Upholstery Foundation Level Four
Traditional Dining Chair with Sprung Seat
From stripping down the chair to tying in the double cone springs to applying the final fabric and braid – it is all included in this set of 24 videos.
By the end of Foundation Level Four, you will know how to upholster a dining chair with double cone upholstery springs in the seat, using traditional British upholstery methods.
The sample lesson shows you how to choose the springs – click on the sample lesson ‘Choosing The Springs’ below to view it free of charge.
- Bayonet needle
- Bin/bin bag
- Braid/gimp
- Bucket
- Calico
- Cloth/rag
- Coir fibre
- Copydex/rubberised glue
- Dining chair frame – traditional
- Double cone upholstery springs
- Dust mask
- Fabric
- Hessian
- Hog hair/animal hair
- Hot glue gun & glue sticks (or copydex)
- Jute webbing
- Laid cord/thick twine
- Linen twine
- Magnetic tack hammer
- Nylon buttoning twine - white
- Pallet knife
- Pencil
- Piece of cloth
- Pincers/pliers
- Pins – glass headed or mild steel
- Pots
- Rasp/surf form
- Regulator
- Ripping chisel
- Ruler
- Sandpaper - coarse
- Sawdust – fine
- Scales
- Scissors
- Spring needle /curved needle
- Square
- Stanley knife
- Staple remover
- Tacks
- Tack lifter
- Tailors chalk
- Tape measure
- Web strainer
- White PVA glue
- Wooden mallet