Upholstery for upholstered furniture

What kind tools and materials Are necessary to make upholstery upholstery on your own? To do this you will need:

• material for packing (batting, fleece, etc.)


• white dense linen cloth


• upholstery fabric


• decorative materials for finishing (optional)


• tailor's scissors


• tailor's chalk


• centimeter


• mites


• hammer for upholstery


• Upholstery nails

Upholstery of upholstered furniture is not just a replacement of worn cloth. That the upholstery fabric well laid and was not squeezed, it will be necessary to make original "Gasket" between the main packing and upholstery fabric. Usually for these purposes, use batting or fleece with a thickness of 2.5 cm.

Upholstery upholstery begins with cutting batting or fleece. You can cut the gasket according to the pattern of the oldbatting (note that before opening, the old batting needs to be beaten up to maximum splendor). And you can change the shape of the chair or sofa by reducing or increasing the thickness of the gasket. But keep in mind that the thicker the stuffing - the less there are seats on the seat.

Vatine gasket is laid on covered with linen canvas main stuffing (usually it is made of coconut fiber orhorsehair) and tightly covered with white baize. Calico keeps packing, batting will not slip when overloading, and upholstery fabric will not deform. As a result, a new upholstery of upholstered furniture will be more durable.

The hanging from the coarse calico should be very tight. To properly cut it, you need to take measurementson individual sections of the chair and make a general plan for cutting (this will help to spend the fabric more economically). Patterns should be placed so that the longitudinal thread of the cloth runs across the arms of the chair, and along - along the seat and back. Do not forget to add allowances to the seams.

Then, open the individual parts by template andfold the finished parts in half lengthwise to chart the middle. Also mark the middle on the padding - so it will be easier to fasten the hood correctly, aligning the middle of the padding and the hoods. Then nail the back or front edge of the part to the crossbar (interval - 60 mm). The threads of the web must pass clearly upright. Having closed the fabric on the corners, stretch it towards the sides, avoiding distortions. Please note that coarse calico should lie absolutely straight and not frown.

Sequence of upholstery upholstery (both with a breech and an upholstery fabric) is as follows: First, the inner side of the handles, then the inside of the backrest, then the seat and the base. This will help keep batting or non-woven fabric in the right direction.

Upholstery upholstered furniture comes to an end. Now you have to wrap your sofa or armchair with the upholstery fabric. You can take both monophonic and patterned tissue, but keep in mind that when Cutting out fabrics with a pattern It is necessary to take into account in addition the direction and distribution of the pattern over the entire surface of the upholstery.

The upholstery fabric can be cut according to the pattern of the old upholstery, removing the measurement directly from the upholstery or copying onto paper. But this is only an exemplary sample, because During use, the upholstery will stretch unevenly. Therefore, you need to additionally remove the measurements from the chair (sofa) and provide allowances, which then can be cut.

Upholstery of upholstered furniture directly by the fabric follows the same pattern as the upholstery of the baize. Particular attention should be paid to front corners. Rounded corners are filled with a "wreath" from the folds, and rectangular ones - with a single fold.

When processing of a straight or sharp angle Tighten the ends of the fabric to the corners of the packing bydirection to the outside of the frame. If the upholstery fabric is thick, you can make a V-notch. While holding the fabric, nail it with nails about 2.5 cm from the corner of the frame. Cut the loose fabric about 1.5 cm from the top edge (the cut must be straight and "look" up). Excess tissue is cut from this point at a right angle, and its rest is laid in a separate fold, stretches down parallel to the corner of the frame and is labeled to the underside.

When rounded corner processing Seat the fabric at an angle to evenlydistribute its free part on both sides. Tighten the end of the fabric and secure with a nail under the crossbar. Gently trim the excess material and lay the fabric folds on both sides. Pull both "wreaths" from the folds to the underside of the crossbar so that they overlap under the chair / sofa, and nail the edges of the folds with nails.

As you can see, upholstered furniture is very real. You can breathe new life In an old chair or sofa yourself, without recourse to specialists.