Wing Back & Sofas

This fabric was chosen from the fabric books I have in-house.
A nice classic design for a quality wingback.

I ordered 7 yards for this wingback. I thought it was a little much but I ended up using all 7 yards.

I have been estimating fabric amounts for well over 20 years. I basically just take a educated guess at it.

I ordered 20 yards from my supplier for this sofa and loveseat.

After all is said and done I had an extra 16 inches left.

Lots of advanced cuts on these flat topped arms.

The outsides backed and lined with a thin coat of cotton.

 Time for a new piece of 2635 foam.

This wingback is another great example of furniture designed to last many generations.

My guess is this has been in service for 30 years or so, the frame and the stuffings are in the same shape as they were on day one.

What nice character to this classic.

There is no better daily chair then a nice wingback with an Ottoman.

Custom cut, with surged edges arm covers 

will probably double the life of the fabric.

This piece goes in the same sitting area as the sofa and loveseat below.

This sofa and loveseat set have held up for probably 30 years also, because they were designed to do so. Unlike so much of todays home upholstered furniture.

Plenty of staples to pull out of this set,

 to remove the old fabric and keep the lines smooth and clean.

The exposed wood cleaned up real nice with the Howard's Restore a finish.

The owner chose Felt glides for this set

. As we all know the felts tend to fall off often.

I'm going to try a touch of this glue and hope to better the adhesion.

The front deck nosing hand sewn in place.

With some fresh cotton to help Tailor up nice and clean.

Rolled and seamed arms are always a challenge.

Quite a bit of tailoring and patterning to prepare for the upholstering of the arms.

Of course, the outsides are backed and lined with a thin coat of cotton.

Disposable furniture dust covers don't belong on these pieces

. A nice traditional woven fabric does the trick.

The quality existing foam is still in great shape. The outer batting had seen its day so I stripped and discarded it and steamed the foam back to its original shape.

The old cushions were tailored to long in the front and had a real overstuffed look to them for this style of the frame.

I trimmed to a better size.

 And glued on a fresh coat of poly wrap looking for more traditional looking cushion to fit the frame design.

 Of course the old snap rings and clips on the frames were replaced.

 A three thread surger I have in house is needed for a proper arm cover.

The arm covers patterned, surged, som over edges, and steamed.

This sofa and loveseat set is now ready to serve.

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