the pieces that you take off the chair become your pattern. give your self about 2 inches bigger for fabric than what you pulled off. its easier to cut off the excess than to patch more in. if it helps, take photos before, and of all sides. take note of what fasteners have been used, and about how many. when doing a round piece, ie seat start at 12 then go to 6. next 3 and nine.. etc. of the clock that is. it will keep the tension even.
Thanks for your reply as well as the others. We did as you suggested. The problem is that we are replacing the older, thinner vinyl with thicker real leather. So we can get it smooth and tight all the way around except the corners . Because they are rounded and towards the back it narrows, we get a lot of wrinkles at the corners. We could cut some of the material, that might look funny, especially in the front. I hope you can tell from the pictures I included.
If you posted a picture of the chair, and an idea of what exact fabric you are planning to re-upholster the chair with, then Hometalkers would be able give answers to your question that are more specific to your particular chair.
In order for a re-upholstered job to look reasonably professional and have any holding and lasting quality, there is an order to which pieces you put on first, next, and so on.
Depending on the thickness of your new fabric (if you are planning to use leather, it it generally difficult to find at a retail price that is affordable enough to make the project worthwhile) you will need a heavy duty stapler, better still a pneumatic stapler.
diy upholstry with cow hide leather....remove old upholstery and make a template. Cut foam for cushions. Wrap foam in batting. Use the template to cut the cow hide leather for your seat. Iron the cow hide to remove wrinkles. Reupholster.
from diy upholstery with cow hide leather...... heatherednest.com/pull-up-chair/
That leather looks mighty thick for the job. Here is what I would attempt.
First your batting looks way off, nice an full on left side of picture, and suddenly lumpy and drops off on right side of picture. You might not have such a problem if the batting layers were evenly placed over the whole seat.
Watch how he puts a muslin cover over the batting to get a nice smooth seat, then applies the leather and trims excess.
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the pieces that you take off the chair become your pattern. give your self about 2 inches bigger for fabric than what you pulled off. its easier to cut off the excess than to patch more in. if it helps, take photos before, and of all sides. take note of what fasteners have been used, and about how many. when doing a round piece, ie seat start at 12 then go to 6. next 3 and nine.. etc. of the clock that is. it will keep the tension even.
Good tips from Dfm, above!
If you posted a picture of the chair, and an idea of what exact fabric you are planning to re-upholster the chair with, then Hometalkers would be able give answers to your question that are more specific to your particular chair.
In order for a re-upholstered job to look reasonably professional and have any holding and lasting quality, there is an order to which pieces you put on first, next, and so on.
Depending on the thickness of your new fabric (if you are planning to use leather, it it generally difficult to find at a retail price that is affordable enough to make the project worthwhile) you will need a heavy duty stapler, better still a pneumatic stapler.
All good suggestions, maybe these videos can help too.
when you have the cushion flipped over did you try a mitered corner? Think Christmas wrapping.
diy upholstry with cow hide leather....remove old upholstery and make a template. Cut foam for cushions. Wrap foam in batting. Use the template to cut the cow hide leather for your seat. Iron the cow hide to remove wrinkles. Reupholster.
from diy upholstery with cow hide leather...... heatherednest.com/pull-up-chair/
That leather looks mighty thick for the job. Here is what I would attempt.
First your batting looks way off, nice an full on left side of picture, and suddenly lumpy and drops off on right side of picture. You might not have such a problem if the batting layers were evenly placed over the whole seat.
Watch how he puts a muslin cover over the batting to get a nice smooth seat, then applies the leather and trims excess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fDxK_8DOyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAlkNKnCU5k
If that doesn't work take it to a pro