Upholstery with Amy Gingel

During this one day traditional upholstery workshop you will learn all the skills required to complete a drop-in dining chair using high quality materials and all the tools of the trade including a magnetic hammer and ripping chisel. These basic skills underpin all traditional upholstery and are a great foundation if you wish to do more advanced upholstery in the future.

You will learn how to carefully strip the old layers of upholstery from the seat frame and make any repairs needed. Then using a webbing strainer tool attach new webbing to the frame and a base layer of hessian. Loops of twine will then be filled with an even layer of real horse hair giving your chair comfort and resilience which should last for years. A layer of cotton wadding is added and then calico is carefully smoothed and tensioned over the seat pad. Finally your choice of top…