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How to: Fit an arm piece on an armchair

23/9/2014

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This is a step-by-step guide to fitting an arm piece using the existing arm piece as a pattern.

1.  cut out the arm front, along the machine line, to give an exact pattern for the arm front
2.  pin to fabric, right side of template to wrong side of fabric (so right of both towards table)
3.  mark a 2cm seam allowance and cut out - snip into the curve to better fit the arm front 
4.  machine piping to arm inside/outside. Lay piping on fabric, with piping seam in line with   fabric edge - fabric right side up - see second picture 
5.  pin and tact arm front to piped arm piece (so right side facing inwards), ensuring fits without any gathers or puckers 
6.  machine in place, and fit arm to chair
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Tuesday class restarts.. 

18/9/2014

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This week we restarted the Tuesday classes, welcoming back our regular students. There is an interesting mix of traditional and modern piece to start the term.

Hilary has finished her 1930's child chair, in dragonfly print fabric; Pat continues her stuff-over chair putting in the stuffing ties; Jayne is reupholstering a button-back chairs placing the buttons on the arms; Sue has a mid-century chair with box cushion seating; and Mary starts a modern tub chair.  All good stuff!

Spaces on the Tuesday afternoon class if you want to try out the traditional skill of upholstery :) 


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First week back … 

15/9/2014

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Returning to the classes are:

Andrea with her traditional Victorian tub chair - here creating a lumbar from hair and hessian,
Louise with her Victorian chose longue - putting in the stuffing ties after stitching the rolled edge.
Lisa with her chaise - almost at top fabric - hurrah!!
Jenny is making a modern deep buttoned footstool, from scratch.
Kate has a Parker Knoll wing back armchair to recover and update.
New student Julie has mastered the drop-in seat as her first project.
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New classes added for November!

2/9/2014

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We are delighted to see that most of our current students have renewed for this year, but this left little capacity for new students to join the groups. So, to accommodate demand we are adding 2 afternoon classes from the beginning of November at the new Altrincham studio:

Tuesdays 12.30 - 3.00pm
Wednesdays 12.30 - 3.00pm

We also plan to run a series of monthly winter workshops either on a Saturday or a weekday during the school holidays for those who would like to spend a full day upholstering.

Email me at andrea@plushreupholstery.com




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    Andrea Austin, upholsterer and tutor of Plush Upholstery

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