How To Reupholster A Chair – Part 2 (Attaching The New Fabric To The Chair)

After eradicating all the outdated cloth, that is what the chair regarded like…

As I stated within the final put up, the material goes on within the reverse order by which it got here off. So reupholstering a chair all the time begins with the seat. First, we wrapped the seat with a brand new layer of batting, tucking it in on the again and sides and pulling it by way of. And it simply wrapped round and beneath the chair on the entrance.

It needed to be lower and break up on the corners to wrap across the wooden body of the chair.

I didn’t trouble stapling on the batting individually. I stapled the batting and the material collectively. So after the batting was smoothed out, we added the material. Since this chair has a separate seat cushion, I used the velvet cloth solely on the entrance portion, after which plain (cheaper) cloth on the again portion that will be coated with the cushion. However I simply adopted the sample that I had created with the outdated cloth, which was made this manner as properly. I smoothed out the material and tucked it in on the again and the perimeters. You possibly can see my mother sitting behind the chair and pulling the material to the again as I made positive the velvet was lined up straight on the seat.

As soon as it was lined up straight and smoothed out, I flipped the chair onto its again aspect and stapled the entrance of that piece onto the chair beneath the entrance edge.

On the entrance of the chair, the material simply went proper as much as the sting on the nook. The material piece for the arm would later cowl this uncooked edge.

After stapling the entrance of that piece, I sat the chair upright once more, and stapled the again of the material that had been pulled by way of to the again of the chair.

And eventually, I stapled on the perimeters of that piece.

As soon as all 4 sides have been stapled on, we lower off the surplus cloth.

Right here’s how the completed seat piece checked out this level.

Subsequent, we moved on to the within of the arms and wings, and that is the place we bumped into huge hassle. I began through the use of the outdated cloth as a sample, stitching on the cheaper cloth in response to the unique cloth sample. (Once more, I went over easy methods to make these patterns within the first put up, and easy methods to annotate them so the place to put seams, the place to stitch on the cheaper cloth, and so on.)

With this piece prepped, we acquired it lined up on the within of the arm and wing, pulled the white cloth by way of to the again, and commenced stapling on the backside and dealing our manner up.

However for some motive, regardless of what number of aid cuts we lower on the sting of the material, we couldn’t get that cloth to wrap across the curve of the wing and lie flat. I imply, I lower so many aid cuts! Nothing labored. I don’t know why, and I’m positive knowledgeable may have simply executed this in a single piece, however we’re not professionals. So we ended up chopping this piece off on the arm, after which utilizing a separate piece of material for the wing. Right here’s the place we lower the material off, after which I put a aid lower on the prime within the center in order that the material wouldn’t create a dent within the foam.

Simply have a look at all these aid cuts! And I had executed that every one the best way up the wing, and it nonetheless wouldn’t lie flat.

Right here’s what it regarded like after we acquired the arms wrapped (however not trimmed).

Right here’s the view from the again aspect of the chair the place you may see the place the arm cloth was pulled by way of and stapled.

So then we used a separate piece of material to cowl the wing on both sides.

You possibly can see on the arrow the place this piece of material was folded beneath to cover the uncooked edge, after which positioned over the arm cloth to cover the uncooked edge and the aid lower. After which the left aspect was tucked in and stapled on the again, and the fitting aspect of the material was wrapped and stapled.

Right here’s a more in-depth have a look at the place it was folded beneath.

And right here’s how the aspect regarded as soon as the material was stapled on, however earlier than the surplus cloth was trimmed.

Right here’s a glance from the again the place the material was pushed by way of between the wing and the chair again, and stapled alongside the again of the body.

As soon as all the extra cloth was trimmed off, it regarded like this…

And right here’s a have a look at the completed inside the wing…

On the prime of the wing, the material needed to be notched to suit across the body.

Subsequent we connected the entrance piece on the chair again. I connected cheaper cloth on the perimeters and the underside of this piece, in response to the sample I comprised of the unique cloth.

The white items on the perimeters didn’t lengthen to the highest of the velvet because the white needed to wrap across the body to the again, however the velvet needed to additionally wrap across the prime fringe of the chair.

So we tucked the white items in on the perimeters and the underside and began stapling these onto the again of the body. After which on the highest edge, we folded the uncooked edges beneath, made positive these have been masking over the uncooked flaps from the wing cloth, after which wrapped and stapled the highest fringe of the material onto the again aspect of the body. Right here’s a have a look at that completed piece.

Right here’s a view of the aspect cloth from the again of the chair the place it’s pulled by way of and stapled to the body.

It needed to be notched to go round that center help piece.

After which you may see the place it was pulled by way of on the backside and stapled to the body.

Right here’s a have a look at the highest the place the uncooked edge was folded beneath, after which the material was wrapped to the again and stapled to the body on the again.

We didn’t get it completely wrinkle-free, however it’s fairly darn shut!

And right here’s how the highest regarded on the again of the chair as soon as it was stapled into place.

And eventually, we have been able to the skin of the chair. I began by reattaching the again cardboard piece which was coated with a really skinny piece of froth. I used just a few staples to connect this piece.

I additionally reattached the skinny foam to the perimeters, ensuring that the perimeters of the material that had been wrapped round and stapled on the within of the arms and wings have been hidden beneath the froth.

After which we added a brand new layer of batting. I began on one aspect, utilizing as few staples as potential to maintain the batting in place.

After which I flipped the chair to wrap the batting and connect it to the again, after which flipped the chair once more and connected it to the opposite aspect. Then we trimmed off all the extra batting.

After stitching these three items collectively to make one massive, we lined up the seams on the corners of the chair, after which beginning in the midst of the again, I stapled the material in place, after which labored my manner out and across the wing and arm. I used to be stapling as my mother was pulling the material taut and pulling out the wrinkles. We didn’t get it excellent, however we have been very happy with it.

Right here’s how this aspect taken care of stapling the material in place throughout the curves of the wing and the arm, after which wrapping and stapling the material on the underside edge.

Right here’s a more in-depth have a look at the material stapled into place. That is the place the trim will go to cowl over that uncooked fringe of the material, however I’ll share that course of in Half 3 of this tutorial.

As soon as that half was executed, I began again in the midst of the again of the chair, and repeated that course of, working my manner in direction of the opposite wing and arm.

Right here’s what the unfastened aspect piece regarded like, so you may see simply how a lot adjusting, tugging, and pulling was required to get it into place in order that it may very well be stapled. This actually was a two-person job. My mother did all the putting, pulling, and tugging, whereas I did all the stapling.

And with that second aspect stapled into place, we had an upholstered chair!

The laborious half is completed at this level. From right here on out, we get to do the enjoyable and fairly simple half, which is including all the trim that can cowl these uncooked cloth edges, including the nailheads, and making the separate chair cushion.

It’s getting there! I’m so enthusiastic about how that is wanting. This velvet cloth is beautiful!

The colour is so deep and wealthy with out being darkish and dreary. It’s simply excellent for my desk space.

So I’ll get this chair completed at present, and I’ll be again tomorrow to indicate you Half 3 of this tutorial, in addition to my completed chair!