9 Essential tips for starting upholstery
Upholstery is such a rewarding and practical skill! It allows you to restore old furniture, personalize your home, and even start a business. However, as a beginner, you may find…
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Upholstery is such a rewarding and practical skill! It allows you to restore old furniture, personalize your home, and even start a business. However, as a beginner, you may find…
Starting Upholstery: Safety Rules and Advice Starting Upholstery: Safety Rules and Advice Welcome to upholstery work! Safety should always be your top priority when working in any craft environment. This…
You're wondering what kind of thread you should use for one of your upholstery projects ? No worries here what you should know about it. What thread on the sewing…
Any professional upholsterer knows how important it is to get a proper sewing machine as soon as possible. For some seat with cushions like bergere chairs or sofa you will…
A Bridge chair is a very common modern chairs around me. At the end the technique is pretty much the same than for any simple chair but it also has…
Here my favourite suppliers I use many different tools and materials in my upholstery studio and I've been asked A LOT about my suppliers. Here we are. General upholstery suppliers…
How to choose the best fabric for a seat ? If you want to reupholster your seat yourself or have it done by a professional, you must start by asking…
Today let me show you how to handsew fabric - with or without piping - on a chair or a cushion. HANDSEWING is sometimes necessary when you want to sew…
This is how I create simple cushion cover with a hidden zipper. Polyester or cotton thread 🧵 A ruler 📏 cisors✂️ A pen 🖊️ Pins📍 2 rectangles (or squares it’s…
You want to create a decorative cushion with bespoke dimensions ? This is how to do it and this is pretty simple. Let me show you step by step. THE…