What can I say... this week I have mainly been webbing!
My chair last week was just the basic frame.
After a few hours at my weekly upholstery class...
..it's now this! (I am so proud, almost like a parent?)
When applying webbing you have to get it spaced out right so that the springs can be attached.
This was so much fun, webbing is reasonably easy Just a bit of hard work. I attached one end to the underside of the chair (bottom, back) and then I stretched it across and tacked it down! (In a W formation)
Can you see the W formation?
Then once the front to back section was completed I then weaved the sideways ones and attached those one end and stretch across and attached the other end.
Once this was completed, I put a couple of sections on the arms too and I attempted to put some on the back.. but the tacking rail at the bottom flexed too much. I will be (at some point between now and next week) be soaking some Hessian strips in PVA glue and strengthening the joints.
But at the moment I am sewing on each spring for the seat and then lashing them down.
Thanks for reading... hope you are enjoying it?
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See you all next week..... when things should start being put under pressure......
1 comment:
Hi Abstar - loving the chair. When do we get to see the fabric?
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