dining room chair slip covers
in this video i'm gonna show youstep-by-step how to reupholster a dining chair seat like this be sure to download the free plans forthis dining chair upholstery project just follow the link below this videofirst gather your materials you can find a list of materials in the plans whichinclude a link to our shop where you can purchase a dining chair upholstery kitfor your project there are lots of variations for seat foundations for thisproject we're using half inch plywood start by drawing a centerline from backto front on your plywood then place your plywood on top of your foam leaving anoverlap equal to the thickness of the
wood mark your lines and extend thecenter line from the plywood onto the foam to cut your phone you can eitheruse an electric carving knife or a sturdy pair of shears for this projectwe're using shears since they work just fine for this one inch thickness of foamjust be sure to cut perpendicular to the table so you don't get a beveled edgecheck your sizing and you're ready to glue here we're using a non-toxicwater-based glue which takes a couple of hours to dry gluing is an important stepto prevent shifting of the foam as you're working with it once your glue isdry place your wood and foam on top of the wool batting with the backing facingup the backing provides an easy marking
surface but if you don't have backingjust mark it as best you can cut it so you have enough wool to wrap around ontothe plywood remember to turn the wool so the backing faces away from the foamnext lay out your cover fabric with your ticking fabric on top and place yourwood foam wool sandwich onto the fabric make sure that the straight grainpattern or nap of your cover fabric is aligned with center line before markingand cutting your fabric about one inch larger than the wool battingextend the center line of the wood marking the batting and both layers offabric to prepare for stapling you will want to reduce the bulk of the wool byfeathering it around
edges to feather hold the wool about oneinch away from the phone with one hand as you pull away about 90% of the bulkfrom the outer edge the result is the full thickness of wool wraps around thefoam itself with a very thin layer wrapping on to the plywood this is agood time to check to be sure that foam does not fold over the backside of theplywood at any point along the edge and trim it if necessary for this projecti'm using a pneumatic upholstery stapler staple lifter and pliers you can readabout substitutes and find links to tool resources in the free plans with thisvideo i recommend using quarter inch staples for initial tacking 3/8 tofinish and use of half inch staples only
for securing thicker fabrics at thecorners the most important rule of stapling is to begin at the center's andwork your way out to the corners start with one staple front and back matchingyour fabric centers to your wood centers you can place temporary tacks at each sidebefore turning your seat over to make sure that your fabric is straight beforetacking across the front by tacking i mean i'll be removing these staples as iwork so fasten them loosely if you can while the corners are still easilyaccessible this is a good time to make sure the foam doesn't fold over to theback at the corners if you press the foam toward the wood you can see whereit will add unnecessary bulk here you
can see how i'm trimming off the excessat this point your fabric will be straight but very baggy to get a nicetight fit smooth your fabric firmly from back to front beginning at the centerand working your way out to the corners remove your tack staples and re tackacross the back once you have it very snug from front to back you can beginworking side to side i'm leaving the corners unstapled for now justconcentrating on getting the top surface of the seat tight and straight onceyou're satisfied with the front back and sides you can move on to the corners atthis point you're gonna have a lot of extra bulk at the corners pull away thewool and angle your stapling pattern
still tacking toward the corner next toremove even more bulk carefully trim back the ticking fabric to the cornerbeing sure not to nick the cover fabric as you cut beforefinishing the corners finish staple about one inch away from the edges andabout a half inch apart removing tacked staples as you gofinished staples can be a quarter inch or 3/8 inch depending on the thicknessof your fabric this is a good time to trim away any excess ticking fabric aswell now you're ready to finish the corners with your finished staples inplace you can turn away the excess cover fabric along the edges and at thecorners as i'm demonstrating here place
your staples close together and right upto the corner point trimming the fold-over fabric to the outermost staplei'm using white fabric here just for contrast to give you a better view ofhow the fold-over works the trick with all upholstery is to reduce bulk as muchas possible without compromising the coverage of the piece so if you trim bitby bit we should find a happy medium based on your specific fabrics type andweight hopefully this lesson will help you end up with nice neat corners likethis for a professional finish you can apply a bottom cloth also known ascambric which can be any lightweight black fabric cut your cambric fabricabout 1/2 inch larger than your finished
cushion turn it under and staple it tothe bottom of your seat about a half inch from the edge all the way aroundthe final step is to attach the seat to your chair and celebrate a job well donethanks for watching remember to download the free plans at the link below thisvideo and if you found this lesson helpful be sure to subscribe like andshare it with others you know who might be planning to reupholster their diningchair seat