The chapters of this book include: Types of Upholstery, Choosing your Material, Tools and Other Equipment, Foundation Work Fabric, Measuring and Cutting your Fabric, Tacking and Sewing Technique, Covering the Slip Seat, Covering the Soft ...

This comprehensive guide features more than 900 photographs and includes five projects designed to teach you all you need to know to reupholster any piece of furniture.

Provides step-by-step instructions for upholstering chairs and couches at home, with directions for making such accessories as slipcovers, drapes, valances, and bedspreads.

The book offers thorough coverage of fibers, weaves, and the methods for proper care of upholstery fabrics. This book is designed to provide a broad experience for the beginner who wants to master the basics of reupholstery.

With her broad experience of restoration and furniture design at the leading museums of Britain and America, Carole Thomerson is able to explain how upholstery works from a variety of viewpoints--technical, historical, and aesthetic. 360 ...

In eye-capturing style The Upholsterer's Handbook offers everything you need and more, in order to prepare and inspire you to create beautifully upholstered furniture.

This book is for the do-it-yourselfer, first time upholsterer or anyone wanting to upholster furniture or a car.

Packed full of fabric advice, yardage charts, upholstery tutorials, and case studies that feature salvaged and inexpensive furniture, this book is the perfect go-to-guide for the many sewers, designers, artists, and creative folk who want ...