Here is a pair of small size Martha Washington style chairs.
The frames and stuffings held up well under heavy use it looks like.Here I rebuilt the nosings on the seat base.
And a fresh coat of cotton on the bases before a lining is set in place.
Notice the thin bases. A fuctional chair. Common sense from an earlier day.
And the outside back lined and thin padded.
Here I'll splash a few pictures of tailoring.
Note the straight stripes as they match throughout with the trim piping.
It's Friday afternoon and they are not completed yet.
Sure will look nice in the display window over the weekend.
Thanks for looking!
That is so neat and a very fine job. How did you do piping with the fabric not on the bias? When I've tried that teh cording becomes wavy.
ReplyDeleteRick, To get rid of one type of "waving" i do is to cause the sewing machine to pull the piping and ribbon into the MAchine. Make the machine work to get the piping. I sew the piping up seperate. That really helps.
DeleteI strait cut most all piping that goes on the frame. And try to bias cut the Welting cord for soft cushions.