in place and tied with twine. Also very beautiful and pattern-makey.
The springs were topped with hessian and then a thick layer of coir (a fibre made from coconuts I think), another layer of hessian want on top held in place using a series of stitches and knots to build a firm wall.
Mmmm, nice straight lines and interesting shapes!
This was topped with horsehair and the whole lot covered in calico pulled very tight and smooth; extremely satisfying and very chair-y looking.
And then...I ran out of time, so you will just have to wait until the tacks I have ordered come in the post and I can finish it and show you the gloriously fabulous fabric I have to cover it in!
That does look super-satisfying!! Can't wait to see it finished - although even in its undergarments, it looks 'finished' of sorts.... In vaguely the same vein, I have just made a little mattress for the doll's bed in my classroom, (plus two beautiful white cotton sheets) and that smacks of the same lovely straight-line, tight-pulled fabric-border-y shapes and patterns. Lovely!!
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