Colonial Sofa

Here I got myself into upholstering a 94 inch long oak frame sofa from the early 1970's.

I tried to do some fast talking to not upholster this colonial.

It obviously didn't work.

 This hide-a-bed's weight becomes manageable when you remove the mattress and even more with the mechanism removed also.

 These pillow top arms got a bit of patterning and tailoring to them.

 Pretty important to get them set at the right height and level.

 The fabric was chosen from the shops in stock library I have.

A real thick heavy fabric with a nice soft hand.

Below where the cushions set is tailored up nice and neat.

No fraying, rolled under edges.

 The outside wings backed and lined.

 The original makers never lined the outside backs.

It will help maintain the fabric in it's place with no bruising.

 Notice the scalloped outside arms.

 With the curved wings that are designed into the inside back cushions, I was unable to use a shortcut that would really help keep the labor cost down for the owner.

There is a total of 33 pieces of fabric that I patterned and mirror cut and sewn for the three cushions.

There was lots of tailoring to set those cushions in place neatly beyond criticism.

 These set in back cushions are always a challenge.

  Even for the most seasoned upholsterer.

 

The fabric is really thick as I steamed the skirt on the table after it was surged and triple sewn.

 

 The wooden arm caps took a bit of doing to get them nailed in place.

 

 The camera won't pick up the richness in the color of the fabric.

This sofa should be good to go for another 40 years.

Thanks for looking!

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