Saturday, April 13, 2013

April 29th, 2012 - Reupholster Project


In between crafts with the girls, I have a few DIY projects to get done. I’ve had this chair for about 20 years and want to use it in my recently remodeled bedroom.

But, I needed to make it match. So, again I researched the internet for how to’s. This time Pinterest came in handy.  This site was very helpful:
BTW – follow me on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/jenni694 
I used my embroidery machine to create a giraffe design for the back.
This project was a little harder than it seemed it would be. Pulling out all the brass tacks and staples took an entire weekend.

So, the following weekend was used to paint, then a 3rd weekend to finally upholster. I used the old fabric as a template cutting the new fabric. I used brass tack strips to save the tedious of nailing as many tacks as I removed. As I said before - all in all, a lot more work and time than I thought, but in the long run I love the results!

Craft on!


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