Wing Back Upholstery

Here is a nice solid framed wing back with quality modern stuffings, probably 30 years or so old.

This photo taken as the tailoring process is on it's way back up.

 The hand sewn attached decking and nosing with 4 inch lower belting

 Custom arm caps.

 Double rolled arms.

 The outsides backed and lined with cotton and piping applied for sharp crisp lines.

 The fabric was chosen from the in stock fabric library.

The foam custom cut with a fresh coat of poly wrap glued on to the foam for a nice tailored look.

 Full fitted arm covers not shown.

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Pontoon boat upholstery new hampshire

Here is some seats to a pontoon party boats to be upholstered.

Here are the old covers and the frames stripped and foam steamed back to original shape.

 A good quality marine grade expanded vinyl will really help for a nice job.

Keeping an eye on all hardware to be replaced in the proper place for installation to the boat.

 The railings removed and contoured seams all patterned off the frame and existing foam.

 The fields agressively swept, so to keep the fields as taught as possible.

 The screen fabric re-used as the fabric retails for over $32 a yard.

And another coat of "hide-em-welt cording all around.

 The old hinge holes not buried for installation.

Nice clean and neat intersections and corners.

 

These seat cushions required advance patterning.

  It took all of my 20 plus years patterning fabric to get these seats clean and acceptable.

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Channel Back Upholstery

Channel back chairs are an American classic.

Very seldom found as new furniture nowadays if at all.

The sitting height is really nice as well as the outside width of the chair at a great 30 inches.

Here in Southern New Hampshire I'll bring this piece back to A-1 shape.

The frame is in nice solid shape with all the staples removed.

This fabric is available in my fabric books.

The fabric will really give a nice fresh look to this chair.

Pattern repeat is pretty important with channel backs and this 4 inch vertical should set really nicely. 

 The seat got a couple coats of fresh cotton added to get a nice tight seat.

 And the channel assembly ready to be patterned out and sewn.

 The channels flare up and out like a flower.

Below shows the cuts all centered.

 The stitch lines for the back of the channels are critical as well.

 The cotton tubes are packed on the table not on the frame.

 If the table work is done well there won't be too much stuffing work at the frame.

 Closing out the tops takes patience to get the channels looking sharp.

 Nice clean intersections.

The Double welting really keeps the wood tie in simple.

 And a sewn and steam pressed seam for the outside back to the outside arms.

 The center of the inside arms wrap up and over to meet the outside arms.

Here the pattern match from the seat to the front belting.

 

 The owner chose these sunflower decorative tacks.

The wood was pretty scratched up.

But not anymore.

 And the completed piece ready to serve another few decades.

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Large slipper chairs upholstery

This baby blue fabric really freshens up this hardwood pair of well designed slipper chairs.

 

A fresh roll of cotton will really be a help in tailoring up this couple.

 The old cotton lining was discarded and a thin coat added after the old fabric removed.

The idea is to set those bases like a tight drum.

But not too tight.

 There sure is some tailoring involved getting these two to look-a-like.

 I hand sewn the pleats for a nice neat look.

 Most upholstery fabric frays.

I surged all the skirting to take care of that.

Here shows the skirts all sewn and turned and steamed on the cutting table.

 Surged after the lining was put in all the skirts.

 The lining really keeps the skirt crisp.

 

Mirrored pleats on the top of the inside back.

 No waves in the fabric and as strait lines as possible.

 The outside back lines with a thin coat of cotton.

 And the completed pair ready for years of service.

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