4th May 2021
I had to tackle the upholstery for the six dining chairs that have been stored in the shed for the past year.
I had finished painting them, and Kelli had recovered them a long time ago, but the colour was not appropriate. We had been given some black and white fabric, so we decided to use that.
I have not done much upholstery since I made furniture for my first flat. I was working at Arkana on the lower Bristol Road, next to Herman Miller factory one. I saw how much scrap they threw away, each day I would collect all the off-cuts of foam, vinyl and leather. Each evening I would sew pieces together to make giant floor cushions, filling them with foam chunks. That was a lot for my poor old singer sewing machine, but they turned out great, my first foray into furniture design.
The seat pads were simple in comparison, but the fabric was thick and difficult to cut. It was also hard because being left handed I could only use the right handed scissors we had.
I spent the afternoon banging in staples and try to get the corners neat.
I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to do them at the beginning, but the challenge to make them look neat was too much to take up.
I managed to cover the five standard chairs, the carver is for tomorrow.
Another Lifetime to go 