i was pretty excited to take on this 12 piece project...it was a challenge! she already had the fabric handy, a bolt of 5 yards. the fun part was that the fabric was reversible, so she wanted every other chair to be done in reverse. very creative! and i think a great choice.
then comes the dreaded staple pulling. despite the strenuous nature of this, i prefer to never upholster fabric on top of existing fabric. I think it is tacky, and i would feel like i wasn't offering the best craftsmanship that i could. so it began
that is about half of the staples from one cushion...maybe a little more. each cushion believe it or not took about 45 minutes to an hour to remove all of the staples. i even recruited my darling to do one cushion!
he actually enjoyed the task...but only ended up helping me with one. what a tease. anyway...here they are naked, minus the seat cushions...i was too enthusiastic to recover them as soon as i took them apart:
now they are ready. the fabric was so so fabulous, however the warp (the string that offers the base for weaving) was very thin, and the weft (the material that is woven into the warp) was very thick and...well...fuzzy? (MAN would my weaving teacher be proud). since there was that issue, the weft would unravel very easily, leaving the cut ends very fragile to the touch, and a bit hard to stretch for upholstering, particularly around the pegs of the chair backs.
luckily it didn't pose a huge problem. here they are!
TA-DAA! i am going to ask her to take a picture of them put together, so that i can post it!
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