Tuesday, 4 May 2010

There are two types of upholstery that you might tackle. These are:

Loose covers – these can be removed from the furniture, for washing, and so require zips, or some way of removing them. They are convenient, as they can be changed to ring the changes in your décor, and can be washed. But they are more complex, due to the zips. The simplest sort to make are the type that drop over the whole chair/sofa from the top, but these don’t fit round some curves, especially if the chair/sofa curves in at the back which is quite common. You can get round this by stitching tying tapes at the corner seams, and tie the cover on more snugly.

Permanent – these are attached permanently to the furniture, usually with upholstery pins which are round-headed short nails, often with a brass head, which tack the fabric to the wooden parts of the furniture.

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