Learn How to Reupholster Furniture with Common Upholstery Techniques

King Au

If you have canonical sewing skills , you may master these commonupholstering proficiency .

Ready to Start?

Many of today ’s upholstery tools and techniques are the same as those used 200 eld ago , but with a few New updates . Take a look as we demonstrate the stair - by - footprint pedagogy for reupholstering a skidder chairwoman , then try it on your own chair , wall , or headboard .

Before Reupholstering the Chair

A clunky , outdated chair urgently outcry for a fabricmakeover .

Remove Original Upholstery Fabric

The electric chair is stripped of its original fabric and the pieces salve and labeled . If needed , an additional layer of batting is stapled to the frame .

Make a Pattern

The old fabric piece serve as the shape for the Modern upholstery . They are lay correct side down on the new framework and write out out .

Pin Fabric to the Chair

The objet d’art are pinned wrong side of meat out onto the chair . The pinned top is hit and stitch together , with welting reward the crinkle . The sewn cover is then put back on the chair .

Create Pleats

Pleats are often used to ease fabric around curves . paste on a cross button hides the staples that defy the pleats in place .

Attach the Back

To sequester a back panel , tack strips are stick through the improper side of the fabric at both long edges , about an inch in .

Tack the Fabric On

The tack strips are then flipped over to pull the back panel taut and make clear , true edges . The shroud are hammer into the frame with a cock that has a piece of batting ensure around the head .

Attach the Sleeves

A sleeve of fabric is sewn for the chair seat and pulled on . The back edge of the cover is pull through the opening between the buns and back and staple to the frame .

Cover the Seat

The seat cover is also pulled tight and hang on to the bottom of the chair frame of reference on the front and incline .

Skirt the Bottom

A seamed , box - pleated skirtwith welting is run up . To forgather the skirt , layers are arrange on the chair , immobilise in position , and sewn together at the top .

Staple the Skirt On

The skirt is stapled to the skeleton on the improper side of the fabric , just below the seam .

After Reupholstering the Chair

Tailored , advanced , and elegant , this newly covered chair adds a fashionable chemical element to any way .

Upholstered Headboard

To make this upholstered headboard , we edit the headboard from plyboard , then padded it with froth . A fuddled - fitting slipcover is stapled to the bottom of the systema skeletale . Piping ( also called welting ) accent the shape of the headboard and adds supernumerary strength to seams .

Tufted Wall

A padded wall feels informal in a sleeping accommodation , keeps the room warmer , and muffles sound . We used an electric staple ordnance to attach puff batting to the wall and then stretched 54 - inch - broad cloth panels over it , staple at the boundary of each control board .

Headboard against tufted wall