After all the work it took to put the front of the chair back on, I thought for sure that it would take me another 6 months to get the back of the chair back completed- what with all the welting and then the spikey thingies. But, nope! It just took 1/2 an afternoon and I'm DONE!
Gotta tell you, I'm pretty proud of myself. I was terrified that I'd screw it up, spend more money then it would have been to have a "professional" do it in the first place, and end up with a completely awful piece of furniture that we would then have to haul to Goodwill and then go buy replacements. Since that didn't happen, I think I will reward myself with shoes from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. Sound good?
So, I finished up...I sewed the welt, then attached it to the back and sides of the chair back. I then attached the back piece of fabric using the cardboard tack strips-- I don't think that these particular things should be called tack strips-- they should be called something else as they don't have tacks in or on them.
After that piece was attached, I added additional batting and then it was time to use these: (yes, those are 3/4 inch steel spikes sticking out of the steel strips...)
Since I had not a clue as to how to attach these, I consulted the all-knowing source of YouTube. There's a ton of great upholstery information there-- there's also a ton of great Harry Potter videos there and music videos and...yes, it sucked up the other 1/2 of the afternoon not used in upholstery.
The video helped, I used the tack strips (THOSE are Tack Strips!) and moved the chair into the house. Where it sits in its place and NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO SIT ON IT. Just kidding...sort of.
Remember what we started with?
And, now I begin on the 2nd chair- which will take much less time then the first chair because it is the 2nd chair and the 2nd of anything is always much easier than the first. And, we are less careful with the 2nd of things...and even less careful with the 3rd. That's another post.
2 comments:
You ARE funny! Congrats on chair #1!
Yes, great job, but where is the picture of the shoes?
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