Orphan ottoman #2

This New Hampshire found orphan ottoman, has had all the old staples and fabric removed.  

The exposed wood freshened up ready for the new.

The side belting in the front and back tailored up nicely.

Flow smoothly.

 And the side shows the heart of the fabric also.

 Corner tailoring sure takes more time and it's worth it to set this one up for decades to come.

 And of course the top centered.

For the last few years I have been setting indents on the dust cover in the front and back of the ottomans.

When moving or pulling the ottoman about it's so nice to get a grip on the ottoman.

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Silk Settee

Any piece of furniture with exposed wood tied to finish fabric is much more labor intensive than no exposed wood.
I've been looking at white for 5 months through this winter and I won't mind discarding this old fabric.

 The last upholster put carpet staples every eighth inch as they applied the finish double piping.
I got clean smooth frame lines to work with now.

 The base strapping has seen its day. All the old tacks and strapping removed and traditional LCM burlap webbing now created in India installed.

 Created in Italy found stamped on the front rail.

The top hand tied spring twine in really good shape except for the nose front section.

Inspected and repaired.

Traditional burlap for the first coat over the springs.
I sewed a new coat of burlap over the old horse hair nosing and re-attached.

The original top nose stuffings re tailored upon the burlap.

The silk nosing hand sewn to the burlap base.

 More traditional stuffings retained.

The silk inside back was a real challenge to cut tailor and fit.

The new silk double piping is 3/8 inch wide. Which kept the staple line narrow throughout the re-upholstery process.
Keeping the stripes together as the silk stripes flow up through the inside from lower nosing to the top of the inside back.

As well as the arms.

Nice clean outside backback.

Fresh cotton throughout.

The piece final inspected,wrapped and ready to serve.

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1972 GMC pickup

This old timer truck seat needed a new cover upholstered in Southern New Hampshire 70 miles north west of Boston.
The owner chose Naugahide brand vinyl custom red & black to finish off his restoration project.

Lots of planning ahead to have nicely tailored corners.

Gotta have the sewing machine fine tuned to get the consistency of the channeling created in house.

 All the attachment lines were committed on the cutting table.

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Squared Away

This chair was made by tradition, as far as design of the frame. Not over engineered.The customer designed fabric is a nice weight cotton with a slight extra stretch to it both directions. Gonna keep a close eye as the fabric feeds under the sewing feet.

I was a seaman for over a year aboard a 378 foot coast guard cutter named Sherman.

Squared away  meant a lot.

Below shows the fabric flow over the top of the inside back.

Strait up squared away inside arms.
Swept tight.
But not too tight.

And the outside arms as well.

The pattern was a nice repeat and comfortable to cut all the fabric at one cutting.
To best utilize the fabric.

Final inspection, wrapped up and ready to serve.

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