I love making my patchwork upholstery chairs, but its time to move onto something different so I wanted to reupholster an old wing-back chair. We get them in at Shabitat fairly often. As all materials I use are reclaimed or end of roll, I never get big enough pieces...
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Upholstered Armchair For Nursery
My good friends Dan and Millie are about to have a baby. Consequently they are going to need a nursing chair. Fortunately they had found an armchair that they found comfortable but needed recovering. Millie had these fab pair of curtains that she wanted to re-purpose...
Patchwork Tub Chair Upholstery
More patchwork chairs you say? Lynn was so pleased with her two matching deep button armchairs that she wanted me to make her another two! Plus a footstool. These are the same shape as my usual tub chairs, so they didn't take too long to cover. Quite pleased with the...
Upcycled Patchwork Armchairs Made To Order
Lynn had seen some of my other patchwork armchairs on my website. She had two comfortable armchairs that needed a facelift. She wanted something in bright colours with a lot of pink blue and orange. I had some help from the lovely Anna from Brighton Upholstery too as...
Patchwork No.4
Reworked Tub Chairs It's been a while since the last set of patchwork tub chairs. So I made two to make up for it. Want a pair? Just get in touch.
Video Casette Recycling
VHS Furniture Most materials are recyclable, but videos are a hard one to dispose of properly. In theory some of the parts are recyclable but they need to be screwed apart and separated which is very labour intensive for materials with no real value. Do you still have...
Blue & Purple Patchwork Armchair
Patchwork Chair No.3 Here is another one. This time I used denim, brocade, and velvet in all shades of purple and blue. If you would like one made to order, get in touch!
More Patchwork Upholstery!
Patchwork Armchairs. Well the first two armchairs I upholstered found homes pretty quickly, so I made another one! Using different colour fabrics of course. Yes, they can be made to order. Just get in touch.
Upholstery Project No.1
Patchwork Tub Chair. I finally got around to reupholster some armchairs. Hurrah!! I chose these tub chairs as they are probably one of the easiest shapes to do if you are a novice like me. I used a variety of vintage curtain fabrics like brocades and velvets. Pretty...